The 'right way' of parenting tamasha!

In today’s times, parenting has become a challenge, more so the art of ‘right way’ of parenting. What is the right way, you ask? Well, I’d just say that if you are looking for the right answer then you are looking in the wrong place. I’m no parenting expert and nor I’m here to preach anyone the right or wrong ways of parenting. Everyone has their own style of parenting and I’m sure everyone parents according to what they think is the right way. To each their own, I would say. I’m no one to judge anyone’s parenting style and I expect the same from others. Oh well, at least I can hope. I know there are people who are always going to judge you and your way of parenting, no matter what.

* “Oh what kind of a mother she is? Feeding her child formula milk and not mother’s milk!” and if she is breastfeeding her child beyond one year of age “How long will you breast feed her now.. you need to stop else it will be tough to wean after a certain age”

* “Omg! She hasn’t managed to potty train her child even after trying for so many months.. Must not be trying hard enough I tell you…one lazy mom huh” and if the child is potty trained early “Who trains such little kids so early..they can’t even speak properly how are they going to know when to pee and poop.. one competitive mom she is..poor kid”  

* “Why does she have to force-feed her when her child does not want to eat” Or when she doesn’t force-feed “Oh she is a careless mother, doesn’t care about proper nutrition for her child”

* “You know she is such an evil mom, always scolding and yelling at her child” and if she doesn’t “She doesn’t know how to discipline/control her child .. her child has become an ill mannered brat and all because of her not reprimanding him when needed”

* “She lets her child watch tv/phone all the time, the child will have specs in no time I tell you but the mom is not bothered about it, it seems” and if she doesn’t let her child watch tv/phone “Oh she is a strict/hitler mom, she should loosen her reigns on the kid and let the child watch for some time atleast. What a control freak!”  

 
These are just a few examples but it holds true for each and every phase of parenting. Whichever way of parenting one chooses, there will always be a few who believes it’s not the right way to do so. Apparently, everyone would be eager to dish out their parenting recipes as if they are the master chef’s! What they fail to comprehend is the small yet a significant fact that each parent here has a completely different ingredient, no two ingredients bear a resemblance to each other in any possible manner, and the parenting recipe that works wonders with their ingredient may have a catastrophic outcome with different ingredients. So let the chef choose his own recipe with his special ingredient, which no one knows or understands better than him and turn it into a delectable dish instead. And as it is rightly said, “Too many cooks spoil a dish”, don’t let anyone else spoil your signature dish!