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Raising children makes you know...
Married and settled abroad 5 years ago, after having a baby, Ms. Ngoc Linh (33 years old, in Toronto, Canada) said: "Nowadays, you can learn everything on YouTube. From making milk, breastfeeding to changing diapers, bathing... everything is covered. At first, I was clumsy, but gradually I got used to the feeling of not having my mother around to guide me. Sometimes, after finishing everything, I realized I was crying because only then did I feel the hardship of a mother raising a child."
Although Tristan (Linh's husband) and friends are always willing to support her in everything, every time she holds her child in her arms, she is overwhelmed with emotions because she misses her parents so much.
"I have been studying and working away from home for more than ten years, so I always have to be independent and strong because I don't have family around. But since having a baby, I suddenly get emotional, especially when I think about my parents," Ngoc Linh confided.
With those thoughts is the mood of Ms. Huyen Dieu (50 years old, Go Cong, Tien Giang ) about raising children and loving parents.
Her two sons are generally well-behaved, but they cannot avoid the typical "rebellious" moments of adolescence. Sometimes they are too happy, go out and forget to come home, and their parents call but they don't answer; other times they are sad, locking themselves in their rooms all day without eating or drinking.
Not to mention the "disease" of being absent-minded just because of being addicted to games, which makes her have to remind her over and over again until she is tired. Yet, there were several times when it was lunchtime and everything was put on the table, only to realize that although the rice cooker was plugged in, her child had not... turned on the switch.
"There were times when I was so angry that I wanted to fight back, but then I remembered that I had times like that myself, but thanks to my parents being so understanding and considerate, I gradually overcame it. And there were dozens of people in the family," Ms. Dieu confided.
Secretly love parents
As children, it seems that due to our innocent nature, few people understand the hardships of their parents.
The world of childhood is just studying - eating - playing, so being taken care of by parents is obviously a normal thing. When we grow up a little and have our own family, we will understand what our parents have gone through. Raising a child has never been considered easy. Raising one child is difficult, raising many children increases the difficulty exponentially.
No matter where they are, no matter when, parents always love their children unconditionally. Even if they are old, their eyesight is dim, their legs are in pain, the first people they think of are still the children they gave birth to.
And perhaps all of us want to be successful, have a high income to take care of our parents fully and completely. But we seem to have forgotten one thing, that sometimes our parents do not need those things. They just need to see you healthy and safe; to have us by their side when they are sick; to have meals with us, and they will feel at ease.
Every day that passes means we have less time with our parents. It is time we spend more time and care for them before it is too late.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/nuoi-con-thuong-cha-me-nhieu-hon-20240816233541222.htm
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