Parenting was never easy, with its various challenges in rearing up an individual and introducing them to the society. One can say that the challenges have been increasing day by day in today’s fast paced and hectic society, therefore creating new pressures for parents. Nowadays children are exposed to a variety of things- new technology, frequent changes and fast development, overwhelming education system as well as changes in family dynamics. An exposure to these have made them more aggressive, defiant, argumentative, impulsive, demanding with a knack for throwing tantrums. Due to the numerous demands on today’s parents, its a real challenge for them to take out and deliver quality time to their children on a regular basis. Likewise too many children have packed after school schedules that leave them very little time to simply be with their parents or spend quality time with their family as well as having quality playtime. With majority of the parents being working, balancing work and personal life is also challenging as lack of time between each other or the children creates a breakage in the emotional bonding therefore making the child more defiant or aloof. Raising children in Digital age is one the most significant challenges that parents have to face these days. The constant exposure to the world of social media, gaming and others have not only interfered with the child’s concentration and motivation level in academics rather has also contributed to an array of behavioural difficulties arising from indecent subjection to inappropriate content.
Agrima Chakraborty, CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST, M.Sc in Psychology (C.U.), M.Phil in Clinical Psychology (IOP-COE)