[radikal]

I sometimes really wonder that if children actually learn anything from their parents.

When I was young I remember my mum telling me all these:

1)A woman should always have a centre parting in her hair so that she can apply sindoor till almost quarter of her head.
She would beautifully wear her sindoor and Pottu and I just watched but grew up not liking wearing both.

2)My mum used to tell me whenever we saw a woman wearing a revealing dress or short skirt.."Renu..never dress like that."
I grew up finally loving to wear Mini skirts!!

3)I used to see her buying beautiful silk sarees and she told me "Renu..one day all these will be yours"

I grew up thinking "No way man...I won't wear silk and kill silk worms"

4)She bought lots of gold and said "Renu one day these will be yours"
I grew up not liking gold at all.

5)We used to have a maid servant in the house and my mum would not let me play with her even though I loved playing with the maid servant.
Mum used to say not to see the maid's face in the morning!!LOL
She said look at a pic of God first thing in the morning.

I grew up befriending anyone ..I have friends from construction workers to professionals.
I see anything when I wake up..I grew up thinking that God is in each and every face and no one is a lesser God.

6)Ok this is really fun...I used to see my mum break traffic rules while driving...I grew up the most law abiding citizen ever on the road.

7)I used to see my mum carefully selecting her spices to cook and I grew up disliking most spices.I like Chinese style cooking.

8)I used to see my mum love eating chocolates.
I grew up not liking chocolates.



So I have formed a conclusion that children actually never learn anything from parents!!
Each one of us have our own behavior built in..just waiting to unfold.