Everyone talks about self-space and independence today. Even a pre-schooler wants independence. Gone are the days when mom carries the child, shows the moon, and tells stories for hours to make the child eat her dinner. The child also doesn’t relish this any more. The child would rather like to have the dinner by herself.
Gone are the days when the whole family waits anxiously for the father to return from work without having their dinner. Today every one has a schedule which is independent of each other. Seldom is a child worried on whether the parents have had their dinner or not. Father comes late; child has to go early the next day. Conflicting life patterns, conflicting interests lead to more and more independent way of living of the family members.
The husbands are not as dependent on the wives for their daily chores – be it food, mid time coffee’s, washing clothes, ironing clothes etc etc. Similarly the wives are not as dependent on the husbands for their daily chores – commuting (every lady rides a vehicle these days), money (many are self-employed), shopping etc. So both the husband and the wife are able to live their lives independently. Though this independence is a welcome sign for the changing scenarios, I feel that this does bring a bit of gap between the two. There definitely is % fall in the love quotient. The husband or the wife doesn’t seem to be deeply perturbed by the absence of one another. Now in fact people manage staying alone in different locations and meet over the week ends alone. Though this is required in today’s competitive world, this does affect the mutual love and affection.
The same holds good between the parents and the children. As the independence increases, the love quotient decreases. How strange!!!!!
Gone are the days when the whole family waits anxiously for the father to return from work without having their dinner. Today every one has a schedule which is independent of each other. Seldom is a child worried on whether the parents have had their dinner or not. Father comes late; child has to go early the next day. Conflicting life patterns, conflicting interests lead to more and more independent way of living of the family members.
The husbands are not as dependent on the wives for their daily chores – be it food, mid time coffee’s, washing clothes, ironing clothes etc etc. Similarly the wives are not as dependent on the husbands for their daily chores – commuting (every lady rides a vehicle these days), money (many are self-employed), shopping etc. So both the husband and the wife are able to live their lives independently. Though this independence is a welcome sign for the changing scenarios, I feel that this does bring a bit of gap between the two. There definitely is % fall in the love quotient. The husband or the wife doesn’t seem to be deeply perturbed by the absence of one another. Now in fact people manage staying alone in different locations and meet over the week ends alone. Though this is required in today’s competitive world, this does affect the mutual love and affection.
The same holds good between the parents and the children. As the independence increases, the love quotient decreases. How strange!!!!!
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