Those who manage to break from a very rigid environment often go berserk and cause greater harm to themselves. I have seen many children under the strict home environment performing very well in school, but losing their way in the open environment of college. Is a prison-like environment necessary for bringing out the best in a person? Is the open and free environment responsible for a person’s downfall? I believe that neither is true.
While an overtly strict environment may generate extraordinary growth in one dimension, the growth of other aspects remains stunted. Such a person cannot stand the trials and tribulations of the external world. The suppressed desires, when given opportunities, burst out and may even ruin the person.
Whoever coined the expression ‘free as a bird’‚ must have realised the true value of freedom. History is testimony to so many civil wars fought by common men seeking ‘freedom’. Freedom is our original nature. Just as no seed can blossom into a tree without freedom, a person cannot realise his/her full potential without a free environment.
Home is the first nursery where children are taught to face the world. Their hidden potential is carefully nurtured, not caged. Their unique talents are allowed to find roots. Their wings are allowed to open-up and strengthen. Children must be brought up in an environment where parents lead value-based exemplary lives. Reasons, not orders, should be exercised. Freedom should never be a casualty at home. Children would leave such a home only to return with better growth and good taste of life.
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