Sharing is a way of caring. This is what we always teach our
children. They are taught to be compassionate, understanding and are guided to
share each and everything with others. Often teaching alone does not help
unless you make them realize and act upon that. Why can't we teach our
children, not to stereotype anything on the basis of gender? Gender equality is
something that we need to make our Next Gen understand from the beginning.
As they say,
Charity begins at home, so thus your child's social responsibilities. We have
seen incidents where household chores have been specifically given to the
female members of the family. This is totally unacceptable. If there is a
brother and sister, the sister is always asked to get water, make tea and do
other household work, while the brother sits along, probably playing games on
his mobile. Why don’t we distribute the responsibilities between both? It
is high time, that our children come to know the importance of #SharingTheLoad
at home. Stereotyping some particular work to women, is inappropriate, as it
may gradually demean the child’s respect towards women folk.
Sharing work from the beginning is what we should teach the little
ones. No one should feel superior on the basis of gender. How a small boy’s
perspective is about women, will decide in future how responsible and caring he
is towards the women around him, when he grows up. I have often seen families
with a boy and girl, where the boy is given the best of education, clothes and
other comfort while the girl is being neglected and her efforts are been
unseen. This attitude raises a sense of superiority in the boy, and she starts
brushing off the opposite gender from the very beginning. This is an unhealthy
situation and to make the future of the society free of intolerance towards women,
we need to educate both men and women to be equal, both at home and work.
Sharing responsibilities at home is a small but very significant
start to this movement of making the future bright and equal for both the
gender. For a prosperous and shining tomorrow, make an environment of equality
at home. Distributing household chores among every sibling is a must. Not only
they realize their responsibilities, but they actually tread their way to form
a society devoid of any gender stereotyping and inequality. So, let us teach
the next generation to #ShareTheLoad and make a brighter India.
