Parenting - Season 2

I read a post on our WhatsApp group of "Old" school friends. It was about parenting. How kids today are a challenge to raise . Our busy schedule, technology and increasingly reducing attention span is the reason. Most of us are past that age, but it set me thinking.

This is very much applicable even for taking care of our parents. And also to brace ourselves for our next chapter as a senior citizen.

This is Parenting - Season 2.
It's round the corner 😅.

The challenge of growing old...

1) Technology
We are in a time where "Parent-sitting service" has become a need. Who will talk to us when we grow old?  Is Skype and WhatsApp enough? Who will identify with our subjects. Can we use technology to keep ourselves entertained and constructively engaged? 

2) Instant gratification:
We have brought up our children with immediate reward or reprimand. Expect the same treatment. Who has the patience and time to talk to old people.

3) Parent's rule:
I don't eat garlic in monsoon,nobody should! No noise after 10 pm, Old man has to sleep. I want to listen to News and Old hindi songs of 1990s.

Come on move with time... Listen to rap, Follow Game of thrones. Tolerate stand-up comedians who use the F-word in every alternate sentence. Chill out.

4) Only Fun:
Only Fun not Ok. You have to have a routine. Share household chores like paying the bills... ONLINE.

5) No Social: Interaction:
Look up old friends. Join a social cause. Start teaching. Write eBooks, Blogs. Publish ONLINE. Join a readers club. Stay in the City. (There is enough in Mumbai that I have not seen. OLA/ Uber or even BEST AC services are very "senior" friendly.)

Let's be good to our Young-at-heart Parents AND Let's become Good senior citizens & Grandparents!

...We are almost there!