When education kills …

 

Exam के नम्बर ज़्यादा और Life के कम … 🥲

These days every time I read about a child dying by suicide because of studies… something inside feels deeply wrong with the world we have built.

No child actually wants to die.  

They only want the pressure to stop.

Somewhere we started believing that education is everything.  

And then slowly… marks became more important than learning, performance more important than personality, and comparison more common than conversation.

Truth is — education is overrated.  

And exam marks are grossly overrated.

They have almost no direct relationship with success in real life.  

But they have a very real relationship with anxiety, fear and silence.

We say we are preparing children for the future —  

but are we preparing them for life… or just for an occupation?

Life will give them failure.  

Life will give them rejection.  

Life will hurt them at times.

And that is not a tragedy — that is training.

If we constantly protect them from failure and push only for success, we are not helping them…  

we are weakening them.

A child must learn:

how to lose,

how to cope,

how to stand up again,

how to be okay even when they are not the best.

Learning should be a happy process.  

Not a daily performance review.

We should raise children who know how to live —  

not children who only know how to compete.

Let them play.  

Let them have passions.  

Let them build physical and mental strength.  

Let them experience boredom, disappointment and recovery.

Because a happy child becomes a stable adult.

Before asking: “Kitne aaye?”  

maybe ask: “Tum theek ho?”

Marks improve.  

Careers change.  

Life finds its way.

But a child who feels loved only when successful  

slowly stops feeling safe.

We don’t need perfect children.  

We need emotionally secure humans.

After all…  

the child is the father of the man.

Parents, think. 🙏🏻