Taare Zameen Par

taare zameen par... 24th dec, most of them were traveling and partying and i was bored to death. Had nothing to do in office and thot the day would be real miserable. It almost came true for the entire day and turned head over heels by night...yeah...i watched "taare zameen par"...a movie about a kid who looks at the world in a different way... I have always felt that great movies are very simple and revolves around people whom we meet daily and TZP is one such movie. How many times have we found kids whom we think are of no good coz they are not good at studies or things which we think are important. The whole movie is about supporting kids and understanding their problems. Many of us fail to understand why few kids cannot grasp things quickly, why they don't do things which are normal. The only thing that matter to us is how good the kids are as per the "society standards". As said in the movie, we train kids for the race where he has to win to survive, it dosn't matter if he dosn't live even one day of his childhood the way he wants. But we don't realize, the most memorable days of our life is our childhood and thats is something we carry a long way. The kids are never given a chance to live their childhood. Parents always want their kids to live their dreams and make them suffer for that. I'm not telling that we should leave the kids to do what they want and waste their time, but there should be a limit till which we should push them and there is a way of doing things. The greatest mistake people do while raising kids is comparing them to other kids. I have faced it myself but it somehow stopped after some time. As said in the movie, all kids are not the same similar to our fingers. Don't pull the fingers to make them same, as this can break the finger. Comparing is something which can destroy a kid beyond repair. How will it be if your kids compare you with the people of your age. For example, how about comparing yourself with lance armstrong or vishwanathan anand. Every kid is different is his own way and has his own qualities. Even if he has nothing special, just remember "he the is the sperm which won against millions of others and made it to real life". We ourselves don't know what we are good at and we expect our kids to know every thing. Its all about grooming a kid towards a better future rather than dumping all our dreams on him and expecting him to carry it. Every kid will learn, just that some are fast and some take more time. I seriously pity the kids today who have no time to play and have fun. 8 hrs of school, 2-3 hrs of tuitions, 2-3 hrs in some other learning activity. With all these things, where is the time to play. The whole marks system makes the kid to just mug up things rather than understanding it. Due to this we see so many of them doing good in school and then fade away later. Childhood is all about having fun and not thinking about anything else and thats why it is always considered to be the best years of our life. The most important thing the movie talks about is "being there for your kid". Its not enough to "care" for your kid by hugging, kissing and pampering him. The most important thing is the be there for him when he needs you. Everyone does mistakes and kids need someone to stand by and help them out and not someone who will scream at them and look down at them. Kids should make mistakes, act foolish, do notorious things, break things, have broken bones and thats why they are called kids ;) Let them be they way they are, they will love it the most and grow in a better way :D Thinking of it, it is the same wit every person, let it be kids or grown ups. Every relation needs to be groomed for it to flourish, every person does mistakes and everyone needs time to learn. The most precious thing a person can give to another is time. Its not the money u spend on them, the gifts u pour or the facilities you provide. All these things are important but its your time which matters the most. Its the feeling of having someone next to you, be there when you need them, who will help you correct yourself. Give your time to people whom u care for. That is the greatest investment you can do. cheers to life....