Sometimes you learn how much better your children are compared to you
Like me, my children love music. Yaya has been collecting music from grade 4. She now has few thousand songs on her external hard drive. Most of the songs are from Library CD’s that she borrows and copies. Her brother being the lazy person wants to borrow Yaya’s external hard drive and copy the songs instead of going to the library and go through all those hassles. Yaya has been adamant that it is her collection, she worked hard to get them and is not willing to share it with her brother. I find that attitude appalling.
For me, it is just songs and there is no harm in sharing them. If we are going to demand proprietary rights to everything because we worked hard, then this world is going to be one tough place to live.
So, few days ago, while my son and I were in Yaya’s room ( we always play some pranks on Yaya every time she goes on long trips, this time we decided to use post it notes to decorate her entire room) I noticed her external harddrive on her table.
I told my son
“You should download the songs, before your sister returns”
He shook his head and said “No Mom, That is not ethical, she told me she doesn’t want to share the music and I accept her decision, I don’t want to cheat her”
Moments like this are the most precious..
A morality lesson from your kid! That is embarassing! I confess that happened to me too though in a different circumstance when my son caught me in telling a white lie. I just couldn’t satisfactorily explain why a white lie is acceptable (A lie is a lie was the refrain) and in the end agreed that I was wrong!
Goutham: I always admit when I am wrong and apologize. I am proud of the fact that my kids have a good moral compass ( even when mine is wonky)
He definitely taught a good lesson, and very respectful of him.
I’ve been taking my brother’s ipod when hitting the gym without my brother knowing (he’s at work) and slip it back into his room before he returns. Guilty as charged.
J1289: 🙂