This tricoloured Munia, belonging to the family of Finches. safely rests on the cable in our courtyard.
I noticed a pair of them resting on a branch in our front garden while it was drizzling!
Whether it is a cable or a branch, they rest holding on for their security!
What children need is a secure feeling of belonging to their parents.
I happened to hear the story of a family who lived in city in a crowded street near to their work place. Their son who was five had no play area or friends of his age in the neighbourhood. While they shared this disappointment about their son not having a neighbourhood that he too can belong to, the mother wondered if they can shift their residence although it would increase their travel time to go to work.
That is what they did. Three months later when they came, they were in a new residential area where there was a children's park and children of their son's age in the neighbourhood, This couple noticed that their home was a place where a some children would come to play.
What fascinated me was a picture that their son drew and gave to them on their wedding anniversary, where he portrayed his parents with a cake and a candle on it. The joy with parents talked about it made me feel that there was an endearing quality of relationship between parents and their son.
Children hold on to parents!
Parents need to live aware of the spoken and unspoken needs of their children!
The needs of children would change as they grow up.
It is by conscious habit of conversation and engagement parents will let their children experience the joy of holding to them. When they feel held, secure and nurtured, they will learn to fly into the orbit of their fullness and prospects.
A home is a place where parents feel rooted to allow their child to hold on to them!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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