Balance for better

Once when A was about 4yrs, I told him about my previous training in Field Archery, he responded back saying "ONLY  boys could do archery,what were you doing??", I was taken aback. I had a fun info session with my 4yr old to make him understand that Girls could DO anything and EVERYTHING what boys could do. Infact girls do even more at times aka they give birth!!! He just didn’t want to lose an argument, so kept on arguing for days that boys can deliver babies.. He even convinced a friend at his kinder.. ha ha..

Jokes apart, how did a 4yr old get to that conclusion so easily(so early in his life!!) ? Is it from the shows he watch? . From the mythical stories he watched, it showed men in battlefield and the super heroes fighting the bad guys were mostly ( from Marvel to DC mostly) MEN.

International Women’s day is celebrated to talk about the issues STILL faced by women; we have come long way from where we were and yet long way to go before our children enjoy the equality.

Still in many conservative households having just girl child is considered incomplete without a boy. And those parents who just want to stop with one child and have a boy coincidentally, society just assumes that “You have a boy so you don’t need another child”.. <No! it’s a choice I made before I knew gender of my child.>

These kind of judgement and perceptions are the ones we need to move away from and start to create a healthy environment for our children. Its about choices and personal preferences..

While we talk about equal pay and equal opportunities at work place.. We also need to reassure that it is absolutely OK  not-to-work.. It is a pressure, looked-down up-on socially and inject-guilt to the person who don't work(sorry to say, its mostly by fellow women). As much as you try to ignore as it was a choice you make, it is not an easy one.

Common assumption after child-birth is that the mother would stay home to look after the baby and sacrifice their career choices. Creating an environment where women could choose to work or not work without guilt is an empowerment. We need to move away from an unsupported society and shallow thinking.

To #balanceforbetter , we definitely need a supportive environment be it work/home/society in general .. We need to

•  Stop judging
•  Stop stereo-typing roles

Cheers to more #womenpower , #Internationalwomensday

My personal request to those who STILL make JOKES on YOUR WIVES ..STOP doing that. its so OLD-SCHOOL and seriously its not funny.