BEING A PARENT THE TOUGHEST JOB ON EARTH

 

BEING A PARENT THE TOUGHEST JOB ON EARTH

Priya Dutt- Roncon tells it makes you constantly worry and judge yourself

Times of India of 12 February 2026 – Neha Bhayana

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Once kids reach a certain age you need to let them fly. But it’s extremely difficult to let go. It makes you very happy when you see them grow and make a life for themselves. However, when they grow up and move away they take a little bit of your heart with them. You keep looking at their photographs. When they come for their holidays, it’s like they have never left. You do the same things for them. You make sure they eat. They behave like small children when they are back. They wish to be pampered and have everything done for them.

When you look back you wonder how you brought your children up. You would feel there was some kind of a force out there that supported you all throughout. When you are a working woman, there would be a lot of guilt you have to deal with as you would be forced to leave your children alone and proceed with your job. Here, if your partner does not support you everything would go haywire.

Being a parent is tough because you are nurturing and creating these human beings. Being a parent is a learning journey. You have to instill in the children the right values. .You have to be sure about the values you are imparting upon your children as they are going to grow up with that. You would always be hoping and praying that they would become good human beings. You would have to tell your kids a lot of stories. The stories certainly would stay with them. Please speak to them about their grandparents who had struggled hard at one point of time. You must sit and chat with the kids.

Nobody is perfect. Never expect the children to be perfect. They will make mistakes. It’s only when they make mistakes they would learn. You have to be there as the right guide for them.

 Inculcate humility in the children. Convey to them no matter how big they become or whatever they reach in life they have to keep their feet on the ground. Teach them that nothing is permanent in this world. Tell them they could be up one day and down the other day.  And they have to be taught to never let the success or failure go to their head.

 The children have to understand that failure and success go hand in hand in many ways. It is very important to fail, to learn and then become better. The fact is we all have failed in some way .in our lives and come back up and done something amazing afterwards. Let the children learn from that.

Be open with the children. When you become protective, trying to shield the kids from everything, you have to understand they are soon going to be out in the real world. It’s better to prepare them at the earliest.

The examination system that exists today needs to be revamped. It is unfortunate that the undue importance on Class 10 results is stifling the nurturing of the children

Parents should recognize what their kids are really good at instead of forcing them to do something they are not even interested in. The offers that claim to make your child a genius are crazy. Please do not box them into so many little things. It is really sad.

 We should just let them play, run around, make friends and be naughty.