Parents: Enablers
Parenting is so much more than showering love, ensuring safety, or making life easy for our kids. It’s about something deeper:
Being enablers—guiding them to become independent, responsible, and capable individuals.
The Contrast with Traditional Parenting
In many Indian households, parenting often aligns with the sentiment:
"You owe me for my age tomorrow."
While this mindset comes from a place of love and sacrifice, it can unintentionally foster dependency instead of empowerment.
A Personal Reflection
As a parent of two, I’ve done it all:
But here’s the big question I often ask myself:
Does this really help them grow into liberated and self-reliant individuals?
What Does Parenting as Enablers Look Like?
It’s about teaching them to thrive independently—not creating a lifelong reliance on us.
The Shift We Need
Moving from:
"Supporting till the end of the world"
To:
"Empowering for the world ahead."
This shift isn’t always easy or conventional, but it’s essential.
As parents, we’re more than caretakers—we’re mentors, coaches, and architects of their independence.
Time to Redefine Parenting
It’s time to reimagine parenting as the foundation for raising confident, self-sufficient adults. After all, isn’t our ultimate goal to see them thrive on their own?