"A man who treats his girl like a princess has been brought up by a queen." And I consider myself a Queen. I will raise my son into that perfect gentleman.
I had wished to give birth to a baby girl, as I wanted to redefine her freedom and prove to my mom that, that's how daughters can be raised too. Yes I could be rebellious but I am not always wrong. My choices and demands need not be scrutinised all the time. I need the freedom to make my share of mistakes too.
But God gifted me a baby boy. After marriage, I have been pampered by a king and I envision to raise my boy by instilling the values of my king.
Society is already changing. Girls are aceing each and every field, still its not a safe place for them at mid night, in the darkness or even at home sometimes. They are being asked to dress in a certain way and avoid late nights and unsafe places. Why? Why can't our boys be more responsible? Why can't our boys be under control? Why can't we the mothers tame the testosterone and the androgen at the right time in the correct way? Why not teach them to utilise their energy constructively?
If each mother of a boy considers herself a queen, then all girls will be safe at anytime of the day at any place of the world. So my plan is to teach him all household work without any bias, make him wear reds, pinks and blues all at the same time; yet carefully enough not to get him gender confused. And here is a small glimpse of that. My boy is already interested in cleaning and fixing things.
My parenting motto is "humanity first"
And my style is being liberal enough to make mistakes and also learning from them but under close supervision and continous guidance. I have planned to discuss everything with my boy along with pros and cons. I wish to be so friendly to my boy that he finds his confidante in me. As a female i had a set plan in my mind for dealing with my daughter's puberty. God's surprise gift has something else in store and I am still clueless about how to deal with a boy's puberty and a man's adolescence.
I can't redefine a girl's freedom to my mom but I have been trying my best to change her perspective of gender bias. As a mother of two daughters, she constantly feels the pressure of raising well behaved daughters and then getting them married in well-to-do households. I was lucky that she had acknowledged the importance of education at least.
But with BABYCHAKRA on my phone, I rest assured to get all the right help at the right time. So I am sorted!
Kavita Sahany
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16 Dec 2019