Shared by : Priyanka Thakur
I’m Priyanka a mother of a 10 year old girl and a 6 year old boy.
Life seems to be hard many times still I manage to get up and try again. My kids are my strength and weakness too. I guess everyone will agree to this.
I started my motherhood journey a decade ago when a variety of parenting approaches were not that popular or maybe they were but I never knew.
I followed the basic parenting techniques that my parents used but I was clear that my child will not suffer in terms of the connection and communication. Whatever bad happened to me while I was a kid will not happen to my child.
She is now 10 year old and is a determined human. She puts her points firmly. I see a fierce girl in her which I never could become.
I want her to be strong and courageous. Hopefully I will achieve that.
I want to raise my boy a feminist who should treat girls with respect. For me building their character is more important than passing with flying colours in their exams.
For me parenting is not only a Mother’s job. It’s a team effort and both parents should be involved.
A child should never hesitate to ask anything from a father or should always depend on their mother for all their needs.
Follow whatever parenting that suits you. Just make a point of all those things that you still remember as a bad experience from your childhood and try to change that with your own child.
Follow your heart. Treat your kids as human beings and respect their feelings.
‘I will be knocking your door when I am amidst a parenting chaos’ is what I told Priyanka once.
She is someone who you can look up to before going to your parents and that’s the reason many of us call her ‘Di’.
I love her posts on consent and boundaries and how she is teaching the ‘right’ feelings to her kids.
Unlearning everything that we saw as ‘ideal’ parenting and embracing the method where you need to treat your kids as humans and respect them (the so called ‘Modern’ Way which ideally should always been the ‘only’ way)
Checkout Priyanka’s Page @priyankathemomster on how she is teaching her kids Feelings, Consent, Boundaries and don’t miss her humorous anecdotes
I cannot miss her stories ‘cz I don’t want to miss her daily anecdotes and the glimpse of love & hate sibling bond.
At times her stories want me to have a sibling for Ridhav then I knock myself to senses..🤣🤣
P.S. This is a leaf from Parenting Series Chapter where I am inviting Parents to share their views on Parenting and #BuildOurParentingStyle
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Disclaimer: The views expressed in the article are solely based on author’s experience. Please do not consider it as professional advice.