For most of the evils today, we blindfoldedly blame US; so lets start this article in the same way. The trend of up-sizing started from US fast food chains, where for few extra cents you can get a gigantic drink & fries, which ultimately lead to a whole generation of up-sized people.
When this trend reached here, our people took it to a new dimension, a level you would have never imagined a few years back. Last week, on a discussion over children, a friend of mine said, "I love kids only when they are newly born or grown upto 6 years of age, in between that, I hate them & am better off to adopt a kid then to see that stage".
These words left me a thought, next generation family life is like dirty laundry, you know how to get your clothes dirty & love to wear them back, once they are clean, but the effort of cleaning them you don't wanna be part of it.
Have you ever thought why in South Asian culture, children still have parents on their top priority, even ahead of career at times. It's all because of the hardships parents face to bring them up & when the child sees that, he/she acknowledges it! & some where in the mind that respect always stays. In rural parts of Pakistan, mothers lactate their children till the age of 4!!! eat the food after feeding their children & work in farms to get basic necessities.
On the other hand, if some one deals the real investment age of their children as a useless time & think that, at the age of 6 or 10 they will get fully trained robots, then I know one thing for sure; the future of these people is either in old people homes or alone in a dark corner.
To me, this is the new side of up-sizing; getting a fully integrated, ready to roll family. But wise men say, no pain no gain. Think about it!
When this trend reached here, our people took it to a new dimension, a level you would have never imagined a few years back. Last week, on a discussion over children, a friend of mine said, "I love kids only when they are newly born or grown upto 6 years of age, in between that, I hate them & am better off to adopt a kid then to see that stage".
These words left me a thought, next generation family life is like dirty laundry, you know how to get your clothes dirty & love to wear them back, once they are clean, but the effort of cleaning them you don't wanna be part of it.
Have you ever thought why in South Asian culture, children still have parents on their top priority, even ahead of career at times. It's all because of the hardships parents face to bring them up & when the child sees that, he/she acknowledges it! & some where in the mind that respect always stays. In rural parts of Pakistan, mothers lactate their children till the age of 4!!! eat the food after feeding their children & work in farms to get basic necessities.
On the other hand, if some one deals the real investment age of their children as a useless time & think that, at the age of 6 or 10 they will get fully trained robots, then I know one thing for sure; the future of these people is either in old people homes or alone in a dark corner.
To me, this is the new side of up-sizing; getting a fully integrated, ready to roll family. But wise men say, no pain no gain. Think about it!
