We were excited with Zee’s new behavior. Dia lagi seneng ‘mewek’ (ngga sampe nangis) setelah selama 9 bulan nangis bisa diitung kurang dari 10 kali (except when he’s still newborn ya :p). Zee bener2 bayi yang manis, kooperatif dan ‘sopan’ menurut gue. Kalo lagi ketemu sama sesama bayi, dia akan observe dulu siapa ‘lawan mainnya’, then he touch gently. Anak temen gue si A, begitu ketemu sama anak kecil sepantarannya maunya jambak dan nyakar. Jangan sampe Zee begitu ya..

Ok, kecuali sama sepupunya dia, Kayra.. kalo udah main Koi Pond di iPad bisa sundul2an ga keruan dan saling tunjuk2an sampai diakhiri dengan gebrak2 iPad (tentu aja gue yg panik akhirnya) LOL.

Nah kemarin Cus Iin laporan per sms. Dia bilang, Zee lucuuuuu banget bu, tadi liat payung trus mau mainan, sama Mba Tari payungnya dilipet dan disimpen karena basah, trus Zee mewek terus gt sambil nunjuk2 payungnya. Saya lucu ngeliatnya tapi kasian kalo kelamaan mewek, akhirnya saya ajak main2 aja di halaman belakang. :p hihihihi..

Gue sendiri udah pernah dikasi liat Zee mewek, sering malah kalo pagi2 dia bangun trus dengan signature move-nya dia nempel2in tangan ke mulut (sampe sekarang kita artiin “mimik. mimik”), kalo gue kelamaan nyiapin susunya, dia lgs mewek sampe bersuara gt. LUCUNYA. hueheuheuheue…

Sampe akhirnya gue sama Andri mikir, jangan2 Zee manja banget ni ke kita?

Well sebenernya bagi gue dan Andri, gapapalah masih bayi manja, dia belum tau apa2 gitu. Nanti diatas 1 taun baru deh TIGER MOM dimulai. huahauhauahua.. nggak2. nggak gitu kok gue :p Anyway, gue jadi berpikir ini kejadian di bayi lain se’angkatan’ Zee ngga sih? Setelah nanya sama (siapa lagi kalo bukan) Anggi, ternyata Aghnan juga begitu. Ahhhh berarti ini just another phase. Anggi bilang, ini fase mereka mengeksplor sesuatu dengan konsen, barang bisa dimainin terus sampe mereka feel enough dan bosen. Jangan harap bisa ngambil barangnya dari Zee kalo dia lagi uklek2 bola atau balok2an ABCD. Bisa jerit dia :p

Pas lagi telp Andri, cerita soal ini, Andri bilang bbrp hari lalu Papa Dias kirim email fwd-an gitu, mengenai parenting dan dia bilang bagus banget. Gue baru baca tadi, dan sangat-sangat-sangat tersentuh sekali. I think i’m gonna share it here

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This is a powerful message in our modern society. We seemed to have lost our bearings & our sense of direction.

One, young, academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company.

He passed the first interview. The director who did the last interview, made the last decision.

The director discovered from the CV that the youth’s academic achievements were excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research. He never had a year when he did not score.

The director asked, “Did you obtain any scholarships in school?” The youth answered “none”.

The director asked, ” Was it your father who paid for your school fees?” The youth answered, “My father passed away when I was one year old. It was my mother who paid for my school fees.”

The director asked, ” Where did your mother work?” The youth answered, “My mother worked as a clothes cleaner. The director requested the youth to show his hands. The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect.

The director asked, ” Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?” The youth answered, “Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books. Furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster than me.”

The director said, “I have a request. When you go back today, go and clean your mother’s hands and then see me tomorrow morning.”

The youth felt that his chance of landing the job was high. When he went back, he happily requested his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt strange,  but with mixed feelings, she showed her hands to her son.

The youth cleaned his mother’s hands slowly. His tears fell as he did that. It was the first time he noticed that his mother’s hands were so wrinkled and that there were so many bruises in her hands. Some bruises were so painful that his mother shivered when they were cleaned with water.

This was the first time the youth realized that it was this pair of hands that washed the clothes every day to enable him to pay the school fee. The bruises in the mother’s hands were the price that the mother had to pay for his graduation, academic excellence and his future.

After finishing the cleaning of his mother hands, the youth quietly washed all the remaining clothes for his mother.

That night, mother and son talked for a very long time.

Next morning, the youth went to the director’s office.

The Director noticed the tears in the youth’s eyes and asked, ” Can you tell me what  you did and learned yesterday in your house?”

The youth answered, ” I cleaned my mother’s hands, and also finished cleaning all the remaining clothes.’

The Director asked, ” Please tell me your feelings.”

The youth said, Number 1, I know now the meaning of appreciation. Without my mother, there would not be the successful me today. Number 2, by working together and helping my mother, only now I realize how difficult and tough it is to get something done. Number 3, I have come to appreciate the importance and value of family relationship.

The director said, ” This is what I am looking for in my new  manager.
I want to recruit a person who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the sufferings of others to get things done, and a person who would not put money as his only goal in life. Son,you are hired.”

Later on, this young person worked very hard, and received the respect of his subordinates. Every employee worked diligently and as a team. The company’s performance improved tremendously.

A child, who has been over protected and habitually given whatever he or she  wanted, would develop the entitlement mentality and would always put himself first. He would be ignorant of his parent’s efforts. When he starts work, he assumes that every person must listen to him, and when he becomes a manager, he would never know the sufferings of his employees and would always blame others. This kind of person, may be good academically and may be successful for a while, but eventually would not feel a sense of achievement. He will grumble and be full of hatred and fight for more.
If we are this kind of protective parents, are we really showing love or are we destroying the kid instead?*

You can let your kid live in a big house, eat  good meals, learn piano, watch a big screen TV. But when you are cutting grass, please let him experience it. After a meal, let him wash his plates and bowls together with his brothers and sisters. It is not because you do not have money to hire a maid, but it is because you want to love him in the right way. You want him to understand, no matter how rich his parents are, one day their hair will grow gray, same as the mother of that young man . The most important thing is your kid learns how to appreciate the effort and experience the difficulty and learns the ability to work with others to get things done.

Jadi setelah baca semua itu, gue cuma berharap gue dan Andri were always on the right track raising Zee…. Semoga, Amin.

Happy Tuesday Wednesday, Everybody