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“Today’s children love luxury; they havebadmanners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect foreldersand love chatter in place of exercise. Children are nowtyrants,not the servants of their households. They no longer risewhenelders enter the room. They contradict their parents,chatterbefore company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross theirlegs,and tyrannize their teachers.” Can you believe that Socrates,thefamous ancient Greek philosopher said this about children andyouth2500 years back. This is true for children across the historyoftime and of course for today’s children too. Children are onlyareflection of the societal trends.

Parents play a pivotal role in the process of raising childrenintoresponsible adults, giving direction to them and mostimportantlyshaping their personality. There are no bad parents orbadchildren, there are only bad parenting styles and bad behavioursinchildren as a result. Many parents often use force forunwantedbehaviour as they fear, if children are left like that,they willdevelop into bad human beings. On the other hand, if theyarebeaten they could become even more stubborn and adamant. Thesearethe common dilemmas that parents go through all the time.

Likewise, parents struggle to decide if their children shouldbegiven freedom of choice in choosing their career or they shouldbepushed to choose courses based on parents wishes.Commonbehavioural problems seen in younger children likehyperactivity,lying, bed wetting, school refusal, sleep problems,siblingquarrels can be managed at home to a large extent. These maynot beproblems for which you need to consult a doctor, howevertheycannot be left unattended and ignored too. This app answers alltheabove raised issues in a simple and straight forward mannerandwith strong scientific basis.

Many noted academicians argue that there should be a regularchildpsychologist, a visiting clinical psychologist or psychiatristinevery school to correct the behavioural lapses and to helpchildrenrealize their fullest potential. This is in force inforeigncountries. Hopefully, someday, in India too, all schoolswill havecounsellors and psychiatrists on their board.

However, this may take a long time in our country due to shortageofspecialists. In these circumstances, this app will prove to beveryhandy for all those connected to children like parents,teachers andpolicy makers.
If it is the children who decide the future of the nation, it istheparents who will have to put the children in good stead andgivethem direction. It is therefore necessary for the parents tohaveadequate skills for bringing up the children. There are somanynotions about parenting and a lot of confusion about what isrightand what is wrong in raising a child. This app combines thescienceand art involved in raising children and keeps the contentas simpleas possible, so the title “Parenting Made Easy”.

This app is more like a guide, a manual which hassimpleinstructions, do’s and don’ts related to parenting. Apartfromcovering the most common behavioural and psychological problemsinchildren, there is a section on frequently asked questions(FAQ’s)which resolves common parenting dilemmas. we haveutilizedscientific knowledge gathered at Child Guidance Clinic,NIMHANS,India’s premier Psychiatry Institute and also learnt a lotaboutparenting from thousands of parents and children whom I hadthegood fortune to interact and treat over the last 13 years.

We sincerely hope that this book will enhance parents awarenessonchild rearing and make parenting a joyous andfulfillingexperience.