LET THEM PLAY.

Last year was a very busy and a tense year for my daughter Chaitra.
She would wake up at 7 am and sleepily accompany me to the Tennis Court to play. At 8 am Mansi would pick her up and after a shower and breakfast would take her to the Grammar Class for an hour or so. At the stroke of 10 am, The stern tuition teacher would arrive and would spend a lengthy hour with her. At 12 noon, a yellow coloured bus would pick her up to School.
The weight and volume of her school bag always amazed me. So much of knowledge stuffed in one rucksack! My daughter's drooping shoulders were of concern to me.
After a tiring day at school, She would be off to her Abacus classes in the evening to learn Maths.
At night time, she would be bone tired and go off to sleep.
Of course, the Karate, Vocabulary and the Dance classes would be squeezed during the week ends.
The play park in my campus looked so desolate.
The empty slides and see saws would often bleed my heart.
I put my foot down. I could not bear my daughter's rigorous daily schedule.
We parents had no right in connivance with the teaching fraternity to rob the fun filled carefree lives of our children.
I made a decision which would give my daughter her childhood back.
I took her off every available class much to the displeasure of my wife.
She would just go to school.
She would become what she was destined to.
She woke up at her own sweet time when her dreams would cease.
She played in the play park, giggling with the swings and the slides.
I could see the smile on her face again.
I let her decide her future. She had to still grow up.
Let the children play !