Dada’s words touched Arun and suddenly he realized that his parents have always taken care of him without seeing his faults.

Dada’s words touched Arun and suddenly he realized that his parents have always taken care of him without seeing his faults. With the hope of improving his relations with his mom and dad, he woke up early the next morning and started making plans of how to spend quality time with them that night.

That night Arun again sat with his mom and dad and said, “Today’s family night will be different. Until now I was deciding the activity, but today, you decide the activity.” Arun’s parents were surprised to see this transformation in their son. So, they decided to cook together that night.

Although Arun was not excitedabout this choice of activity, he remembered Dada’s words and said, “Okay, I will help cut the vegetables and clean.”

With this changed approach and an open heart, Arun joined by helping cook his dad’s favorite vegetable dish. He always thought that only playing is fun, but today he understood that there is fun in helping with household chores as well! He was happy to see his parents enjoying the household chores as well.

After having this experience for the past few days, Arun was able to answer the difficult question “What did you and your parents do together that was fun?” The answer was quite easy now. After acquiring this new understanding, it became easier for him to balance his interests and his parent’s interests. He was able to write the answer as:

(0 – little to none, 5 – majority of the day)

We also asked them what the reasons are that they are not able to spend enough time with their parents. They had to choose one from the given choices. We got the following answers: