All that Blaming

Hello people
I read the newspaper yesterday, like I do everyday.
On the first page of the City supplement of a very useless newspaper was some very disturbing news. Oh by the way, before I move on, this very useless newspaper is Hindustan Times. Now this very useless was talking some bullcrap, like it always does. This time it was about us kids.

It was saying something we kids asking for too much things, and all that stuff. Now I particularly dont disagree with that, but I particularly disagree with the newspaper because I just dont like HT.

Now, the thing is, I agree that we, as kids, ask for too many things that we dont deserve. Parents, have all the rights to not provide them. Yes I know we should learn to earn things.

But, let us analyse the reason why parents meet to the demands. You see, in today's world, in most families both the parents are working. That leaves them with very little time to catch up with the kids. So to catch up with them, parents are spending large amounts of their hard-earned money to meet their demands and keep their kids happy in one way or the other. But the thing is, No amount of money can make up for the quality time a little kid would spend with his dad/ mom. No amount of money can make up for the family vacations they have together. Why? Because cant buy no love.

And I, I am pretty content with the fact that money cant buy no love. At least something defeats that dratted thing. I like money, no doubt about it but what I like more is the time I spend with my family. As some of you might know, I dont go to movies with my friends or parties. I'd rather spend that time to go some place with my family. Specially cause my dad is out for most of the week working hard(see?) but we still spend time together.

I like expensive gifts too, but I'd rather like a gift coming from the heart. I dont care if someone doesnt buy me a very expensive toy(boys' toys!!!!). I would like it more if the person knows what I like most, and buy me something like that. For example, Simon's family pretty much got to know by the end of the first day that I liked cars. At the end of my trip, they got me this little vintage car which has a nice little clock under the hood. I loved it. I dont know how much it cost and seriously, I dont care.(A hint of france everywhere)

I just carried away there.

Coming to the second thing. You cant blame the kids all that much because kids are going through an age where they are most impressionable. Whatever they see they believe. So if they see something that they like, they are obviously gonna want it... Who doesnt?... Thats not just the kids, by the way. The catch here is that the companies these days are making things just from the kids point of view. You tell me, how many big executive dudes would wanna buy Nokia N-gage Gaming phones?. So here comes in the question of Corporate Responsibility and I sincerely feel that the companies are failing miserably at that. In India at least.

Almost every month, Nokia brings out 2-3 new phones with features just a bit different from each other and people are buying them. Kids want them too.

A survey showed that 54% of mid size cars bought are based on decisions by kids of the family. So that shows why people are buying useless cars. Those silly kids influencing these decisions dont know a kidney about cars but they just want the most expensive car in the segment and then those silly kids boast.

So the thing is, I want Companies to take Responsibility and I dont want useless newspapers Blaming us for no good reason

signing off

G
p.s.: Next entry: Some sort of teen issues... something like that