A promise is a promise

I haven't written on the blog for quite a while now and the excuse is simple--I had been busy. I always believed that parenting is like learning on the job. No amount of advice from wellwishers, parents and books can help you learn parenting. Each child is differnt hence there can't be a neat and clean model for parenting. And, now the story unfolds--

While Khushei was growing up, we got her a piggy back to encourage her save money, so that she learns to value the virtue of being thrifty, which has almost evaporated these days. While I am talking of piggy bank, this reminds me an interersting anecdote. I know I am jumping but this is too interesting to not share. Once both my girls--Khushei, Kirty and their friends swerved their bikes on the main road and I happened to see them. When I scolded them, they said, There was a pig on the road and we didn't want to catch swine flu. Talk about being informed. Now getting back to my earlier story---

The husband in one of his good moods promised her that when she accumulates substantial amount he will contribute the same amount and double it. Last Saturday, was the day to do that and now Khushei has Rs 3640 in her piggy bank. No doubt, she is rich, but we hear her talking a lot about money and at times wonder, if we have introduced her to the world of adults where money becomes more important than a whole lot of other things.

I was discussing this with the husband and he says, A promise is a promise. I had promised Khushei and if I wouldn't fulfil this she would have stopped believing in promises. Yes, promises are meant to be kept, I couldn't agree more.