Are parents still important for the next gen kids

Are parents still important for the next gen kids

Often I have asked this question to myself. I have always been a much disciplined child and have loved my parents to the moon and back.

As a child I had always listened to whatever they said, be it in school with the teachers, or be it at home with the parents. An obeying child who knew very well how to respect the elders. And the legacy continued when I got married. 

The set of parents changed but not my obeying nature. My disciplined life n obeyance loyalties shifted to my in-laws. Our lives always revolved around our family and close friends with some important relatives being a part of the family.

But that was us. The 90”kids….. What about our kids. This generation. Are we that important in their lives?  The life which is ruled by gadgets, friends and relationships are just to keep them busy and fill their voids. Where serious relations are a thing of past. Where commitment is towards their phone which is their lifeline. Where do we feature in all this?

Many people especially our senior’s feel that we are there ATM cards and nothing else. A house for them is like a hotel. They get everything….. Food, clothes, shelter, washed laundry etc. And are being paid to stay in that HOME HOTEL.

But I beg to differ. Yes, indeed the kids are very different these days. Very selfish also. But parents were and are always important. They may remember parents for financial needs, they may remember parents when they need completion of their daily chores, they may remember them when work (be it personal or official) needs to be completed.

BUT, WHEN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT IS REQD: THEY ALWAYS LOOK FOR THEIR PARENT.

No one has and no one can substitute them as far as emotional needs are concerned. That can only be satisfied with their comforting touch. The touch, the words that always symbolize that we are always there. In good times but more importantly in bad times.

So,

PREVIOUS GEN    THIS GEN     FUTURE GEN

PARENTS WERE AND WILL ALWAYS BE IMPORTANT AND CLOSEST TO THEIR KIDS.