What is a kill joy for children
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Few things bring more happiness than the sight of a happy, bubbly child. And I got to see one recently when I was visiting a friend’s place. While we both were engrossed in our talks, a little figure dashed into the house.
It was my friend’s eight-year-old son, Amit, back home after a game of football with his colony friends. With a mischievous smile plastered on his face, a twinkle in his eyes and a happy spring in his feet, I could literally see the excitement of the game still bursting from his body.
Just as he was frolicking towards me, his father asked him “Toh, aaj jeeta ki haara?” (“Did you win or lose?”)
That sentence stung Amit so badly, that I could clearly see his excitement level, his eagerness to talk about the game and the joy in his eyes come crashing down in a second! Halfway toward me, he hung his head down in shame, nodded in negative and quietly retrieved into his room. What a heart-wrenching sight it was.
His father had not even realised what a grave “crime” he had just committed. I use the word “crime” because his father had killed something: his son’s happiness.
It was my friend’s eight-year-old son, Amit, back home after a game of football with his colony friends. With a mischievous smile plastered on his face, a twinkle in his eyes and a happy spring in his feet, I could literally see the excitement of the game still bursting from his body.
Just as he was frolicking towards me, his father asked him “Toh, aaj jeeta ki haara?” (“Did you win or lose?”)
That sentence stung Amit so badly, that I could clearly see his excitement level, his eagerness to talk about the game and the joy in his eyes come crashing down in a second! Halfway toward me, he hung his head down in shame, nodded in negative and quietly retrieved into his room. What a heart-wrenching sight it was.