PLEASE, MOM! IT’S MY LIFE!

PLEASE, MOM! IT’S MY LIFE!
Author: Dr. Jaideep Singh Chadha
Published by: Pustak Mahal (http://www.pustakmahal.com/)

Many books have been written for children, but not so for adolescents and young adults. This is the group of our society, which needs help, for this is considered neither here nor there. Parents, schools and society do not quite understand the young minds. Often these youngsters end up taking the wrong step.
The present trend of thinking of youth is that parents are not exactly their well wishers. They are fine till they ‘give in, all the time’, but the moment they don’t, they become public enemy. I would like to tell these young friends, that parents and not Anne or Rahul are your best friends.
What one sees today is that children are stressed to levels which are beyond the comprehension of the adult minds, especially parents, who want their children to be the best in every field and their feelings are shattered if they don’t perform to the expected level. They can’t seem to comprehend the reasons for their child not topping, all the time. This stresses the children to no end, because they have to come up to their own expectations as well as their parents’ and the schools.
Somewhere along the line, society has also begun to demand its pound of flesh. It is a matter of prestige for the school to have the best results in the region. It enhances the school’s reputation, which imparts the best education. Since that has already been accepted as the yardstick, nothing can be done there. Another yardstick that measures the level of happiness and contentment in students should be incorporated.
In your quest for success, you have forgotten the basic principle of life. Come on, people! Get real. We are not here just to study, get a good job and earn lots of money. Life is much more than that. Life has to be lived. We have forgotten to do that. God did not create schools, curriculums, jobs and all that…Man did.
God did not make us divine just to work on a job. He wanted us to perform greater deeds. And how is life to be lived? That is the million-dollar question. I have attempted to help you get an answer to that one. Obviously, you have to search for answers, which are suitable for you. What the author has given you here is the first step to the ladder of life. To try and live a life that has the least stress. Ways to hit the ball through the slips or duck when life throws a bouncer at you. You will have to find and climb the rest of the steps or rungs yourself.