Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Teach your children, "you are normal like any other child in the world"




A Child and his Papa got involved in talking, in an evening before going to bed. The talks they did were normal like any papa and his son or daughter communicate on normal subjects. But let's see the topic, the child chose to raise that evening: 

Child: Papa is there anything wrong with my birth or community?

Papa: No son/ daughter there's nothing wrong with you. 

Child: Then why do they look us down? 

Papa: Son it's not because there's fault or problem with your birth or caste, rather it is their faulty view that they see some problem with you. 

Child: Really papa! But I had heard from them, that I was born into a "lower caste". 

Papa: This is true that you were born in this world, your born in India (may be any other country) but it is not true that you are "low caste" and that you have a problem with your birth. 

Child: Wow! I thought I was really having some problem with my birth (caste) that's why they didn't allow me to do certain things when I was with them. 

Papa: Son, this might be true that they didn't allow certain things with you, because of your birth in my family but you were born a normal birth. Your mother had a normal delivery. Your weight was normal. Your mother carried you 9 months.  Your did cry when you were born. You gave us smiles like any other child of this world. You started eating like any other normal child. You started talking like any other child in this world. 

Child: Then Papa, why do they think, "I'm a inferior to them"  ? 

Papa: Dear child, let them think what they think. Their ancestors taught them like this. It's not the fault of the present generation. Rather it is the fault of their forefathers and their forefathers..., who taught and practiced this bad practice that some human beings are inferior to others. 

Child: But why no body told them that they were wrong, in their thought and practice, "some people are inferior than others"

Papa: Dear child, people of our society and culture were made to think, that "some are indeed inferiors than others"  through some writings and cultural mandates. It was their conspiracy against others of the society.

Child: Is it wrong Papa to believe and practice this evil ideology? 

Papa: Yes, son, this is absolutely wrong to believe and practice that some human beings are inferiors than others. For we all are equally created and raised. 

Child: Papa, if my friends ask me, about this issue (considering some inferior) how can I tell them that they are wrong. How can I correct them? 

Papa: Son this is very important question. I will say that first of all, we should know that: 
1. All human beings are born into this world in a average of 9 months period. 
2. All human beings take birth from a mother's womb. 
3. All human beings are made of the same substance/s of this world. 
4. All human beings eat the same or similar food items. 
5. All human beings survive on the same oxygen and organ system. 
6. All human beings get sick, tired, angry, happy, encouraged, discouraged. 
7. All human beings no matter what they consume as food, live here only about a hundred years. No one is special in this case. 
8. All human beings get birth, become young and then old. 
9. All human beings after all have to die, the same way (that is empty handed came and empty handed go). 
10. The Indian constitution also condemns any discrimination against other fellow human beings (citizen of our nation). 
11. True Creator (God) does not discriminate with his own creation. He treats them all equally. He does it like a father will do for his children. 

Child: I'm thankful Papa for your eye opening ideas about life. I will not consider anyone in this world as a inferior being, for we all have the same substance and nature. None is special.  

 Papa: Son, I'm happy to share with you these ideas. I believe you will live by them and be spent for them. Live like a human being. Live like any other human being. Live like an ordinary human being. 

Child: Okay Papa, I'll talk to you later on this topic.
 let's go to sleep now... 
Papa: Okay son, sleep peacefully and joyfully!  

  • (Note: Papa's talks could be with his son or with his daughter). 

1 comment:

  1. This is very helpful. However, there is one vital feature that is missing - that is, ALL OF US ARE MADE (BORN) IN THE IMAGE OF GOD! No one is born low or high caste. Each of us is special because as humans, we are born in GOD'S IMAGE! (imago Dei!)

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