What is the responsibility of a man kind?

Today I met one of my friend. He works for a software solutions company. He asked me about my family and the kids. I told that my son is in 10th grade and daughter in 8th grade. I also added that we are struggling to live with the household chores as we both are working. He also accepted and told that there should not be a problem, if we leave the kids at boarding school. He also added that we should live for ourselves, instead for some one else in the world. Moreover he told, that we need not take responsibilities of others and instead take responsibility of ourselves. I got shocked by the way he told me. I said, how come we can leave the kids at boarding and what is the purpose of our life, if we leave the kids at boarding and we live alone. He said, it will take some time for me to understand. He said, we will discuss the same topic after a while, and asked me to think about it.

I could not believe to hear that he has left his kid at one of the Boarding school at Anantapur, Andhrapradesh. I came to know, his wife is not working and is a housewife, and one more thing also surprised me that he told, that he is planning to leave his second kid also at the boarding school. I got astonished to hear this, but he said this in a very cool way.

He says what is wrong in that. I asked what his wife is doing at home? She is not even working and what is her duty to be a mother? The way he replied, really I could not believe. He said, his wife has given birth to two kids and enjoying at her house and whenever she feels like she goes to her mom's house, in-laws house and she basically living 'Her' life and enjoying her well being. I reverted asking then whats the purpose of having the kids. "Kids have arrived at nature's way and they need to be given with good health, environment and education at a good place which they are getting" my friend answered.

I said I still cannot understand. He said, it will take some time for you to understand and told me the following story:

There was a small hut near by a river. There lived a small family, husband, wife and 2 lovely kids. The husband works as a boat man and the wife took care of the kids at the hut. The kids used to play at the river side and they lived happily. the river is not a big flowing river and always it used to be a very calm and a free flowing river without any dangers. The family ran through a nicer life and the boatman used to be very kind with the kids and his wife cooks and take care of the family and they also had big dreams like any other human being. The girl child is so attached with the boat man and the boy used to be very much passionate with his mom and does all the chores given by his mom before he goes out to play. The kids were growing very fast and the boat man also started to become weak. Once, the boy said, 'pop one fine day i will go out to work across the river and keep everyone very happy at home and you need not take out the boat any more then on..'. The boatman also started to have big dreams of his family, living in a big house and instead of the small boat, they had a ship ........all in his dreams.

One fine day, it started to rain, and the family took it in a lighter way, as it used to be since the rainy season has started. The rain started to long last than ever and it started to downpour unlike any of the previous years. The hut started to get the river water inside, and the boatman and his son started to build a small terrace over a tree beside...the rain continued still and they all took their stuff and stayed over the tree for 3 more days. Suddenly all the eatables also got ran out and they started to starve. Still the rain started to downpour. No food......No Shelter.....the boat man became too nervous and week also. He became very scary and frustration started all over among themselves. The girl child started to wine and she started to ask for food every now and then. The rain continued, the, water level started to raise towards the tree where they were basically floating and finally the water level reached at the bark they were sitting. Thunder....lightening.....dark night....... literally no help.......Down pour...... Water level went beyond the tree....... They kept hold of each others' hands.......the lady took her girl child over her head and the boat man took the son in his head....Water level went beyond... the lady told..i cannot take her any more....and the man said......leave her and start to swim.....they both left their beloved kids and started to swim together....boat man said.....dont worry, we can have more kids.....at least you survive..more gush of water......they both started to swim and the boat man lost his wife also along the severity of the flood.

Therefore, the mankind, created by GOD is very selfish. At the time of crisis, they cannot take care of each other, and have to run for their own life. So if we understand the creativity of the GOD, we will not have the false 'pasam', 'nesam', 'affection' all these in our life. All are in one way a big Mirage. So we need to understand that in the path of our life we get husband/wife, the kids and start to live as one famly. At the time of a BIG crisis, the concept of family gets shattered and there is literally no value for it. Therefore, once we get children we need to make them to stand on their own. By making a false bonding called 'FAMILY' we spoil them and make false promises to them stating that we will take care of them. We can never take care of them and only until a crisis we can.

Finally my friend, said, it will take some time for you to understand this. He tried to justify his decision on putting his children in the boarding.......but I still cannot believe it........

Does some one has any thought of it?