Impact of political glitches and hostility on juvenile minds
What is your politics doing to your children's minds? Initially published by Daily Pakistan Global. Follow link here https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/opinion/blog/what-is-your-politics-doing-to-your-childrens-minds/ During my medical school days when I would visit home for vacations, my younger siblings, who were going to KG at that time, would flabbergast me with political questions. It was summer of 2009, when one day my little comrade with his quizzical looks, asked me about political turmoil and corruption in Pakistan which, of course was not less than a shock for me. Probably, in his puerile mind, he wanted to know why in our country these occurrences were prevalent. He also heard of bomb blasts and certain people killing other people. I got worrisome, indeed, that what exactly was irking his mind. I had to calm him down first to be able to recognize what was he thinking. It was revealed to me that he overheard his teachers discussing content of newspapers and re...