What is life all about? The question that keeps ringing in our mind quite often.For a child its even more interesting and fun to explore about.
For my son, everything and anything is an important thing in this world. Followed by why, what and how questions to help himself understand the world around him. All we need to do is allow the free flow of his thoughts to quest his curiosity and guide him along to understand.
The first ever question he asked when he was 4-5 yrs old stays fresh in my memory.
Q: why we are not falling down when the earth is rotating? why the rivers and ocean do not overflow or enter city while the earth is rotating?
I took some time to explain in simple words about the gravitational force.
Followed by N number of questions.... How the birds are flying? why can't a chicken fly higher? why do some birds fly higher?
Some flash backs from my diary
2012:
Food chain:
Chi :What do the lions eat?
MoM: sheep,goat,deer...
Chirag: may be wolf too... ok what does the wolf eat?
Mom: Sheep, goat..
Chi: What does the sheep eat?
Mom:Guess you know that,can you tell me?
Chi:its grass,hay and flowers, Mom tell me what do the grass and plants eat to grow?
Mom:(he is asking about food chain? and I want to see what his answer is?) Can you tell me what they eat?
Chi: may be they eat mud and water..
and he is correct...
Now he wanted me to build a real hot air balloon which can fly in the sky with his dolls inside:-( guess soon he himself will find a way for it.He keeps telling me that he need a rotor and a motor to make the helicopter fly.Guess I need to learn a lot about engineering stuffs :-)))
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Mission accomplished:
While we were talking about Neil Armstrong's demise Chirag was busy playing something seriously.He asked me for some playdohs and Lego blocks.when I asked him what he was doing? He said mom I am building space station and rocket launching.It was a good model,he tied the rocket and space shuttle together and fixed in the launching towers(Lego blocks) and his mission is to go to sun.when I said till now no one has gone to sun and it's too hot to go near.His immediate answer was "I will go and get fire for my rocket from sun."And I didnot want to stop the fire in him with the facts but said hurray.
after his mission was over (going to sun and other planets),he was dismantling the rocket into pieces and separating the spaceshuttle while flying down,when asked why he said rockets donot land on earth only space shuttle lands that too on runway.His mission accomplished:-)
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2013:
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Empathy:
Yesterday went to bed with a sense of goodness feeling. I was having dear time with my son,talking about his liking and was asking what he wants to do when he grows up. The conversation started with pazhaya saadham (old rice fermented ) ,when he grows up he wanted to eat this a lot and wanted to be with orphans and poor kids.Recently we had been to orphanage (wanted chirag to see the other side of the world ) .He wants to feel how it would be like a poor boy and without mom & dad. He felt sad when he thinks they don't have parents at the same time he felt happy that the kids were chubby and bubbly (shows the innocence in a child ). So he wanted to be with them when he grows up. Hugged my child and kissed him to the core.Thanked god for giving me such a gift and patted myself for being a good mom .
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Pakistan and china in space:
My conversation with DS while watching News....
DS: Is india going to fight with Russia? (after watching Manmohan singh meeting Russian president )
Me: Nope. he has gone for a meeting.(small blah blah went on)
Ds: Why is Pakistan fighting?(After watching the JK fight and other terrorists news)
Me: Not all people are fighting...(some blah blah on this too)
DS:The main problem is Pakistan and china are coupled to INDIA. Let me take these two countries and put them into space. So that there is no problem.
Puzzled mom took some time to convince him that we can't generalize people.
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Fabulous Birthday
I had a fabulous bday. Met many of my relatives in a getogether after a decade. Some of them after 20 yrs, felt so good. My son gave me a big surprise,arranged a candle light party with decorations.( idea,presntation ,execution ,supervising all by himself ) .We never celebrated like this before. He was so romantic... . Grand parents could not control their emotion on seeing his affection towards me ( touchwood ) . He ended with a bday dance ( like ball room ) inviting me to join him rock and roll. Felt lovely while dancing with him.It was indeed a wonderful day for me.
