Starting from childhood, kids may gobble up bits and pieces of sponges or munch on the shiny white spheres of “telepokar oshudh”. No matter how small or big the issue is, children always land in to many unwanted situations.
To save their toddlers from getting hurt, parents come flying from all directions like superheroes. However, parents never confess their carelessness of leaving perilous objects unguarded. Instead, they blame the notorious children for their shenanigans. They give the child a good tongue-lashing and in certain cases, the child may even receive a spank or two. Nonetheless, after all the blame-game is over, the parents are the ones who have to ponder over how to get their child out of the mess. They will contact their kindred to seek advice. The mother, in particular, will leave no stone unturned and will make a mountain out of a molehill. She will ensure that the person on the other end of the telephone expresses deep compassion for the child concerned. “Oh my! The poor thing is in such a horrendous trouble!” -- is usually the sarcastic response from the other side.
Teens, on the other hand, bring in fresh new supplies of trouble almost every day. Be it a mockery of the bald teacher at school or passing a ruthless comment about a classmate. At home, rows between teenagers and parents are a daily drama. The mother always accuses the teen for troubling a younger sibling or maybe even the dog. In this situation, you (the teen) find yourself dumbfounded and if you dare to open your mouth to prove your innocence, you are deemed insolent.
Currently, the political chaos is drowning all of us in a cesspool of trouble. How do we crawl out of it?