These Little Children !

I like the 21st. century, the accelerated technological explosion, the present generation, and above all the infants and the toddlers. Stephen Hawking has rightly said, "It is clear that we are just an advanced breed of monkeys…..” The fact is that this children's galaxy is more advanced than us. Their advancement is in logarithmic progression.

I find my one-year-old maternal granddaughter fondling herself with the smartphone. She at least knows for sure that touching the screen would make the YouTube video disappear. She manages her soother while sleeping so that it behaves to her desire.

My two-year-old grandson has a way of his own. One day, his dad was showing him some videos on the desktop. He was holding his son’s hand to refrain him from handling the mouse or the keyboard. But he was unaware that his child was using his toes to adjust bass/treble and volume on the console underneath the table.

One afternoon both father and son went for a short nap. After one hour, I went to their room. I found the child staring at the roof while his father was asleep. When I entered the room, the child put his forefinger on his lips and cautioned me not to make any noise lest his father’s sleep be disturbed.

Such a scenario development would certainly expect something more surprising from a five-year-old. My maternal grandson Sai was denied his choice toy. While returning from the mall, Sai sitting in the back seat asked me if I had a piece of rope. When I asked the reason, he said that he would love to see his dad’s hands tied with the rope. My son-in-law was aghast. After a little while, Sai asked, “Dad! What is your age?” Dad replied that he was 35.

Sai then asked, “Dad! When I would be of your age, then would I have a son of my age?”

Dad replied in affirmation and asked the reason to think about such a distant future.

Sai replied, “When I have a son of my age, I shall never ever deny him a toy of his asking.”