The Nurture's Big Shoot..

We are India. We are the people. We are the proud owner of the rich heritage and rich natural resources. We boost joint family and condemn nuclear. we are proud parents for our cultured and intelligent next generation. We are the one who brag about Ayurveda ( now the fashion). But on other side we are the silent killer of our gen next! Aren't we?

I am not going for any technical assessment but yes what I know is that the figure depressing 46% has been the same for last 7 years unchanged for the number of malnourished children in India. If it has improved miraculously its our feat. Thousands of children die every year due to pneumonia and Diarrhoea, and we know its government who has to tight the belt to fight it by providing portable water and hygienic condition. But aren't we capricious? Yes we are and ten out of ten to the parents who emphasis on the balanced development of their children from all the corner.

Let me talk straight about the 'sweet' word lifestyle, its a metaphor for silent killing at least for our young generation. I blame it simply on the parents and the way parenting (bad)is carried out. Be it urban kids or rural it doesn't make much difference.Why? Why not? With such an alarming increase in rate of the obesity which has increased by 12% in just two years. Is this FEAT making us more proud. NO. Obesity alone is the promoter for diabetes and hypertension and thus making life a bitter quarrel with our own body. So tell me can India shine with its major young populace obese and diseased whom we are preparing for the future and would like to take charge of our country?

It upsets to see what we are feeding to our kids uncontrollably with no nutrition value but just the taste and less time. With fast world we are moving fast. Fast food, modern set up, quick grabbing,ravenous manners, frozen packaged food are all our enemies in disguise. Pizza,burgers, Frankie,colas no doubt we can have it but the problem arise when we ignore and forget to burn those EXTRA calories intake and that saturated fats,sugar and carbohydrates remain inside playing dirty big game for us. Why follow any other country's diet blindly, don't we have sense to learn that dietary habit of any country remains attached to many factors. But we are opportunistic how can we leave the chance to show off our megalomaniac attitude. Blame it or leave it but truth remains the same.

We are already winner in diabetes with 30 million people under its trap now will we be satisfied by penalizing our kids too? 29% of Urban kids are obese who takes the responsibility? Parents teachers,technology OR lifestyle?I count all of them. The hoodoo is multiplying as bacteria and we are sitting in our comforts thinking,"it will not affect us."Instead parents take pride saying,"aab nahi khayega to kab,baccha hi to hai." Aren't we paying heavily for idyllic charm of the lifestyle(error).

I have never understood why we want our children to be the slave of the daunting technology sedentary lifestyle, blind forced competition, feckless parents and the dying love for the physical efforts. Mostly kids are either seen busy with their play station,video games as a PART of refreshment with the big bowl full of fried French fries,cola or they are seen shuffling from one class to another in chauffeur driven car. Thanks to the hectic schedule of parents who have no time to nag with the querulous adamant kids to get the right thing done. They got easier way to finish off the matter." If you do this you will get this." Haven't we also heard this famous line somewhere. Easy way invented by parents. Big Deal.

Some parents even go to the extent of comparing themselves and their small kids in the way of thinking. Does that 40 year you have slogged will be compressed and get into head of 5 year old kid! he is himself not you. Parent are egoistical who want kids to study to boast their status. Just because his colleague's son is so n so he wants his kid also to do same thing same way. No difference agreed. Subconsciously its we who loose which we realize only when its too late to mend. God save such parents.

Parents always want to pass on their responsibility in terms of expectation to their kids because they are parents they have right to rule them in every possible manner. They become such a good jockey to run the horse in a specific direction, unfortunately they become quite successful too. At the end of the day the child is too exhausted that he doesn't have energy to do anything he LIKES. So in this whole process of nurturing parents become killer of their own children's happiness, loosen the confidence, shatter his dreams before they have even seen the light of the day. Children loose interest in the humdrum of the tight routine and so loose the enjoyment of growing up. All they care about the academics and ranks(only first 3 ranks,other is a shame) in myriad exams. They are victim of the so called good modern parenting. Spare them they will know how to do what and when. Trust your yourself. Don't you trust your own nurturing?;) but nurture for better healthy kids not the robotics mechanical ones on which you have command.

Healthy mind resides in healthy body,don't forget. Vittles is the vital after all humans exist to eat":) Nothing is permanent except change but that should be for good. Good food, healthy habits are essential and who will inculcate it ? of course parents take the responsibility instead of taunting the kid after you are satisfied with your expectation. There is never a right time you start and it becomes right(at least now for this thing).