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Some puzzles cannot be solved. Some topics always remain fresh for discussion. One such is the girl child issue.

Though the present world is seeing a number of women entrepreneurs and achievers, the age old stereotypical thinking is still there. I am not sure about the other nations, but the traditional social system of the Indian society has injected a kind of contempt towards girl children. Especially towards the homes without a boy child. It is deep rooted right from the richest and the so called forward thinkers right till the downtrodden.

What are these girl children seen as, by some in the society?

They are seen as burdens to the family. They are seen to be nothing but an extra expense. They are thought as those filthy people who will abandon their parents and live for themselves. Sometimes, some wonderful foreseers also suggest of not spending too much on the girl’s education, stating reasons that it is not going to help the family anyway.

(This is true. If the reader has a different stand on this fact, I would suggest the reader to ask some real time examples before he/she concludes. )

Surprisingly, this part of the society, who think as above, are majorly constituted by women, who were girl children themselves, some decades back!!

Many times I have thought. Was it the child’s fault to have been a girl? Isn’t it nature’s way of balancing the world? Does the world not want any girl child just because she is an added expense to her parents?

I just want to share one thought to the reader. If you are a parent to a girl child or even if you are not or if you are going to be a parent in the future, keep one thing in your mind.

Your child is not an investment that you make. The child is a gift that you get from nature. You just got to do your duty of raising her/him with loads of love and getting her/him ready to face the world. And also help stop people ridiculing girl children, for you do not know that these children are going to be future doctors, artists, scientists, politicians or athletes, ready to make the world a better place than it is now.

Because, this world now wants good people. It is blind to gender. It is not just enough if we update our mobile phones and laptops to the latest versions, but also our thoughts.