Reigniting My Passion for Children

Before I start, let me warn you that this is going to be a wordy and NO PICTURE post. Proceed if you don't mind. :P

Okie... let's start.

I had just placed Elric onto the bed after a feeding and was hoping that Elric would be able to sleep. Then I heard noise of children's laughter and a dog's barking.

This was definitely not the first time I heard these children playing at the void deck, screaming as they played with their dog, and PISSING ME OFF! Well, before Elric came, I never really noticed the noises at my neighbourhood. But for the last 19 weeks, I have been super sensitive with the sound being made in my neighbourhood. From students playing soccer at the void deck, to the playing of the piano and maids chatting and laughing at the neighbouring block. Every of these noise DISTURBED me because it will risk waking up my son. :S

Okie... back to the children and the dog.

I was so upset with them that I went downstairs and wanted to give them a good lecture. But when I approached the children, they smiled and politely called me "Uncle"! Instantly, I swallowed everything that I wanted to say. I started chatting with them and confirmed my suspician that they are from India. The puppy approached me and as I cuddled it, the children shouted happily, 
"Dino likes you, Dino like you!".
The kids asked me to stay longer to play with them but I told them that I had to attend to my baby. One of the older girl immediately said,
"Uncle, you have baby? Must wash your hands after touching Dino!"

My heart melted. I laughed and assured her that I would wash both my hands and feet.

Some of you may know that I used to work as a youth volunteer. I always had a heart for children, especially those from disfunctional families. Part of my job scope was to get to know children loitering at the void deck and introduce to them our centre where we provided them with free tuition and board games to play with. We wanted to engage them purposefully so that they would not meet up with street corner gang members and go astray.

Looking at these children reminded me of those children I took care of. How can I help these children who parents are busy working and neglecting them? How can they spend they time more wisely and purposefully?

I definitely will want to work with children again. Just how. Meanwhile, my objective will be to get a degree in children psychology and to take good take of Elric.