When children rush in
where adults fear to tread, there is cause for concern. Children are committing suicide for reasons as
silly as being scolded by parents or teachers.
Children are committing crimes which adults would find repulsive. Why is innocence fleeing from children?
Germaine Greer described
the library as “a place where you can lose your innocence without losing your
virginity.” The library is a treasure
house of knowledge and information. The
library brings to you heroes and villains, notions and perversions, the saint and
the sinner. The library opens your inner
eye and reveals the hidden secrets of the world. While knowledge is a priceless treasure, it
is also potential terror. That is why
the biblical God asked Adam and Eve not to eat the fruit of knowledge.
Today children are
exposed to a tremendous lot of information which most of them are not able to
handle effectively. The mobile phone
with internet connection, the social media and the television expose children
to worlds they are not able to comprehend and cope with. They enter the adult world before they are
even able to grasp the basic rules of that world. They are confounded by the monstrous chiaroscuro
of that world. Consequently they fumble
with the shadows and metamorphose into shadows eventually. Childhood is a shadow game today, much like
life in Christine Feehan’s novel Shadow
Game.
Is childhood lost
altogether? I don’t think so. There are still many children who feel loved
and cared for by parents and significant others. Such feelings of security are the only things
that can save childhood. Providing those
feelings, creating such an environment, is the duty of the adults. The adults are too busy, however, it seems,
with too many other things.
Hmm...Loved the quote of Germaine in the context. Knowledge is indeed power but not everybody is capable of handling power.
ReplyDeleteEspecially children when it comes to knowledge they can't digest.
DeleteAgree with it! The education system too is playing a pivotal role in this transformation...it used to be quite a simple life earlier.
ReplyDeleteCommercialisation of education brought in too many textbooks, projects and many other things. That too is a serious problem.
DeleteTrue sir,We need change in education system
ReplyDeleteThe society also can play a positive role in the process.
DeleteVery logical writing covering up the the effect of digitization and child's psychology.
ReplyDeleteParents, now a days must be more careful about their children.
A lot of care, in fact. They are more in need of guidance today than ever in spite of the plethora of information they have.
DeleteAs you said, the problem is in the upbringing. Technology, information overflow, movies etc. are mere tools. They can never be blamed. A child should be taught to walk before run, and with no one to teach it, they stumble on to the unfiltered rays of knowledge and myths
ReplyDeleteToo much to handle and no one to guide efficiently.
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