Bipasha, This One's For YOU!

Today I am reading over my mommy transcripts, editing them down for my book proposal. As I read them, some of them move me to tears. One woman I met was named Bipasha. She is American, the daughter of two Indian immigrants from Calcutta who moved to this country to make money and give their children a better life. Once their children (Bipasha and her brother) were grown, they moved back to Calcutta. Bipasha is an amazing woman: a film editor, an entrepreneur and businesswoman, and one of the most beautiful women I have ever met. She has two small children, is married to a hot cinematographer, and is trying to hold it all together, just like the rest of us. The only difference is her perspective. Although she is 100% American herself, she travels back to India frequently to see her parents, and sees children and motherhood through the eyes of a different culture, which perhaps for the first time feels gentler. Here is her quote:

"In Hinduism they believe children are Gods. I think up until the age of four they believe they are so innocent and pure and you know that they are the closest thing to a God on earth. They believe children are a reincarnation of God, and they treat them that way."

What would America be like if we treated children like Gods? Would we pay for better teachers and schools? Would we do a better job of saving the environment? Would we make sure all children had health care? Would we want mothers to be with their children more of the time? Would we value mothers more?