A NAUGHTY BOY

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Today the son my of wife’s elder sister, came to my home for a visit, together with his mother. He is only 10 years old.

He has been acknowledged as the naughtiest boy. His grandparents-in-law don’t like him at all. I don’t like his being in my home either out of my experience. He will destroy everything available. We have to watch over him all the time in case he should commit any wrongdoing owing to the failure of our effective supervision. Even his own father and mother, are bored of him. Frequently they are so angry with his misconducts that they threaten to drive him away. I know his mother’s intention to come here to leave him to our care for some days. I am too reluctant to agree with my wife to accept him.

He is not morally degenerated in fact. He is only too naughty to remain quiet for one minute. He is always in high spirits and energetic. He looks on destruction of things within his reach the highest enjoyment in the world. He doesn’t take the least like to reading or studying. So his school academic achievements are only too poor to tell. Her parents are too much worried about him. For all in all, he is their son.

This afternoon they three kids went out to play outside after a carefully prepared lunch. After only a little while my son came back to report to me that he was having serious fight with a tall boy. I was so worried that I went to him instantly and only to find them fighting against each other in the street. I am so tired of his stay. However his mother left audaciously, leaving my wife and me worried and concerned.

The reasons for his development into such a state of disposition or character are various. The most important of all is his grandmother and his mother’s treatment when bring him up. He is too much pampered. “Spare the rod and spoil the child”, it is really correct. Even when he was still a toddler, his grandmother and mother refused any blame to him. Whatever he did was right. No accusations of any kind are permissible and therefore tolerated. At their time, their son was the best and perfect in the world. They took care of him with the most miraculously and meticulously care, unparalleled by any other tenders. However they reap what they sowed in the past. Both of them are suffering a lot from the misconducts of the boy.

The other reason is his parents’ wrong idea to cultivate the character of a little child. His father once said that he won’t accept forgiveness from others but he is always ready to ask for forgiveness from them. What a misconception he has had in mind! That meant that he would be winked at and shielded so long as he can beat others when any controversial disputes occur between his son and the other boys.

The third reason I have to state here is his nature which determines his behavīor and attitude toward others. Just like all children at the present age, he is egoistic, and intolerant of mistakes from others.

Whatever it is, the boy has developed into such a character that no one likes him. No one can foresee what kind of boy he is when he grows up. I wish he would change a little and return to the normal road of life.