On Merciless Parents by W. D.

            Do you love your parents? What a silly question!! We think that all parents are full of tenderness and love from the moment they give birth to a new soul and are ready to sacrifice their lives for their children. But many persons are cursed with merciless parents who own that harsh style in teaching their children. You may imagine them shouting or forbidding them from certain activities as a punishment. But what about torturing them physically and psychologically? Just the thought makes you shiver. Unfortunately, merciless parents do exist and in many ways.

            The first type of cruel parents are those who use a bad way of speaking with their children that affects them psychologically. I remember my neighbor whose mother treat her with a threatening way. I could hear easily their fights and voices around. The mother uses special sentences that hurt the girl's feelings and make her afraid before even getting wrong, she had never supported her or show love in any of her words. One of her popular says :"Refuse to obey me and I will kill you".. or  "I said no, idiot, so do not do it or you know what can I do". Such words, not only make the girl weak to face anything but encourages her to lie to avoid the punishment and run away from risks and new thoughts to escape from life lessons, although they will be badly forced on her.

            Another kind of parents that surprised me are those of a classmate's friend who use the hitting style. One time, this young friend failed the exams and started crying and shivering . I thought her reaction was exaggerated, but she wasn't afraid of the meaning of failure itself because she can make more efforts and succeed again, but of her parents. They came to school and started shouting at her, "You should not come to school but go to a zoo instead...". And the worse is coming, beside insulting her, they started hitting her angrily and continued until she fell down on the floor. It was the terrible behavior I have ever seen. After that, the girl became so desperate, always sitting alone, and shivering never leaves her.

            But the most merciless parents are those who uses their children as beggars like the ones in the neighboring city. They send them to beg for money on the streets because their fat ugly father with frightening looks is too lazy to get a job. Instead, he is busy holding a thick whip and waiting someone to throw his anger on him. Not just that, he asked for a specific amount of money to be served at the end of the day or the children will be hit violently. This has driven them to steal and do whatever it takes to make  their work done. They became dangerous to the level of  killing someone just for money. Poor little souls.

            Running away from punishments, hurting words and pain, children were obliged to follow the strict rules and be obedient for any single order even if it is not the right thing. They became too weak to face life because they were never encouraged to resolve their own conflicts with confidence. They can easily fall at the first hole. Eventually, they have learned nothing. Parents should never say or do anything without considering the effects of their behavior on their children. Democracy is the best way to deal with them, No shouts, No violence. Discussions are the key to put parents and children on the right track of life, in the present and future one.