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Great Epics :
My curious DS was so excited to see the nanganallur Anjaneya temple. The entrance queue was as long as our Hanumar tail. He was happy to see Rama,Sita,Hanuman and karudar idols.
He started to shoot me with questions like why no statue for Ravana,why cant he too be worshiped? Is he a bad man just because he kidnapped sita?what about Sukreeva and vaali why no statues for them, they too are quite important ,esp sukreeva is a good monkey why are we worshiping only Hanuman?Why all monsters and Asuras are black in color ?why not white?
I need to do an Autopsy of our epics ....... to answer him.
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For my son, everything and anything is an important thing in this world. Followed by why, what and how questions to help himself understand the world around him. All we need to do is allow the free flow of his thoughts to quest his curiosity and guide him along to understand.
The first ever question he asked when he was 4-5 yrs old stays fresh in my memory.
Q: why we are not falling down when the earth is rotating? why the rivers and ocean do not overflow or enter city while the earth is rotating?
I took some time to explain in simple words about the gravitational force.
Followed by N number of questions.... How the birds are flying? why can't a chicken fly higher? why do some birds fly higher?
Some flash backs from my diary
2012:
Food chain:
Chi :What do the lions eat?
MoM: sheep,goat,deer...
Chirag: may be wolf too... ok what does the wolf eat?
Mom: Sheep, goat..
Chi: What does the sheep eat?
Mom:Guess you know that,can you tell me?
Chi:its grass,hay and flowers, Mom tell me what do the grass and plants eat to grow?
Mom:(he is asking about food chain? and I want to see what his answer is?) Can you tell me what they eat?
Chi: may be they eat mud and water..
and he is correct...
Now he wanted me to build a real hot air balloon which can fly in the sky with his dolls inside:-( guess soon he himself will find a way for it.He keeps telling me that he need a rotor and a motor to make the helicopter fly.Guess I need to learn a lot about engineering stuffs :-)))
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Mission accomplished:
While we were talking about Neil Armstrong's demise Chirag was busy playing something seriously.He asked me for some playdohs and Lego blocks.when I asked him what he was doing? He said mom I am building space station and rocket launching.It was a good model,he tied the rocket and space shuttle together and fixed in the launching towers(Lego blocks) and his mission is to go to sun.when I said till now no one has gone to sun and it's too hot to go near.His immediate answer was "I will go and get fire for my rocket from sun."And I didnot want to stop the fire in him with the facts but said hurray.
after his mission was over (going to sun and other planets),he was dismantling the rocket into pieces and separating the spaceshuttle while flying down,when asked why he said rockets donot land on earth only space shuttle lands that too on runway.His mission accomplished:-)
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2013:
God -The ultimatum...
everyday is a new day for us with Chirag and his questions. Thanks to google but yet we pass on the ball to 'God' for some qs.
chi- can i kill or cut the lizards?
mom- no we cant kill them,it does no harm for us.
chi- can we kill mosquitos?
mom - yes, they are harming us, we might get fever.
chi- aren' t the mosquitos paavam.the lizards eat mosquitos and ants, so cant we kill lizard?
mom - lizard eat insects,they are their food. This is nature's magic and that is how 'GOD' created.....( well he is correct indeed)
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chi - are the lions,tigers,eagles etc are bad animals?
mom- not really,but we have to be careful as they are dangerous.
chi- they kill other animals and harm them,so aren't they bad.cant they eat grass?
mom- no they cant,their stomach cant digest grass... that is how these animals are created by nature 'God'
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chi- i like to be a baby, can i go backwards and see?
mom- not really, we cant go to the past.
chi- why not?
mom- that is how the earth is created.we always go forward in life.
everyday is a new day for us with Chirag and his questions. Thanks to google but yet we pass on the ball to 'God' for some qs.
chi- can i kill or cut the lizards?
mom- no we cant kill them,it does no harm for us.
chi- can we kill mosquitos?
mom - yes, they are harming us, we might get fever.
