One routine some Bulbuls practice is to have water play and wet their body in the morning. Then they groom and dry the body !
One interesting aspect of this routine is the playfulness they demonstrate. It is common to see the birds do this in turn when they are a pair.
I found some of their rituals a way of finding pleasure in play!
During a parenting meeting I discovered that it is not common for parents to join in with children for indoor games in the evenings. In fact parents do not plan well to give exposure to multiple indoor games to their children. The laughter and fun such times produce bring a new level of bonding and openness.
I do not find the practice of joint reading time in many homes. One parent told me recently that when children return from school, the question they ask the parents is about the reading time. The children long for it as it is a meaningful conversation time. As children listen to biographies or anecdotal experiences of people, they get animated and come up with questions and opinions. This parent who told me about the formative effect of the reading time on children, mentioned that the freedom to talk about many aspects of life at school or at home get naturally attended to during such times.
The play and pleasure the Bulbuls experienced during their water play time brought the above conversations and observations to ponder upon!
The shift from existing in the adult's world to a child's world is necessary for parents when children are in the mid child when opinions, thoughts and choices begin to have a formative influence in their lives.
Parents are not only pathfinders for their children but companions in the voyage of life.
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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