RAISING CHILDREN TODAY IS NO MEAN TASK!
We keep hearing of the friend’s friend who’s son is rattling fluent mandarin at age five. Or the school mom whose daughter is already playing a few symphonies on the piano. There’s always the child Chess protégé… There is this pressure to make sure your child a Superman or Einstein or a Sachin Tendulkar.
WHAT IS THE RIGHT WAY FORWARD? IF I AM NOT PUSHY PARENT WILL MY CHILD GET LEFT BEHIND IN THE RATE RACE? WILL PUSHING THEM TOO MUCH RUIN THEIR CHILDHOOD?
Counsellor Dr. Pervin Dadachanji (M. D. Psychological Medicine, with special interest