chi- aren' t the mosquitos paavam.the lizards eat mosquitos and ants, so cant we kill lizard?
mom - lizard eat insects,they are their food. This is nature's magic and that is how 'GOD' created.....( well he is correct indeed)
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chi - are the lions,tigers,eagles etc are bad animals?
mom- not really,but we have to be careful as they are dangerous.
chi- they kill other animals and harm them,so aren't they bad.cant they eat grass?
mom- no they cant,their stomach cant digest grass... that is how these animals are created by nature 'God'
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chi- i like to be a baby, can i go backwards and see?
mom- not really, we cant go to the past.
chi- why not?
mom- that is how the earth is created.we always go forward in life.
Chi- Why the earth can't go backwards?
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chi-where are these gods living? in the sky?
mom- yes.everywhere.
chi-are they watching us?
mom- yes.
chi - they bless us when we do good and punish us when we do bad right?
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one day he was busy doing prayer and was giving prasadhams at home to all of us and said
chi - thatha,paati,momy and daddy i am blessing you all.if you do wrong i will punish you.Look now i am 'GOD',so you listen to me.No rules for me now on.Got ourselves stumped.
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chi-where are these gods living? in the sky?
mom- yes.everywhere.
chi-are they watching us?
mom- yes.
chi - they bless us when we do good and punish us when we do bad right?
..............................
one day he was busy doing prayer and was giving prasadhams at home to all of us and said
chi - thatha,paati,momy and daddy i am blessing you all.if you do wrong i will punish you.Look now i am 'GOD',so you listen to me.No rules for me now on.Got ourselves stumped.
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Empathy:
Yesterday went to bed with a sense of goodness feeling. I was having dear time with my son,talking about his liking and was asking what he wants to do when he grows up. The conversation started with pazhaya saadham (old rice fermented ) ,when he grows up he wanted to eat this a lot and wanted to be with orphans and poor kids.Recently we had been to orphanage (wanted chirag to see the other side of the world ) .He wants to feel how it would be like a poor boy and without mom & dad. He felt sad when he thinks they don't have parents at the same time he felt happy that the kids were chubby and bubbly (shows the innocence in a child ). So he wanted to be with them when he grows up. Hugged my child and kissed him to the core.Thanked god for giving me such a gift and patted myself for being a good mom .
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Pakistan and china in space:
My conversation with DS while watching News....
DS: Is india going to fight with Russia? (after watching Manmohan singh meeting Russian president )
Me: Nope. he has gone for a meeting.(small blah blah went on)
Ds: Why is Pakistan fighting?(After watching the JK fight and other terrorists news)
Me: Not all people are fighting...(some blah blah on this too)
DS:The main problem is Pakistan and china are coupled to INDIA. Let me take these two countries and put them into space. So that there is no problem.
Puzzled mom took some time to convince him that we can't generalize people.
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Fabulous Birthday
I had a fabulous bday. Met many of my relatives in a getogether after a decade. Some of them after 20 yrs, felt so good. My son gave me a big surprise,arranged a candle light party with decorations.( idea,presntation ,execution ,supervising all by himself ) .We never celebrated like this before. He was so romantic... . Grand parents could not control their emotion on seeing his affection towards me ( touchwood ) . He ended with a bday dance ( like ball room ) inviting me to join him rock and roll. Felt lovely while dancing with him.It was indeed a wonderful day for me.
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Great Epics :
My curious DS was so excited to see the nanganallur Anjaneya temple. The entrance queue was as long as our Hanumar tail. He was happy to see Rama,Sita,Hanuman and karudar idols.
He started to shoot me with questions like why no statue for Ravana,why cant he too be worshiped? Is he a bad man just because he kidnapped sita?what about Sukreeva and vaali why no statues for them, they too are quite important ,esp sukreeva is a good monkey why are we worshiping only Hanuman?Why all monsters and Asuras are black in color ?why not white?
I need to do an Autopsy of our epics ....... to answer him.
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