In the modern world and with growing uncertainty, parenting, indisputably, has become more complicated.
I learned as I experienced, parenting has its own challenges with certain dos and don’ts but I never imagined that it also has its borderline, and crossing that borderline will raise questions on our ability to parenting as well as our child’s upbringing. Crossing the borderline is called “over-parenting” and those parents are tagged as helicopter parents, lawnmower parents, Tiger Moms, Momzilla, and whatnot. The fear and anxiety of providing a safe environment and a secure future have led to more over parenting. In recent years the number of these overprotective and over-controlling parents have been recorded rising high since the line between parenting and over-parenting is very thin and blurred. Being a typical Indian parent and mother of two late teenagers I find myself always either on the verge of crossing the borderline or on the other side of the line. To strike the right balance and stay put within the line, there should be more conversations between parents and children and we should engage them in dialogues instead of a monologue. We should create a safe environment in which they feel free to talk about anything. We should trust them, we should hear them out, try to understand their point of view, without judging them or jumping to any conclusion. As I write this, I am going to have more conversations with my children and encourage them to speak their minds.
I am not entitled to give any expert comment on that but being a mom of two teenagers I have my own experiences. Based on those experiences I have shared my line of thought.