Have you ever grown a plant?

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A tiny little plant maybe as a science project in primary school? We all know basics about botany (no matter what level of education we accomplished or profession we may have chosen). A seed is sown and sprouts off a radical that grows downward and forms the root. It absorbs the best of what it can from the soil and offers nourishment to the steadily growing plant above. It’s this root that initiates the hard work, gathers the raw material that is pushed up through the stem and allows the leaves to use ‘photosynthesis’ and generate nourishment for the entire plant. If not for the root you would see withered leaves and no flowers and definitely no fruit.

Making your child obey you

The dictum in life is to be reasonable in expectations so that we are not let down. Maxims also state that when you put in your best you are welcome to expect the finest outcome. And then, laws of physics state that every action generates an equal and opposite reaction. Next, mirrors reflect back at us what we truly are, nothing more, naught less. So the key to happiness (backed by evidence base and science) is to sow the best seed so that you get supreme and flawless crop. That crop who ‘wants’ to listen to you. The crop who ‘waits’ for your command because he has the utmost desire to follow you as his role model. The crop that every parent wishes, dreams, prays, pines for. The crop of the obedient child.