My son wants a new watch again. Now I don’t understand it at all. Only last year I purchased a new watch for him. It is a good enough watch. He himself chose it after much deliberation and now he is saying that he is bored with it. What am I going to do now?

The watch is working perfectly but my son has completely refused to wear it anymore. He is adamant to have the new watch he has seen in some advertisement on television. He says that every guy in his class has already got it. He is sitting in the room with a sulky mood.

I don’t know- I feel very sad when I know that he is sad. But this is not the right way. He must understand that we can not get a new watch every year and moreover we must respect things and simply don’t throw them at the very first sight of something new. There are things that are for keeps. He must value what he has got and work hard to get things he wants.

There will always be something more tempting and more attractive. But there should be a limit to the desire to fulfill all our desires. He is only a student now. I don’t see any reason why he should have a new watch so soon. It’s not about the watch- it’s about the irrational demands that kids sometimes make. They must realize that everything should be done according to one’s situation.

When me and my sister were kids, I don’t remember a single time we pestered our mother for buying us something. Yes- there were things we wanted but we understood that we can have them by working for them. We were happy and content in our little world. Life was not about running from one object to another in a mall.

I find kids today have much less tolerance levels. They feel it is their right to have everything and feel betrayed when they can’t get them. I wish I can teach my kids to value the things they have and work for the things they don’t have.

I feel a little sad today. Let me take your leave now. Please take care. Bye.

The ‘common man’ was pleasantly surprised when his son came and apologized to him. The son told him that he didn’t want a new watch. The common man discovered that his wife had been talking to the kids while he was writing. She told them that dad works hard and they must respect him. She told them about their father’s efforts to give them a happy and secure life. The kids felt very proud of their father. They learnt to value what they had got in life.