Parents grow too!!!!

I have heard many people taking and sharing about the feeling of seeing and experiencing this children grow. While there are many more years to come (for me at least) to experience that feeling, but one feeling which I did experience in last few years and would like to share is seeing my parents grow. By growth I don’t mean any physical growth but the growth in terms of the adaptability with the new things in life.  For example, some 7-8 years back when I was outgrowing my teens, I could see my mother worrying on losing that connect with me that she used to have while I was a kid. She was finding it tough to understand my lingos, my aspirational lifestyles, my choices, etc. I could never imagine that time that a day would come when I would be chatting with my mom on whatsapp!!! For a lady who has been a housewife for her life, being at home taking care of her kids and household chores, isn’t it a sense of growth that she learnt to connect with grown up kids in their “new GEN” ways. This feeling is so amazing that I don’t feel like there is any term called “generation gap” between me and my mom. It is great to see that most of the lovely parents out there are making best of their efforts to bridge the gap between themselves and their children. In parallel, it is also the responsibility of us, the children, to take them alongside as we grow. The way they used to get us familiar with the new, complex things during our childhood, it’s now our duty to get them familiar with this new world that we are experiencing around us. I love to see that childlike excitement in my mom whenever I guide and urge her to explore and start using all these new technological inventions around us.  Actually, one a more serious note, this concept of taking your parents along is not just limited to these new social networks. It can go ahead to sharing the new ideologies and philosophies that we believe in.  Understandably, there is some resistance from the parent’s side sometimes. But if you give an honest and serious attempt to it, you can really make things work out with them. Unfortunately, I see some children not making any endeavour at all to bridge any gap with their parents (especially guys).  All these statements like, “There is an age to learn or change someone”, “They can never understand”, etc. etc. are all myth. I agree you can’t push anyone but an honest attempt is required indeed! So guys, if you have not done it so far, please do ahead and enable your parents take a leap into this 3G world!!!! J