I think being a parent is one of the toughest jobs in this world. Even though you are fully prepared, children always tend to surprise you with their out-of-the-syllabus demeanour.

When we are having trouble to understand an adult who can think, talk and walk, how can we understand an infant who cannot do any of these?

Every waking hour of our life is a small war. We keep fighting our way up just so we could provide for ourselves. We are not able to handle people with whom we work and interact on a daily basis, how do you think parents are coping with the upbringing of their children?

I have been interacting with children aged 0-8 and their parents for the past few weeks now and it only encouraged me to pen down some of my thoughts that occurred to me while interacting with the kids and their parents.

Before I proceed further, I would like to share a few incidents that I witnessed in my life.

1. My Cousin used to spend half an hour of her time to swaddle her baby every time she put her toddler to sleep as her doctor suggested swaddling the baby will help him to gain weight whenever he falls asleep as the baby’s movements are restricted. On the contrary, it took him only a few minutes to untangle himself from the wraps.

2. My mother used to tell me that I was one pesky child! 😛 Even to this date, she recalls that it took her 30 minutes of lullaby to make me go to sleep and I only slept for 10 minutes every time she made me go to sleep. And for her to achieve that feat, it used to take 30 minutes…..

3. My Cousin’s daughter, at the age of 1.5 years knew how to unlock an Ipad and watch videos on YouTube (I doubt if she knew anything else on that gadget) though she was yet to learn how to speak.

The first 2 incidents happened 10-20 years back. Kids nowadays are much advanced and it is becoming difficult for the parents to understand them and upbringing them.

Technology and connectivity has made the present generation very much advanced. A 7-year-old kid is a CEO of a software company, two kids (8 and 14 years old respectively) started an online courier service. This is what today’s kids are capable of whereas all this was considered to be a myth and a fairy tale when I was a child.

It is scientifically proved that a child learns the most in their entire life at the age of 2-5 years. It is also said that when a child is born they are usually bestowed with the intellect of both their parents and in the due course of time the child learns many other things while growing.

So the question is “how do we upbring our children then?”

Times have changed and in today’s world, you have a new trend every hour. Do you think you can match up and be updated with the fast-growing society and their values??

What a parent knows becomes outdated or old-fashioned. As a parent, your duty is to educate your child with what you feel or think as to right and wrong. You need to let them decide what they want to do with it.

If you want your child to listen to you, then Live the life you want your child to become, be the person you want him/her to become because action speaks louder than words. They will observe how you are and then decide for themselves, how they want their life to be.

“Don’t upbring your child to be good. Teach him/her to differentiate between good and bad and then to take a decision.

When you were born, you were different from your parents. You either chose to carve out your own space in this world or follow the footsteps of your parents or the path that they wanted you to follow.

Times have changed now. The next generation is not cut out for what we think is right for them because the society or the life that we think will be good for him is no longer the same. It keeps changing every minute.

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