Class 11 English Unit 10 Home Life and Family Relationship

Every human is different. Often times what one desires, the other does not even see fit. Our parents are also one among the same crowd, just like us. However, there are fundamental, universal expectations they naturally have from their children in their twilight years, and our basic duty is to understand and fulfill them.

When people get old, they get highly sensitive, both physically and emotionally, and even the slightest of neglects hurt them deeply. They have lived a full life, worked tirelessly, earned respect, and fulfilled their heavy responsibilities of raising us. So, when they are old, they desperately want us not to forget this and to simply treat them with fundamental dignity, time, and respect.

After retirement, elderly people often struggle to find purpose and meaning in their day; most of the time they do not have a set routine. So, most of them stay usually alone at home. Often times we hear them silently complain that no one spends quality time with them, they deeply miss human company, they have nothing meaningful to do, and no one to truly talk to.

Your father was the one taking care of everything before he retired; your mother was so busy all her life looking after her family, and now, because they are old, they have near to nothing to do during their day. They simply want their children to lovingly involve them in daily conversations, family decisions, or any other big and small things in the household. These are the core expectations: love, inclusion, and the warmth of a child’s presence.

There are various complex reasons for modern children to live at a great distance from their parents. The primary reasons may be pursuing higher study, securing a demanding job, business expansion, and so on. For actively achieving their personal goals and fulfilling their individual desires, they have to invest massive time and effort elsewhere. Hence, their emotional relationship with their parents often becomes severely weaker due to their highly busy, stressful schedules. When children live at a distance for years, they gradually detach from the daily reality of their parents. Finally, it creates a permanent emotional gap or distance between parents and their children.

In today’s highly materialistic world, many children wrongly think that amassing money and social success are far more important than their old parents’ feelings. They do incredibly hard work for earning and saving, but forget the simple act of making their parents happy. Furthermore, some children begin a completely new life with their own nuclear family far from their hometown. Their own wife and children become the sole focus, making them indifferent to their old-age parents. That is why they claim to have no time to call or visit their parents. This tragic indifference not only degrades the sacred relationship between the parents and their children but also forces the parents to live a lonely, miserable, and depressing life.

There is absolutely nothing in this world that can come close to the pure, unconditional love that a mother feels for her children. Women are inherently nurturing mothers. From conception till birth, women painfully carry their young and then continue their immense love, affection, and sacrifice throughout their childhood and even deep into adulthood. Every mother always makes it her life’s mission to ensure that her children are safe, well-fed, and happy throughout their childhood. It is the pure, divine love for their child that organically drives these protective feelings.

After birth, a child instinctively finds his mom as his very first friend who plays with him along with providing extra care and nourishment. Without any expectation of financial return, a mother keeps on working tirelessly for the ultimate betterment of her child. She plays all the vital roles including being a mentor, a first teacher, a best friend, and a lifelong caretaker. When a child is born, it is the mother who easily and silently understands the unexpressed feelings or requirements of her child.

Since childhood, our mother patiently keeps telling us what is wrong and what is right in a manner designed to build us as good, moral human beings. We as children often foolishly take our mother for granted, but without her constant support, our life would become incredibly tough and worthless. A mother is a precious gift by God which we need to cherish with utmost love and care. The first and most indispensable teacher is a mother for any child, and her love is undeniably everlasting.

(Rules: “Although” connects two clauses. “However” starts a new sentence or follows a semicolon. “In spite of” is followed by a noun, pronoun, or the phrase “the fact that”.)