Angels – In Disguise

Children are such a beauty to look at, they’re soft hands, cute feet, chubby cheeks, angelic chuckle are all such an invitation for you to hug them really tight and kiss them crazy. But as these tiny people grow up they become unbearable, annoying and at one point you lose your patience with them and you want to toss them out of your house (of course I don’t refer to your own kids – we’re talking about little angels that belong to others). However, these angels that belong to someone else are your devil.

How often has it happened that you return home to find out that that cousin of yours is coming to dinner the next day; yeah the same cousin who’s got 3 kids and the ones that drive you crazy when they’re  there. I know there’s no need saying that you love your cousin; you guys had been partner in crime through out your childhood but as you guys grew up you decided to make your career in the corporate world while your cousin decided to get married and make an increase in population. (I know that’s really rude of me to say but what do you expect from a person who’s just been subjected to immense mental torture?)

So while your mother took special care in bringing you up, you were trained to behave yourself when you went to someone’s home and you are sure your cousin was brought up the same way. Why is it, that her children didn’t inherit one good gene from her?  What happened to the sweet disposition in children?  Have the mothers of today not been putting enough effort in bringing their children up?

Our grandparents had so many children and yet our parents grew up to responsible men and women and they raised a good lot too! I still have the courtesy to ask for permission to get into someone’s refrigerator or use someone’s telephone. And the majority of children I come across today stamp your foot and runaway without even apologizing.

So where’s the chain broken? Our grandparents raised civilized children, our parents did a good job then why are we doing such a lousy job? Are we pampering our kids to much? Do we let them rule our decisions?  I mean if you just give it a thought and look back and see you’ll be sure there is something that we are doing that is definitely not correct, and that is the reason our children grow up to be that way. What is it? Shouldn’t we think about it and change it? Or are we a little too careless and don’t really care if we’re bringing up humans or rearing cattle?