Father-Son Commercial

It was 6pm yesterday.

I was sitting at the bus stop, observing. Two pairs of father and son jogged from across the road.

1st pair: dad was joggin, son stopped and walked. dad slowed his pace and encouraged the son to jog on or walk fast. they jogged side by side with son stopping a couple more times and dad jogging at son’s pace.

2nd pair: dad and son were jogging side by side. dad jogged faster. son tried to catch up. dad jogged on and son was trying hard to jog faster. dad was bout 1.5m ahead of son, son didn’t give up and jogged on effortlessly.

What can i say about the the 2 pairs? Well, obviously both dads know their sons very well. how different the behaviour was, it was the same. They knew what their son was capable of and what they needed. The first son needed more support and encouragement, having the dad next to him whereas the 2nd son was more independent and the dad knew that his son was capable to jog along though left slightly behind.

It is amazing how sometimes we think our parents do not know us cos we hide things from them. We lie to them about what we do outside, or we keep a distant and closed relationship with them. But it is true that regardless of mum and dad, it do not take a genius to know about their children instinctly. That is as much i can attribute to parents and the instincts that they develop about their children which are 90% on target. And for that, not only should they be appreciated, but should not be messed with.

~ by briyani99 on April 7, 2009.