Broken Relationships

It was a usual afternoon at the Sharma manor, Rohan and Rahul came from school, went out to play, and didn’t return until the sun was set and it was time for their father to come home, while their mother toiled the household work.

Mr Sharma was grumpy, arrogant, and short-tempered so no one dared to disagree with him while Mrs. Sharma was calm and would endure all the anger Mr. Sharma would provide her on the table.

That evening the kids wrinkled the kurta that Mrs. Sharma ironed for her husband to wear at home while playing.

When he came home and saw his kurta wrinkled and untidy he broke into anger and screamed at his wife brutally, the boys got scared and ran into their room praying that their mother wouldn’t take their name.

She, however, stood silently listening to her husband scream and curse her until he became normal.

He watched TV until dinner, and then went out for a drink with his friends. Late at night when he came back home, he was so drunk that he couldn’t stand on his feet properly.

Mrs. Sharma helped him to the bedroom where he forcefully grabbed her waist towards him and started kissing her neck, when she tried to resist the monster within him came back and he took off his belt and started hitting her with it.

She was begging him to stop beating her and he did, but then he pulled her from her hair and threw her on the bed where she kept crying and moaning while he muffled her voice throw his hand. That night the kids couldn’t sleep.

And that became a routine at the Sharma manor. Mr. Sharma would come home, scream, eat, go with his friends, come home drunk, hit Mrs. Sharma and the boys and soon as expected, they got divorced which tore the kids apart.

Shortly after the divorce Mrs. Sharma started working and struggled hard to bring both her sons on their feet. Rohan and Rahul both worked at two different renowned corporate firms and soon their mother got them married to two sisters, Riya and Hrishika respectively.

The couples led a romantic life initially but then, the clutches of Rohan and Rahul’s past didn’t leave them alone. Rohan decided that he will never become like his father and would love and respect Riya forever.

However, Rahul was deeply affected by the trauma of his childhood and this could easily be seen in his relationship with Hrishika. He wasn’t able to develop understanding and stability with her and wouldn’t let his guard down.

They started arguing frequently and one day he became so furious that he slapped Hrishika, not realizing that he had been trying so hard not to become like his father yet he became one eventually.

He was utterly guilty for raising his hand on his wife and was willing to change. He told his misery to his brother and said that he cannot see his wife suffer like their mother did and he did not wanted to become like their father at all, for the first time in years Rahul actually vent out his feelings.

Rohan comforted him and consoled him, he told Rahul that he is nothing like their father, in fact he is a man who respects women and has control over his temper.

He told Rahul that indeed they had a rough and difficult childhood but it is upon them and solely upon them to make or break from their past and he also told him that if he is wondering that he is becoming like father then maybe its his fears that are haunting them.

Rahul cried for hours in Rohan’s lap, finding the fatherly protection in him that their father wasn’t able to provide.

First time in ages Rahul saw a fatherly figure in his elder brother and he felt as if a huge rock has lifted from off his heart.

Rohan took Rahul to a therapist and after some sessions Rahul started feeling better and his relationship with his wife also started to become better.

EFFECT OF BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS ON CHILDREN

Healthy parental relationships are very important for nurturing healthy children. For good parenting, it is important for parents to have a loving relationship. Broken relationships give rise to broken children who grow up as troubled adults in future.

It is generally seen in case studies that children who have a happy family and loving parents become confident individuals in the future who are able to deal with crisis efficiently. They are less likely to develop difficulties in establishing relationships with other individuals.

Parents who aren’t able to sort their misunderstandings or show aggressive or negative behavior avoid their children in the process which hampers their parenting. Children from broken families have a troubled and scarred childhood. They are unable to establish interpersonal relationships with others or face terrible difficulty in forming them. They are often unable to express their fears or emotions and show aggression or emotional deprivation at places.

CONCLUSION

Broken relationships do have a negative impact on children but it is never impossible to mend the broken pieces. Parents play the biggest role in shaping their child’s personality and thus it is very important for them to have a healthy and growing relationship within themselves and also with their kids so that they make a safe environment where their children are able to express their emotions, feelings, fears and thoughts without hesitating.