“It’s all about YOUR journey with YOUR child”.

            Now a day, just as the height of building is rising above our imagination, the height of our dreams and expectations for our children is also increasing quickly day by day. Trend of competition and comparison in children will always remain talk of the town for all the parents. Just the way you love to capture every moment of your child, have you ever tried to capture this fear in your child called ‘COMPARISON?’ Are we forgetting our core responsibility - ‘ACCEPTANCE’ towards our child as parents?

It may take one minute to say to your child, ‘See! Your friend got 95%, why don’t you also study more?’ Or ‘Your classmate stood first in Dance competition, why don’t you join such classes instead of spending your time in painting?’ And unfortunately this one minute statement is stealing their peace of mind for next 100 moments of their enjoyment. We may compare their academic results, their area of interest, and an ability level intentionally or unintentionally, but it is crucial to understand and accept the fact that ‘EVERY CHILD IS BLESSED WITH A UNIQUE TALENT’. And in the battle of comparison your child can get affect negatively in the following ways:

Stress: Research says that, the child feels the load of expectations if he or she is getting compared constantly and may affect their peace of mind. Being parents, your duty is to make them ‘perform’ and not to pressurize. Act wisely.

Affects metal health: Constant comparison may put your child’s life in risk from mental health view point. It may lead to negative thoughts and cause depression as well. It is our responsibility to keep them joyous mentally along with physically. 

Creates distance: While making comparison, unknowingly you are letting your child to go away from you and as well as from your family. Some negative changes can be found in their behaviour as well. Don’t keep distance in understanding your child.

Inappropriate attitude: It is all about how you are treating your child along with how you are teaching to your child. Major attitude problems may arise if child is being criticized every time. Spend some time to understand how they want and not what they want.

Hurdles in success: Negative thoughts, mental illness, hesitation, less confidence all these factors will let down the success of your child and dreams, while your goal is always to raise them and not to reduce their confidence. Be a reason that your child cherishes you everywhere.

          Instead of comparison, let’s give confidence to our children, let’s give wings to our children, let’s learn to accept our children as they are, let’s give them the joy of their childhood, let’s appreciate the talent they have, let’s encourage them to achieve their dreams, and let’ be a part of their STORY.