Re: Why Children Forget The Sacrifices Of Their Parent
Let me play the devil's advocate here. There are always two sides to a story. Did you hear the daughter's version? Did the daughter actually have reason to fear her parents? Were the parents the type who beat their daughter? Without knowing all the facts, it is unwise to judge someone.
Secondly this whole notion that parents know what's best for you and that you should blindly do what they tell you is rubbish. Yes, they do a lot for you and part of raising your children is to let them live their lives on their own, let them make their own mistakes and let them grow up and be independent. It is this desi type of child rearing that is the cause of so many desi men being mama's boys and completely incapable of taking care of themselves or making important decisions. So, I don't agree with you when you say that kids who want to live their own lives don't love or respect their parents, that's a bunch of hogwash. Just because you love your parents and respect them doesn't mean that you don't live your own life and that like a puppet you do EXACTLY what ammi tells you. THe proper way for kids to behave would be to make the parents part of their decision making process, include them, get their input but then make their OWN decisions.