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will gain nothing or gain very little from it. Higher profits for superior quality output !” This theory which is applicable to a slab of iron can be equally stretched and extended to your beloved child.
In the eagerness to label their toddler as a bright child or a whiz kid from child-hood, the parents themselves overlook their child's bright future.
Today's toddlers who play games on mobiles and computers which their parents have never seen in their entire lives also, are extra smart. Compared to electronic gadgets, toys operated with keys seem like rubbish to them.
Teddy-bears, Barbie dolls and stacks of colorful small cars seem out-dated to them. Today's generation is so intelligent that if you inquire of them about games like langadi (playing catch on one foot), lakhoti (playing with marbles), santa kukdi (hide-n-seek), amli pipali and moi dandi, and such rural games, they will immediately check on the internet and come back with the relevant information.
When two and a half year old Ruchit takes a remote control in his hand and quickly flips through various channels and stops only when he gets his favourite cartoon channel that he wanted to see, his parents take immense pride in his child's capability. This proves costly when after a decade, at late night when everyone has fallen asleep, this same Ruchit takes a remote in his hands and flips through various channels while sleeping in his bed.
When three year old Mihir takes a mobile phone in his hand and talks on the mobile, his parents are very proud of him. However they are pained when they suspect that this same Mihir when studying for his SSC exams has stored porno clippings and other offensive material in his cell.
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