Bringing up a child in a Metropolitan Tier I city, one thing that I was always worried about was whether he would ever connect with nature. In a city, wherein you can only see high rise buildings as far as your eyes can reach, an open garden or a landscape is something that is rare. Our children these days lack immunity, the reason, they don’t play enough in the good soil and mud. As parents, we have today become overprotective about our children and many a time restrain them from indulging in simple activities of happiness.
My Son is 3.7 months old. One thing that I felt that he was missing out in the concrete jungle was to enjoy the pleasures of gardening. For vacations, we have come down to my maternal house, which is in the suburbs of Mumbai. My parents have a small garden flat, where we grow a couple of vegetables and fruits. Though at this small age he is not able to contribute anything major, his daily job is to take around the garden and collect the vegetables and flowers for the day.
I have got him a small bucket, wherein he collects all the vegetables and then lays down in a banana leaf and pretends to be a vegetable vendor. This goes on for about an hour daily and is His a complete timepass for everyone. His other job is to take care of the fishes. Every day it is his duty to feed the fishes in the pond. Sometimes he feeds them extra and has also given them his food to eat.
