Just felt that I had to blog this.
"2 siblings are playing catch outside with a ball although there were numerous warnings from their parents not to. This is because the kids are still young and they are not aware of their surroundings and the possibility of breaking a window. But the older kid had pressured the younger kid to play and play they did. In one of the younger kid's swing, the ball wasn't caught by the older kid and "krang~~!!" A window was smashed. And the parents came running out. The kids were shocked and kept quiet. Dad came around and asked who caused it. Dad was furious. But both the kids remained silent. Dad was hell bent on finding out who did it. And he sent the younger sibling to the room and asked the older kid, before he could finished his question, the older kid without blinking an eye and answered the younger kid did it and insisted he doesn't have anything to do with it. Dad was surprised at the quick, selfish way the older kid answered. He had expected it to be a big time interrogation with hopes of not getting any answers. So he sent the older kid to the room and asked the younger kid, who did it. The younger kid started explaining about how they ended up playing catch and it was the younger kid who had caused the smashed window. Once again, Dad was surprised. This time, he was surprised at how honest the younger kid could be and how trusting he was of his older sibling.
In the end, Dad punished both siblings. Reason being, the older could have shown more loyalty as he is the mastermind and also, if he hadn't insisted on playing, the window would not have been smashed. He also punished the younger kid because whatever the circumstances they were in, there was no denying the younger kid smashed the window."
This is my take on the whole situation above. We can all push the blame to someone or somewhere and as we grow older, survival of the fittest comes to play. Why? Because we will have commitments and family of our own to care for and protect and anything that disrupts the balance will have to be fought. I remember someone once told me, when we first start working, we will be very emotional and we will talk loud and clear on loyalty and do the right thing. However, as we grow older, there will be more and more commitments and everyone will be fighting to protect their rice bowls. And this is where survival of the fittest comes into play. If there is anything that harms this rice bowl, it will mean that they can't feed a family, bills not paid and life will be a living hell and you can't give the best to your kids. So what the older kid had displayed is the very fact that he has been playing the game and he knows that he needs to stay in his parents' good favor. As for the younger sibling, he was also fighting for survival by painting the whole picture and by admitting the truth that he was in fact the culprit though he wasn't the mastermind. In the end, both had gotten punished.
But let's say there are 3 kids. The mastermind being the eldest, the culprit being the youngest and the middle is the one that is stuck in the middle to do as the eldest's bid and letting the youngest run. In this case, who is in the wrong or who is in the right? Who should be punished? Who should bear the responsibility? And would your views be different if I were to put an age to the 3 siblings, the eldest being 23 years old, the second 18 years old and the third 2 years old? Would they have known better given their age? And also, are the parents at fault?
"2 siblings are playing catch outside with a ball although there were numerous warnings from their parents not to. This is because the kids are still young and they are not aware of their surroundings and the possibility of breaking a window. But the older kid had pressured the younger kid to play and play they did. In one of the younger kid's swing, the ball wasn't caught by the older kid and "krang~~!!" A window was smashed. And the parents came running out. The kids were shocked and kept quiet. Dad came around and asked who caused it. Dad was furious. But both the kids remained silent. Dad was hell bent on finding out who did it. And he sent the younger sibling to the room and asked the older kid, before he could finished his question, the older kid without blinking an eye and answered the younger kid did it and insisted he doesn't have anything to do with it. Dad was surprised at the quick, selfish way the older kid answered. He had expected it to be a big time interrogation with hopes of not getting any answers. So he sent the older kid to the room and asked the younger kid, who did it. The younger kid started explaining about how they ended up playing catch and it was the younger kid who had caused the smashed window. Once again, Dad was surprised. This time, he was surprised at how honest the younger kid could be and how trusting he was of his older sibling.
In the end, Dad punished both siblings. Reason being, the older could have shown more loyalty as he is the mastermind and also, if he hadn't insisted on playing, the window would not have been smashed. He also punished the younger kid because whatever the circumstances they were in, there was no denying the younger kid smashed the window."
This is my take on the whole situation above. We can all push the blame to someone or somewhere and as we grow older, survival of the fittest comes to play. Why? Because we will have commitments and family of our own to care for and protect and anything that disrupts the balance will have to be fought. I remember someone once told me, when we first start working, we will be very emotional and we will talk loud and clear on loyalty and do the right thing. However, as we grow older, there will be more and more commitments and everyone will be fighting to protect their rice bowls. And this is where survival of the fittest comes into play. If there is anything that harms this rice bowl, it will mean that they can't feed a family, bills not paid and life will be a living hell and you can't give the best to your kids. So what the older kid had displayed is the very fact that he has been playing the game and he knows that he needs to stay in his parents' good favor. As for the younger sibling, he was also fighting for survival by painting the whole picture and by admitting the truth that he was in fact the culprit though he wasn't the mastermind. In the end, both had gotten punished.
But let's say there are 3 kids. The mastermind being the eldest, the culprit being the youngest and the middle is the one that is stuck in the middle to do as the eldest's bid and letting the youngest run. In this case, who is in the wrong or who is in the right? Who should be punished? Who should bear the responsibility? And would your views be different if I were to put an age to the 3 siblings, the eldest being 23 years old, the second 18 years old and the third 2 years old? Would they have known better given their age? And also, are the parents at fault?
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