Being a mother of a six-year-old child I always wonder, parenting was equally challenging for our parents when we were a kid. Recently on a TV show, an incident was shown in which a girl broke a toy just because it was given to her younger brother, everyone in the house was shouting at her, and scolding for what she has done. Later on, when parents discussed this behaviour of her with her class teacher, she suggested trying dig into her inner feelings. When parents calmly asked her why she is not willing to give the toy to her younger brother, “It was my toy, mamma didn’t ask me whether I wanted to give or not" she said.
I was shocked to hear this because several times I do this with my daughter assuming that I know better what is right and what is wrong, but what about the feeling, most of us choose to barge in the personal space of our child, in spite of knowing the importance of personal space.
Today children are very inquisitive and understanding too, we cannot follow the same parenting pattern which was followed with us. My daughter’s paediatric once said "treat your child like a young adult" and perhaps I think he was absolutely right.
