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Author: Dinesh Nihalani
Simply speaking, parenting means bringing up ones children. Honestly, nothing in life prepares us for this most important job. It is not a job in the economic sense of the word. However, there is a lot of emotional satisfaction involved. Isn’t it true that being a parent, a good one at that, is also an achievement in itself? It is no mean task. Just as a person’s career brings satisfaction to the individual, so does parenting bring satisfaction to the parent! Every parent feels an immense sense of pride in seeing their children grow up into adults. (All the more pride if they grow up into successful adults).
Nearly 90% of all married individuals procreate. But, how many, out of this 90%, actually know how to look after children. We all realize the importance of parenting knowledge ,only after we have become parents ourselves! Therefore, I strongly recommend that parenting as a subject should be introduced in our academic syllabus. We learn impractical subjects like history ,which does not have any practical use in our daily adult lives.
Why bypass an important aspect of most adult lives – parenthood.
Parenting, for most of us is a trial and error method based on experimentation. If a particular idea/action works on the child, continue. If it doesn’t, discontinue.
Since parenting is a very sensitive subject involving relationships, I suggest that it should be introduced in our academic life ,albeit late( say, for students of 18 years and above) . In this subject, care of babies , child psychology, problems of children of various ages, etc. should be taught. Our families are getting increasingly nuclear, therefore when a person becomes a parent; it is an absolutely alien experience for him/her. When the task of looking after a new baby is entrusted to us, reality usually hits hard. It is not a rosy task to handle children’s tantrums, stubbornness, ego, etc. It is like looking after a human being in totality –physical, mental, emotional and psychological needs.
All this does not mean that being a parent is a tough and impossible task. It just means that there should be some preparedness for parenthood, instead of just being let out in the open without any knowledge/training.
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The style of writing and your passion for the subject comes through. An attention grabbing introduction is necessary to set the pace of the article. The article needs some editing and fine-tuning before you can publish it.
Here are 5 things that we liked or would change/revise:
1. Title: The title should be short and crisp.
2. Format: This piece could do with some structuring. The transition from one paragraph to the next is pretty abrupt. Subheadings will improve readability and help streamline the article.
3. Grammar & Usage: A basic edit and proofreading would greatly improve the article. Punctuation and modification of sentence structure will help highlight the finer points. You may want to consider our Detailed Expert Review or editing option.
4. Language: Try and use simpler sentences for greater impact. There is extensive use of Indian English in the article which needs to be modified. A few phrases need fixing to sound better. Eg: in the opening lines,” Simply speaking” and “Honestly” could be phrased differently.
5. Target Audience: If the article is meant for readers in their twenties and thirties it needs to be interspersed with anecdotes and examples to hook them. Including statistics related to first time parents in your article will help draw in the audience. The conclusion ideally, would need to incite the reader to think about related issues or help summarize what has been said in the article
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