With the pressures of doing well in society, modern-day parents are under so much stress to raise
their children who do
well in the future. It requires massive amounts of involvement, enthusiasm, and the state of mind to
understand the
child’s brain, with so much happening around the world, which gets tiresome and confusing for young
parents.
But since most parents’ lack guidance about choosing the right methods and mediums, most parents end
up burdening
themselves and their children. With so many market trends, educational sites, online programs, offline
workshops,
learning centers, hobby classes, online classes, coaching classes, online learning apps, activities,
and such ventures,
parents want to do what is best for a child but because there are so many options, they are not fully
equipped with the
power of decision making, henceforth, chaos and stress rise
Social media is yet another tool that has caused massive problems among parents. Whether to
allow
their children to use
it, not use it, what is the right amount of time that children spend on social media, and what they
are learning through
social media, are some of the hundreds of questions that go through the minds of parents every day.
Indeed, the
advantages of internet-based media are huge but we cannot undermine the associated risk. This leads to
a state of panic
and confusion among parents as they are left perplexed about how to supervise and regulate the content
that their
children consume from digital media.
Sometimes parents want their kids to pursue their dreams and chase what they like, for instance, be it
sports, music, or
arts. But what obstructs the path of these extremely supportive parents is the unavailability of
resources and adequate
platforms to develop the child’s potential.
It is agonizing to see many students wanting to pursue their passions and making careers out of
unconventional paths,
but the mediums to enable them to unlock their potential are limited and only a very few children can
make it. The rest
of them go home with shattered dreams and broken hearts. To prevent their kids from experiencing the
heart-wrenching
sight of their dreams crushing before their eyes, parents usually do not support the unconventional
career paths.
This raises a wall between many children and parents whereby the child thinks that their parents are
not understanding
them and are not empathetic enough. This then leads to emotional and psychological damage in
parent-child relationships.
Every student is unique. This leads to differences in comprehensive capacities, learning skills, skill
sets, time taken
to grasp a particular topic, and this large group of students is assumed to be one single child, which
is inherently
wrong and unfairly biased towards quick learners.
This whole process leaves some students feeling demotivated, primarily because they grasp the academic
concepts a little
slower than their peers. This leads to their parents trying to provide channels for motivation which,
if misdirected or
misinterpreted, can cause resentment in young children for their parents.
However, this is the time parents find out what their child wants in life and then craft a ladder to
reach the same
floor of success alongside their children. This is the time parents devote time to research to find
out what is best for
their children and talk to them as much as possible to bridge the communication gap
Eventually parents figure out that there is no single answer to their woes and try to set up channels
for more
one-on-one mentorship with trained professionals. A one-on-one-mentor who an help children with goal
setting,
motivation, content recomendations and guidance is the only solution to the millennial-parent problem