I read the title of an article in Baby center – Are you stricter than your parents?
I then remembered this conversation I had yesterday with my dad. When my dad chided maya a little for playing with food and making her as well as the floor dirty, I rushed in her defence saying that she is only a baby and babies are supposed to play like that. Dad got upset and angry and said, do your own way, but you are spoiling your child. I had similar conversations with my mom and sister when I went to India for a trip too. And it makes me think, am I way less stricter than my parents and is it actually wrong for maya? My parents were strict and to think of my dad, he had certain ways he thought we should be and even as a child, I don’t think we quite enjoyed that. We were always in our best behaviour in front of others and even in our home, but now I realise we have missed out some fun kids are entitled to. Come to think of it, I want only the best for my daughter, and if it means she would be upset with me, I am fine with that as well. But I really do believe that, there is a certain age at which kids need to be disciplined. I don’t really want maya to be a misbehaving child who throws tantrums in a shop or anywhere outside, but I personally feel that, when the time comes, I have to discipline her and its too early to do such a thing. For instance, I know my niece Sanju is the best behaviour child. She wasn’t disciplined in any way when she was of mayas age. She was just a happy go child always and she learnt what and what not to do when she was getting a bit older. Will maya follow the same steps as her sister? Nevertheless, I get worried sometimes, am I spoiling maya? Should I start disciplining her from say, right now?
