Children need personalized attention now more than ever before
There are highly disturbing reports of children who are just fifteen, from rich families being addicted to drugs. The reason given by such children is" neither my father nor my mother cares for me".This throws up a counter question as to who cares for them. Enter a classmate or some anti-social fellow who waits for an opportunity and promises "the high" with just one try. And then things go far beyond control. Such instances of parents being too busy with their careers and virtually surrendering care of their children either to old parents or servants have been reported from the bug metros, including Chennai, which was not so bad at all. Today, crime rates in this metro are increasing day after day. Teachers are so busy and often fail to notice dysfunctional behavior. The only primary responsibility lies with the parents who need to talk to children on a daily basis. They need to really open out and address all their fears and anxieties and pressures of studying a vast syllabus and so on.
Reports that dominate social media are so complex. The television serials and the movies have made it even worse. Parents tend to spend their time on watching such TV serials, wasting too much time.
It is time that we take this issue of care for children very seriously.