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Saturday, 23 November 2013

children are allowed to get mad too...

Assalamualaikum, readers.
tonight (it's 7.30 pm here), i would like to share a YouTube video with all of you. This is something different, something i've never tried before. 
i want you guys to watch the video by clicking on the link below and after that, read through the rest of the entry.
Click the link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOlpdd7y8MI

so, what do you think of the video? was it funny or was it heartbreaking watching kids cry in front of the camera?

first of all, this video was up on Facebook a long time ago, but the comments i read on the page was very rude and i thought of writing this entry a few months ago, but i was so caught up with my students' life, i had no time to write about it.

Some of the comments i read when the video was shared include, "the kids behave like their parents" and "if the kids are rude, the parents are just the same"

You see, i have a different opinion.
imagine yourself as the kid, dressed up for hours in the evening, put on a heavy costume that makes you feel hot and sweaty inside, walking from house to house seeking for some candies. Some parents only give their children an hour or so to Trick-Or-Treat. 
there's still chances of knocking on a cranky neighbour's door that shoos them off.
and they come back, tired from all the walking and happy for a bag full of candies.
for once, they feel like they've earned something in life.
it's just candies, but it still feels like earning money. you go through a lot of hardship in one night and get a whole bucket of candies. 
and they can't even eat the candies because it already so late, and the parents would rush them to bed. 
the very next day, the parents let them know they've ate all of the candies! what??

yes, they have the right to get mad. it has nothing to do with how the parents bring up the kids. children are allowed to get frustrated and sad and EXPRESS them. it's not wrong.
but of course, the kids who were so happy that their parents ate all their candies might have some reasons not to get upset. maybe they didn't have any favourite candies in their bucket, maybe Trick-or-Treating weren't that nice after all. we'd never know. or maybe they just don't care. 
thing is, kids shouldn't be blamed just for feeling upset and expressing them to their parents. 
Thanks...

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