| Parenting during COVID-19 Contributor(s): Taneja, Preeti (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798682382316 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $5.23 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2020 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Mental Health |
| Physical Information: 0.15" H x 6" W x 9" (0.24 lbs) 74 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Parenting was, is and will always be the greatest job in the world. A physical, emotional and spiritual connection that has no equal. Yet, how many times have we heard, 'My mom won't let me eat ice cream. She is mean.' 'My dad won't let me play. He is nasty.' How many times have you heard yourself say, 'My boy won't listen to me? He really irritates me.' 'My daughter doesn't do her homework. She is so stubborn.'Tempers have been lost and tantrums thrown, yet how many times have you heard, 'My dad is the greatest.' 'My mom is the sweetest.' How many times have you said 'My baby is the best?'Laughter have been shared, tears have been hugged out. So as to say, parenting is a roller coaster ride, full of great ups and horrible downs and amazing opportunities to make memories that will last a life time and will transform into boundless stories to be told beyond the present generations.Parenting is joy, fulfilment, love, nurturing...a time to grow together while being a challenge.Everyone must have heard it at some point of time 'Home is the first school and parent the first teacher.' Thus here comes in the teaching, the nurturing of a young spirit, an individual in his / her own right so that the child can grow up into a loving, responsible and a rational human being and not just a human being with a thousand scars showing. During earlier times, it literally took an entire village to nurture a child but with the advent of nuclear families, this challenge has become the sole responsibility of the parents. During the recent times, we have seen the narrowing of the family structure with single parents struggling to handle both family and jobs and at many times children being the lone child has no sibling support and thus the role of parents has grown manifold.Today, during this time of COVID - 19 Pandemic with schools and playgrounds shut and social distancing becoming the new norm which seems to not go anywhere anytime soon, the parent is not just a parent but a sibling, a friend and a teacher as well, while the home has become the school and the playground. Suddenly, the parent has become the whole world for the child which neither had been prepared for. While the child is confused, the parent is nowhere near stability.This booklet tries to give an insight into the very situation that has fallen upon the shoulders of the parent as well as the child. |