The child forgets the lunch box or assignment at home. No problem. Dad makes another dashing entry to hand it over to the child at the last minute.
The child loses out in a competition. Feels dejected. Parents wax eloquent on why competition is bad, and nullify the need to participate in future ones.
The list is long. As millennial parents, we often go the extra mile to satisfy every single need of our children. Thou shan’t suffer– is the ultimate motto of the parenting fraternity, but is that harming them more than actually helping?
Mansi Zaveri of Kidsstoppress spoke to celebrated author, and mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik at the launch of his new book- Hope: Wisdom To Survive In A Hopeless World.
A book aimed at extracting the tiniest ray of hope from the world in times of gloom, despair, and uncertainty to make us feel better and in turn, raise happier and…
