10 BROWN PARENT MISTAKES

If you are an Indian, you really are desperate to see if the content is highly relatable. So let me tell you already. All of it is true, it's just your brown parents who don't let you believe in the facts that cause them to pay for something that you like and they don't. You are your life's big decision maker but they make you feel your whole life, that you are incapable of doing so. So, read this and walk YOUR WALK.

Here we go,

• No curricular activities
• Comparison with others
• No career counseling
• No Hygiene practices
• Forcing interaction with annoying relatives
• No privacy
• No Rules for use of Mobile Phone
• No Sex Education
• Not worthy of trust
• Embarrassing in public

1. CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

A child's mind is an empty space, the more you fill it with books, the weaker it makes the body. One must work on other areas to keep all aspects like emotions, mental health as well as physical health, balanced. Bookish knowledge is important. But developing strength in other areas like music, sports, arts, design, etc, makes the child even smarter.

2. COMPARISON!

Our dear Indian parents compare us with other kids like, she eats healthy, she goes to sleep at this time, she does this, she does that. But they are forgetting that "SHE" is able to get it or do it because of her parents. They know how to handle a kid of her age. You don't. Learn from the parents. Compare yourself as a parent, that will help a lot in changing the child. It's easy to blame the kid but do you see what's wrong with you, that the kid is not behaving as it should be.

3. NO CAREER COUNSELLING

Our dear Indian Parents think that there is no career other than engineering or MBBS or most people go for CA and banking. Little did they know there is so much more that they can do. They see many careers around but know only 2 to 3 names.

The proper way to give a successful education to a kid is by knowing, what are they truly interested in. And let them choose wisely. Also, don't make them do it because people get a high salary, make them do it because they like to go for it.

I am an Animation student. Thanks to my parents that they gave me a chance to choose the career I like, and supported me as they saw that enthusiasm in me. My love for art and design is not measurable. The child must have the same interest and likeliness for the course that they choose.

4. NO HYGIENE PRACTICES

Families in India are not in a very clean state. People throw litter all over the roads, spitting their Gutka-paan on roads. At home men usually scream while sneezing, which is really annoying. Not covering their mouth while yawning, sneezing or coughing, is a big bad mistake. These things should be taught at home but the parents don't know it themselves. If you scold them from a very young age to at least be gentle and cover the nose/mouth while any such thing as yawning or sneezing.

Young kids play in groups, when they come back home, parents usually don't check if they washed their hands and feet before touching things or eating. Also, I have seen (and heard) most Indian men or the fathers in the family, fart unapologetically. That is....! "I mean, can we tell them, how annoying they are. Noooo!"

5. ANNOYING RELATIVES

One thing our parents don't understand, age is a matter. Sometimes, we don't really hate our relatives but are scared of their never-ending questions and talks that would only leave us under stress. They are elder, they talk elderly. Sometimes, they act fake of being sweet and never really available when we actually need their sweetness. All they do is get jealous of the person we kids are becoming. And they want you to open up to them so that they gossip about you with others. Also, did you know, "Even uncles gossip?" I've seen uncles talk about my social media posts. Duh!

6. PRIVACY IS A CONCERN

They think that they saw you naked, on the first day you were born, so Mumma can see you in your 20s too. "Noo! Mumma..." They need to understand that when your room is shut, they are supposed to knock before entering. WHAT IF? Anything. It's not fair to tell the kid, that they are wrong to do anything in their own room. It's the parent's fault that they are unapologetic about trespassing. You must tell them someday, without speaking, but express. If you run away from this battle, you are going to struggle later, go get your privacy.

7. EXPOSURE TO BAD SIDE OF INTERNET

We know about generation Z, they know what's a smartphone and how it works. I think from the very first year of their life. They have access to Youtube, Netflix and so many apps we did not even think of when we were born. Little did they know that there is a ton of abusive content on the internet too. It's parents' responsibility to teach them how to use social media and choose friends wisely. Don't hurt their privacy but make sure they don't have access to 18+ or pornographic content. It can put a heavy impact on them and make their childhood a nightmare. Keep an eye on their online activities till they are above 15-16. There are many pros and cons of the internet world. Utilize the pros and stay safe from the big cons of it.

8. SEX EDUCATION

Excuse me? Is that even a manner? "No no... you were born because Me and your Pappa had sex, but you can't know. No no."

Dear parents, please. First of all, sex education is not about sexual intercourse, it is also about the internal organs, their hygiene, growth, and knowledge about protection from STDs. Take time to understand how you can convey this effectively without embarrassing the kid. It is about the emotional health of the kid, where kids feel "horny" at a certain age, which the parents can resolve by making their kids focus on extracurricular activities or anything that keeps them busy most of the time.

9. UNTRUSTWORTHY

Even when our parents were kids, they were successfully betrayed by their parents too. Damn! They're taking revenge on us. Let's take some really good examples, they would promise to buy your favorite game, and make you do what they want. The game is never delivered. Next one, an annoying relative arrives without prior notice. We ask our mom/dad to not call us at all. They agree with you; but after a few and just a few minutes, you hear your name being yelled at and called by your mom/dad. Like it was a fake contract. Like, they are so good at fake promises. Here we learn, promises are meant to be broken, thanks, mom and dad. We'll follow you.

10. EMBARRASSING SITUATIONS

We all have some moments, where we all have felt embarrassed about the things they do. Try and go shopping with your narcissist dad, he'll embarrass you for no reason. Something about you being fatty or too slim or even slutty. And if by mistake he finds any of his office colleagues, he would roast you right there.

Or you must have been to restaurants, with your dear parents. One of them would burp, fart, or sneeze so loud that everyone starts looking at your table. Or talk to the waiter in such a manner that even you don't like. Blaming the waiter for the taste of food, there is a way of talking which parents forget and treat everyone like a dog, even dogs don't deserve it.

You can see how angry I am while typing this. These things embarrass us because people think of us the same as they think about our parents in that situation. But, by the end of the day, we must learn what not to do, from our parents with the monopolistic and stereotypical society.

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