Vagabond Heart’s take on parenting!!!

Hey Guys! 

I know… I know… The last thing from a Vagabond Heart is tips on parenting. Trust me that’s the last thing in my mind too. (Seriously ? – the look with one raised brow). Ten years and counting still yet to master ‘No!’  not master but still yet to learn the basic do’s and don’ts of parenting. J

So here I am ….,

Wanting to share those few moments with the kids, which left me speechless, and at time in splits of laughter.

1.        10 year old : “Mom!, don’t get me wrong, but don’t you think you are packing too much just for a day?”

Now my fellow Vagabond Heart , isn’t it normal to pack one or two extras just in case. Or else why don’t they pack themselves. Pssssst… I dint tell her that because my ten year old looked so wise and practical I was utterly speechless.    

2.       Here I was telling my younger  six year old  that she needs to learn to speak without varying her pitch and tone to the higher level as it tends to get a shouting quality. And guess what? With a serious frown she looked at me and said very gravely,

6 years old:  “ Mom! You are just doing that.” (I don’t remember exactly what look was on my face. But right now I have the confused frown.)

3.       6 year old:  “ Why do we get married?”

I looked at her and saw another pair of curious, intent eyes watching me. I knew my brows were almost knotted. I didn’t know what to answer. That it’s a circle of life where in once you finish your studies your parents found a suitable partner so that you can get married and have kids. That’s it? ‘No!’ That sounded seriously ‘off ‘. Or you wold fall in love some day and get married. "No, No, No' Then to my utter relief my husband walked in to the room. I decided for a change to let him bear the brunt of it. I asked him to explain with a worried frown. I wondered if it was the right thing of me to hit the ball into his court. I did worry how he would reply. To my absolute amazement and surprise, in a matter of fact voice, very calmly,

my husband said :  “ Life is nice and easy with another person to share it with. A friend, a partner, someone to love. And see now we have you both too, to make us all a happy family.”

          Now I was completely taken back, how simply and very adorably he had explained marriage to    kids I would never have been able to explain it so.

Now you can expect where this conversation gradually would lead to? So few days later after much pondering….

4.       6 years old:  “Mom! Every girl wants to marry.”

I looked at her frowning. She stated that with such conviction, I was worried or confused? I am still not sure. What gave her that idea I have no clue. But guess who came to my rescue, a very patient voice of a

10 year old:  “No! Dear. ‘I ‘ ‘don’t’  want to get married. It is ‘not’ necessary to get married.”  

Emphasizing on ‘I’, ‘don’t ‘ and ‘not’.  Now what else could I add to that statement. Younger one seemed to be thoughtful for a moment and did not find anything to counter that wise words of her sister.

5.       Naturally where would that discussion further go to? Phew….

I guess I should carry on with that later. (My red face just eager to change the topic.)

But Here I am ……

And without any doubt concluding:

Parenting is one area where often the kids are more an expert in what they do than the parents.

Vagabond Heart’s out there do you have any such logical reasoning’s of kids to share?