Exam fever, peer pressure…I feel it all!

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My son is at an age described as most as Tweens, the freaky age before a full-fledge teenager. This stage in his life is freaking me out the most, because as hard as I try, I always feel I could have handled a situation better or he could have behaved differently. Most kids his age are latching on to the gadget mania and one of his friends even has the coveted “original” 3G iPhone. Although we provide him with decent upbringing, I feel sometimes he still has the look of longing or desire in his eyes. I don’t want to deprive him but neither do I want to spoil.

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Besides heavy-duty peer pressure, coping with exam fever has taken a toll on me more than my son. I don’t expect him to be a scientist but if I don’t preach hard enough…. the books catch cobwebs! I wonder if this tug of war between overburden and lack of concentration will ever get over. When will the children realize that life is tough and shit happens! If kids his age feel they are grown up enough to surf the net to watch porn, heck they are grown up enough to face such facts too.

Although we have a strict no-surfing-the-net-alone code at home, I know of cases where kids aged as small as 12 are easily surfing the net without supervision! I shudder to think how I would react if I ever caught my son getting so curious. Thanks to the various live-in relations shown in the current movies, this is one aspect of life that he is well versed with. I still remember…after we saw Fanaah…he observed that Kajol had a kid without getting married!!

I know I am babbling…but this is the truth…I’m as scared as he is about how the future will unfold. I want the best for him…and all the kids…but ke sara sara…whatever will be, will be!