The Experimental Child

Hey there reading the title you must have wondered is this a science related topic or is it about a test tube baby? , the answer is no it’s about the normal human being the one and only first child of the family.

          You know what’s one of the difficult task you are going to have in the future that is nothing but planning a baby rather I would like to put it in this way i.e. planning for your first child and for some the only child (*the actual planned one).  According to me our parents are scientists and their children are like their samples. They start doing experiments on the samples and we all know which sample gives the worst results obviously the first one because your parents are naive and it’s their first time handling a shaped ball of mass which can breathe and do humanly stuff. Now comes the actual part as the first born grows a wall is built around it(him/her). A wall of restrictions, don’t go to play  you will fall , you’ll become dark and the list goes on . In this process of enforcing rules, the child fails to explore itself , he/she feels a sense of responsibility and is afraid to fail trying new things. This remains with him/her the whole life, carrying all the burden of the family they live life of a machine where only thing they do is work support family eat sleep, they don’t even know what they are passionate about.

        Now comes the second sample the second child, he/she is left freely to do whatever they want and they are the mischievous one (not all). They live life like there is no tomorrow, passionate towards a particular goal with less responsibility and elder siblings support they achieve success in things they do. Now that our parents know which school is good and which isn’t, which coaching is better the second ones enjoy a life far better than the firsts. Maybe this is not the case with everyone but at least some. It’s just my view and the things I have undergone. So all my first born friends out there cheers to us.

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Darshan Shanbhag