Mother’s unconventional way of teaching her son to sell Chikkis goes viral
A mother shared a viral video of her son selling chikki on the street, highlighting how mental barriers hinder children's learning. The initiative, which includes a free photo with each purchase, has garnered widespread appreciation and inspired others to share similar entrepreneurial experiences. The mother emphasized the importance of overcoming shyness to teach valuable life lessons.
A kid’s learning truly starts from home way before it does from school. Parents want their kids to learn life lessons, business skills, and much more. However, they fail to realise that some lessons are beyond the four walls of a classroom.
A mother on social media has shared a video of her son selling chikki on the street, which has been going viral on social media. She shared how the mental barrier often stops kids from learning new things. The name of the Instagram user is ‘Cheene Mehta.’In the video, her son can be seen holding a packet filled with chikkis and trying to sell it. The packet read, “1 chikki for 10 rs and I’ll click your picture here for free.” The effort of the mother-son duo has widely been appreciated on social media.
Moreover, several other users have shared their experiences while doing similar things.She said, “Jitni sharam mujhe pehli baar shadi karke apne in-laws ke pass jaane me nahi aai thi utni aaj aayi hai issko yaha leke aane me. However, he has already sold 2 chikkis. I’ve realised one thing, and that is the fact that it’s the mental barrier that doesn’t only stop us but also the kids. It’s his first day today, let’s see how we manage this.”
Soon after she shared the video on social media, users made it to the comment section and praised their effort. A user shared, “I grew up in a remote village of the Western Ghats…. We used to sell home-grown veggies and spices on the highway nearby our school. We would carry the product to the school, after school we would sell them on the highway… would return home at night with our father, who worked in a nearby city… Got married and moved to a big city.
Had a kid. Last year I started an idli vada stall with 10 k investment. Now have a shop (rented) with 2 staff.”
Another user wrote, “My daughter learnt how to make rubber band bracelets n then she told us she wanted to sell them, we agreed to it n they weren’t sold, now she says that mommy earning money is hard … I will spend money wisely … it’s not at all about kids earning money…. It’s about lessons they learn in this process.” One more user was like, “I love it when parents are actually thinking for kids not as a burden but as a responsibility to teach everything by themselves, not to be dependent on school just for the sake of peace that for many hours the child will not disturb you and the burden will be directly shifted to school.
And a thing I want to add is that anytime your child wants to explore photography or editing or has interest, I’ll be ready to help him explore that, as I’m also from Udaipur.”