"Ang Mali ay nagiging Tama sa Mata ng Bata"... bihira natin itong marinig na pinag uusapan dahil unconsciously, we adults are not aware that children do look at us as an example.
In the middle of a long line in a fast food chain last Saturday, April 16, 2011, I was able to encounter this first hand. Actually, its a little thing but it bugged me a lot.
There was a long line in a famous fastfood chain and I am the 3rd person from the counter when I noticed a small girl, around 6 to 7 years old, standing in the middle of the counter. At first I thought, she was just watching or just hanging around. Then I noticed a 500 peso bill on her hand, un pala, chumetyempo makasingit sa line. How did I know this? Kasi bata, she always turns around and asks her mother, who is about 2 people away in the back of the line, asking "ano nga ba ulit ung order natin?"
To think that the mom is already in line, she was using her daughter to go to the front of the line para mauna na sila. The kid was really trying to make her way to the cashier to make the order. When there was only 1 person in front of me, i told the kid, "Ikaw ha, wag kang sumingit, be a good girl and go stay with your mom at the back"... pasimple kong sinabi... after that, nakatayo lang dun ung bata, then slowly she went back to her mom.
After I got my order, bumalik ulit ung bata sa harap ng line at ang sama ng tingin sa akin nung mommy. Di na ako nag react.
Sa akin lang, naka pila ka na, as a mom, be a good example to your child and patiently wait for your turn. Mabilis naman gumalaw ang pila, marami lang talagang tao.
Sad to see this happen, maliit na bagay pero pano pa matututo ang bata if the grown up herself doesn't know simple etiquette?
2 comments:
yep that's actually true... if you really want your child to be a nice, honest, obedient and polite... parents should be the best example of showing what is wrong from right... I this certain person who always asks, why is his kid fights back? I told him, probably his sees you argue with your mom..
Sometimes, it's easier to see the fault in other people than realizing that we also did something to contribute to the situation.
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