I am a working mom and I tell you, sometimes I go haywire.
I have a boy aged 3.5 years. And sometimes, I feel, I have given birth to another Shin Chan.
I have a 9–6 job. I took permission to be in the office for only six hours. For the rest three hours, I work from home, every day. And, these three hours are pathetic.
Suddenly, a call out for “Mumma! Mumma!”, when I am on a business call.
While doing some urgent work, suddenly my laptop switches off and a mischievous face smirks in triumph.
“This is the revenge I would take when Mommy! You will not listen to me.”
But, I still adore him. I try my best to take care of him. Understanding child psychology has nowadays become my goal.
Last month, I noticed a strange change. He became violent and destructive. He broke many things including our two mobiles. He started throwing things down from the balcony. We were at my sister's home. He used to ruthlessly beat my nieces.
I cried many times and felt helpless. He seemed adamant even to say sorry. Finally, I started banishing him from the house. I punished him like this, repeatedly. He was terribly scared of this act. He stopped beating and banging things. So now also, whenever he gets agitated to do such things, I simply ask him if he wants to go out. And he calms down.
Nurturing a child is really not easy. You have to learn tricks to get things done.
Now I am teaching him to arrange his toys. I told him, that if the toys are lying on the floor, instead of being in the toy section, I will consider them garbage and throw them into the bin. He did not like this idea. So he started keeping them in their place, once he is done playing.
I make sure, I tell him bedtime stories every day. This is the way I converse with him and try to teach him some morality.
I believe, parenting is an art. A balanced, algorithmic skill that we must learn.
Stay Calm!