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“Sometimes in our attempt to give children what we did not have, we forget to give our children what we did have.” Connie Podesta

What do our children want?

Have you ever heard your friends or relatives saying this, “When I was young, my parents could not afford to give me the toys that I wanted; now that I am able to, I will give whatever my children wanted. I do not want them to have the fate as mine.”

So you might have heard this before, or are you guilty of being one of these people. Often as parents, we gave in too easily to our children demand and inadvertently we have taught them to succumb to peer pressure.

About a week ago, a friend of mine called me to have an afternoon tea, and we went for a cafe near a Cellphone service provider as there was a promotion for the latest 3G Plus IPhone. Subscribing to their phone package will entitle the subscriber to� buy the IPhone at at reduced price.

While y friend was admiring he iPhone features, I was talking to the promoter about the usage and charges, I have to admit, I am too melancholy at times. Personally, I did not see any attractiveness of the package except for a discount on the phone, more over, the broadband limit that they provided will only last my surfing for at the most a week. After which, it will be pay per usage and I knew from some of my friends who subscribed to such package were paying through the nose when they were not careful and use over the limit.

What� really surprised me was the conversation I had with my friend after I spoke to the promoter. I turn to him and he show me the features and I can sense that he really enjoy touching or shall I said fondling with the touch screen function and playing with the buill in game. He then said to me, “So smooth, no wonder my daughter loves it and pestering me to buy for her.”

I was a little astounded and thought I was hearing wrongly and asked,” Are you saying you are going to buy this for your daughter to play games? Why don’t you give her Gameboy or PlayStation2?”

“Oh, she got all that and she get fade-up with them. Saw her schoolmates have this, so wanted one too.” my friend said.

BTW, my friend’s daughter is only six years old.

Need I say more, are we all guilty for caring our childrn for the worng reason.

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A friend of mine send me this email which I think is really worth reading. If you know the original source, let me know so that the writer or the source can be duely credited and recognized. I did not change a word not even the color of the font, it�is same as the email I received

Think about it, Who have we been taking for granted lately?

This is worth reading…

� � A simple man tells how his booking an air ticket for his father, his first flight,�brought emotions and made him realize that how much we all take for
granted when it comes to our parents.

� � My parents left for our native place on Thursday and we went to the airport to see them off. In fact, my father had never traveled by air before, � �so I just took this opportunity to make him experience the same. In spite of being asked to book tickets by train, I got them tickets on Lufthansa.

� � The moment I handed over the tickets to him, he was surprised to see that I had booked them by air. The excitement was very apparent on his face, waiting for the time of travel. Just like a school boy, he was preparing himself on that day and we all � �went to the airport, right from using the trolley for his luggage, the baggage check-in and asking for�window
seat and waiting restlessly for the security check-in to happen.

� � He was thoroughly enjoying himself and I, too, was overcome with joy watching him experience all these things. �
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� � As they were about to go in for the security check-in, he walked up to me with tears in his eyes and thanked me. He became very emotional and it was not as if I had done something great but the fact that this meant a great deal to him.

� � When he said thanks, I told him there was no need to thank me.
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� � But later, thinking about the entire incident, I looked � �back at my life.
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� � As a child how many dreams our parents have made come true. Without understanding the financial situation, we ask for football, dresses, toys,
outings, etc. Irrespective of their affordability, they have satisfied to all our needs. Did we ever think about the sacrifices they � �had to make to
accommodate many of our wishes?

� � Did we ever say thanks for all that they have done for us?
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� � Same way, today when it comes to our children, we always think that we should put them in a good school.
Regardless of the amount of donation, we will ensure that we will have to give the child the best, theme parks, toys, etc.. But we tend to forget that our
parents have sacrificed a lot for our � sake � to see us happy, so it is our responsibility to ensure that their dreams are realized and what they failed to see when they � �were young, it is our responsibility to ensure that they experience all those and their life is complete.

� � Many times, when my parents had asked me some questions, I have actually answered back without patience. When my daughter asks me something, I have been very polite in answering. Now I realize how they would have felt at those moments.

� � Let us realize that old age is a second childhood and just as we take care of our children, the same attention and same care need to be given to our
parents and elders.

� � Rather than my dad saying thank you to me, I would want to say sorry for making him wait so long for this small dream. I do realize how much he has sacrificed for my sake and I will do my best to give the best possible attention to all their wishes. Just because they are old does not mean that they will have to give up everything and keep sacrificing for their
grandchildren also. They have wishes, too.

� � Take care of your �parents .
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� � Pls pass on this mail to every child who loves parents and want to love them more & parents who are just starting to raise their children…. ..

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