One morning, vinay was waiting for his uncle to get dropped in the school. He was in 3rd standard. His mother was having breakfast in the dining table nearby. In fact, Vinay was getting late for the school. The kid was holding a long colorful umbrella in his hand and he started playing with it by swinging it up and down. Vinay’s mother warned him not to do so as it might hit his head or his eyes, or it could slip away from his hand and might make the flower vase fall down which was kept on a small table beside him.
The kid kept doing it and grimaced at her as she warned him
again. Then suddenly his mother made a swift movement towards him and dragged
the umbrella from him and hit hard on that kid’s left hand by saying “Can’t you
obey when I say something?” The hard plastic handle of the umbrella broke into
two pieces and fell aside. The boy started wailing as his soft and tender hand
became red. He kept wailing till he reached school.
What was the need of hitting the child with that umbrella?
Was it really necessary to react so curtly by his mother? It would have been
better if that umbrella had hit his head or the flower vase had fallen down
rather hurting a small child’s heart.
Vinay was slowly moving away from the attachment of the
family and he found closeness and happiness by being with his friends. One
Sunday morning, he was watching a cartoon in the television and he got excited
at it and screamed out of joy to which his mother got annoyed and asked him to
switch off the television and go inside the room. His mother and uncle were
having a serious talk at that time. Vinay got provoked at his mother's behavior
and he increased the volume of the television and started screaming again
loudly. His mother just lost her patience and moved towards the television and
pulled out the plug off the switch board and then shoved vinay at his back and
said, “get lost from here". Vinay was getting furious and feeling sad
also. He then, frowned at her by saying, “this is the reason that I don’t like
you”. He then ran out of the house through the main door.
That was an unexpected comment from Vinay. i was expecting a
terrible and worse reaction from his mother. Luckily, she just went on with the
conversation with ranjith uncle.
As i said earlier, Vinay had a strong belief that his mother
liked his sister more. He felt so, because once he was playing with his sister
in the evening after the school, as usual, they ended up in fighting and she
pushed Vinay at his stomach with the cricket bat she was holding. He was hurt
and started crying. Vinay was unable to show his anger back at her as she was
his “chechi”. He was waiting for his mother to get back home. But situation
changed when she asked him why he always fights with Nisha. He failed in making
her shout at Nisha. His last relief was uncle and he was happy when uncle
renjith gave nisha a slight hit on her leg with the same cricket bat.
That night, Vinay was made to sleep with his mother and
sister. He could see his sister crying on the bed and mother was shouting at
him by asking, “Are you happy by making my little girl cry? What you got by
making your uncle hit my daughter with a cricket bat? Do you think he would do
the same to his own daughter?” Vinay was blank and was having no idea what to
say and at that time. He really felt he was useless and felt as a bad child who
made his sister cry for no reason.
But as a small boy he was expecting a loving and cheerful
advice, a caring and understanding behavior from his mother. Vinay’s mind was
getting confused and was overflowing with emotions. He thought he was good for
nothing and started taking things seriously and emotionally. His mind was
becoming weak and was losing confidence on himself. He wanted someone who would
really love him, support him and guide him and also make him strong.
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