Dear Sri Krish,
I value your views but do not want to enter into a discussion on the same.
Here is my take on the subject. Life is a chain of experiences. It is a continuous process. Some where I read, parents are not owners of their Children, but "Trustees" to take care of their offspring given by nature. Life can not be run on the rules of text books,or by trial and error methods, but by the guidance of people who had walked the path. Who else can guide us than our parents?
One of my Blogs (in 2006) I wrote about my younger days, I quote a few lines from the same.
"My father was a strict disciplinarian,. rather an overpowering man, with his own set of rules of discipline. Even though we belonged to middle-class family we never felt anything wanting. We never had “democracy” in our house,( as in the modern houses). Father's words were final and to be obeyed. I along with my brother and sister were brought-up under the cover of old values of a Hindu family.( In South that is the same with other communities also). All of us grew up within the parameter of family discipline. To be honest I have never been to a Hotel alone till I entered the Portals of my College. Both my parents were voracious readers. That may be reason for my love for books. My mother was very particular that I should read all subjects and she encouraged me to join libraries and read a lot."
There is a saying in my mother tongue:
" There is no greater Temple than Mother and there is no greater Scripture than the words of Father's".
How true it is!
Well, I accept that times have changed and we cannot reverse back to old methods but can retain time tested core values of timeless parenting and infuse new-age tenets of ‘cool parenting’ into what is called "hybrid parenting" as the author of the article says.
Regards,
Brahmanyan,
Bangalore.
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