“Go away mom, I need some space.
Could you please stop bothering me?” “You’re intervening in my privacy!” “I’ll
leave this house as soon as I start earning.” We all might get such aggressive
thoughts when we get paranoid or frustrated because of our parents, when all
they are trying is to protect us. We never believe them when they say the right
thing; we think they don’t trust us when they are only scared of the people
around us. How these little things meant for our good can build a wall between
the kids and their parents is unbelievable!
Our parents were our best friends since
the very beginning but even we didn’t realize when newer people came and
gradually, the number of people increased and the bond with our parents became
harder to uphold. For long, the little gap kept increasing and with the passing
years, it became all the more difficult to deal with everything. We might name
it the generation gap or the problem with today’s generation; but all we lack
is a little bit of understanding on both the sides.
They expect us to wear our best foot
forward and to walk the mile with the best people and win as many accolades,
everything sprinkled with perfection. Maybe they forgot that even the most
successful people make mistakes. We on the other hand with the ‘Devil may care’
attitude wish to live life on our own terms, make as many mistakes and
responsibilities are the last thing we could ask for. It’s our age, our time to
have fun, live life with high spirits and do every crazy thing we can laugh at
when we get old; where did we go wrong?
When it comes to being a rebellion-
when I’m restricted to go somewhere or let down by parents for a friendly
dinner, I really wish to go back in time and see their teenage version. But
then, as much as we want to have fun, this is also the time to make the best of
career life. We do wish to earn a butt load of money and get all those
expensive brands we can only dream of, but I think even parents should
understand that with hard work, we need a pinch of fun too. With the world
getting unsafe and the people creepier, yes our parents might get slightly
hysterical when it’s about the people accompanying us; but I say- guide us, let
us learn our own lessons in spite of getting everything spoon-fed.
This little gap we share with them,
the times when understanding each other gets impossible and all you wish to do
is walk away, look back to see all the efforts they took to make you who you
are today. It might get a little topsy turvy but down the line; they would be
the ones standing by you when the whole world is against you. They would love you despite how ugly your
tongue can get or how many times you might have embarrassed them. And for
parents, we teenagers might get hard to handle, might say things we never meant
to, keep secrets we can’t share at the moment but our love never fades.
It’s time we try to shorten the gap
and show our concern towards understanding than mere punishments or alienating.
We as your dearest children don’t expect to be permitted to fulfill all our
desires; but your controlling us can only make the urge more intense. Your
suspicions can only make us more mysterious, try trusting us sometimes. Don’t
restrict us; let us relish the fun with you. We might go wrong, lose our way
but all we hope for is a little help to find ourselves back. We might have
several friends, but in the end of the day; we come home, we come back to you!
