Elders very often say “indha vayasula enna unaku”(Tamil) means in this age what’s the problem for you?
But the fact is, at an early stage the child does not know to handle things! It’s not only about maturity that it attains but the stability it gains while going through various phases of life! So, it takes time to attain a stable mind to handle things! Elders would have seen that problem more than once, but the child is facing that for the first time!
