https://www.pitara.com/tags/tears/Recent content in Tears on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usFri, 26 Jun 2026 21:32:33 +0530https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/why-do-onions-make-us-cry/Fri, 09 Aug 2002 01:30:57 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/why-do-onions-make-us-cry/<figure class="image-medium"> <a class="lightbox-link" href="https://www.pitara.com/media/why-do-onions-make-us-cry_hu_5ab9ffdd414501a.webp" aria-label="Link to larger image"> <img src="https://www.pitara.com/media/why-do-onions-make-us-cry_hu_d5ced38dc1fbf2ee.webp" srcset="https://www.pitara.com/media/why-do-onions-make-us-cry_hu_b40cf7813dcedc80.webp 320w, https://www.pitara.com/media/why-do-onions-make-us-cry_hu_d5ced38dc1fbf2ee.webp 900w" sizes="(min-width: 900px) 900px, 320px" alt="Why do Onions Make us Cry?" height="672" width="900" loading="lazy"> </a> </figure> <p>One of the earliest memories I have as a child is when I was approximately three or four years old. I remember watching my mother work in the kitchen. She was cutting onions for the salad and I could see tears in her eyes. For a child the worst possible thing is to watch his/her mother cry. I got so upset that I got hysterical at my father for causing her pain. For I assumed my father was somehow responsible as we were only the three of us in our family.</p>