The moment a child is born, parents get an invisible boon to tie all their unrealistic expectations, ambitions, decisions, and rules to their newborn who just arrived. Is it hard for parents to only think and not overthink? Because in the course, the child grows up taking things in their stride and sometimes reacting hard to the parents’ surprise. That’s when most parents pause to think! “Did we go wrong somewhere”? Or “Why did she talk to me like that”? Quite natural in parenting, but you can avoid some mistakes that make life harder for your child.

Children are like saplings that need deep planting, nurturing, and pampering. Without continuous monitoring, it may fail to absorb nutrients and not grow the way we wanted or rot from the roots due to uncongenial surroundings. Children need guidance, warmth, and emotional backing from parents to bloom to their best. 

Take a time wind back to your childhood. Did you have an activity-packed summer vacation or days when you would relax under a tree with your cousins and friends? Did you make your own fun games that gathered the little ones from the neighborhood too? The time to unwind was a creative time for most of us. It meant we could imagine, play, create, observe, appreciate, learn, interact and do nothing.