How do Parents Treat imbeciles?

Written by: Mir Aqa Etibar

All stages of life are effective for brain development, but before and until the age of 7, the human brain is in a state of rapid growth. Some children have good minds but some others do not have convenient mental abilities and they do not shine well in daily activities, especially in learning school lessons. Such behavior of children causes parents anxiety. These children are called imbeciles.

 In order not to endanger the future of the children, sometimes the parents behave violently, which not only does not have to benefit the children but harms the children's minds.

AEPO's writer/producer has talked to some people about this issue.

Walijan, a resident of Qarabagh district, Kabul province says, “My grandson has difficulties in learning school lessons and we cannot help him in learning.”

Gul Muhammad, a resident of Paktia province says, “My child is an imbecile and could not learn school lessons but I do not know how he succeeded until the fourth grade and eventually he left school.”

Angiza Sadat, a resident of Kabul city says, “I cannot learn my school lessons. My teachers try their best but I am not able to learn.”

A  Pediatric psychiatrist, Somia Amiry says, “The main problem of imbecility is discouragement from school and as a result, most of these students drop out of school. Eventually, they may become friends with bad-tempered boys, get addicted to drugs, and start stealing."

What do some people think about the causes of imbecility?

Sawab Khan says, “When I was a child, and if I could not learn my school lessons easily, my father was insulting me and his humiliation prevented me to continue my school.”

Latifa, a teacher at one of the schools in Kabul city says, “Imbecility is neither a special problem nor a habit that a person does it.”

Somia Amiry says, “No child is mentally retarded, but there are some causes why they have difficulties in learning. One of these causes is the hereditary root of this problem. It means if one of the parents has imbecility, the child might suffer from the same problem.”

How do some people solve this issue?

Sayed Hanif, a resident of Konar province says, “We don’t have any mentally retarded children because we send our children to madrasa before school and when they enroll in school, they can easily learn their school lessons. If they have any problems, we repeat the lessons until they learn. if they get tired of studying at home, they can rest for a few minutes.”

Latifa says, “We do not call such children imbecile and we try our best to teach them in a different method.”

 Somia Amiry says, “Parents should differentiate between children with good learning ability and imbeciles. They should pay more attention to children with low learning abilities. They should encourage them to learn more and prepare them leisure time for fun….”