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CHENNAI: As parents, we all know by now that we should never compare our children to other children. It’s just not a good look. Gone are the days when a parent could look at their child and wistfully ask aloud ‘Why can’t you be more like Kavitha from the next lane? She plays the mridangam and is planning to study Astrophysics at MIT.’ No, our children are flowers and must be tended to with kindness, empathy and excessive praise, even if they look like they’re all set to pursue a career as a professional nose-picker.
But guess what is allowed today? Children are free to criticise and compare parents. It’s befitting that after hundreds of years being on the receiving end of unjust comparisons, children turn the tables and ask parents why they aren’t doing better. ‘Aadi has a cellphone. His mother trusts him.