DID I SHARE 'EVERYTHING' WITH MY PARENTS WHEN I WAS AN ADOLESCENT?
Pic.: Anima D'Cunha “Before I got married, I had six theories about raising children; now, I have six children and no theories.” – John Wilmot “M y teenager son/daughter shares ‘everything’ with me... hides nothing. Never!” Well, whenever a parent – particularly the mother – comes and tells me this, I mutter silently in my heart – “Come on madam… ‘Everything’?” I did not share ‘everything’ with my mom… no matter how loudly I declare my love, reverence and respect to her… And, my mother – who is barely literate – knows I am not lying when I say this. She did not expect me to ‘bare everything’ before her… She knew I was not ‘capable’ of sharing everything before her… and, she did not need me to do that. She was free from that ‘burden’… the burden of expecting her young son share ‘everything’ before her… By this, did our love – as mother and son – diminish? Did it help me as I grew up or did it spoil me? Did it make ...