Parents need to be mindful of their behaviour

Parenting is about teaching and guiding children to differentiate between the right and the wrong, and supporting their emotional, social and intellectual development in order to make them capable to live a successful life. For this, we as parents need to dedicate enough time with our children, which, sometimes we are not able to do so. Reason for this could vary but the major one could be spending more time on their mobile phone.

Though after work we are at home, we are still busy as we have made ourselves more dependent on mobile phones. Right from checking emails or checking social media or ordering food, we are spending most of our time on mobile phones rather than with our children.

Parents cannot blame children for spending more time to play on mobile phones or tablets because more or less they are the ones who have influenced their children to use mobile phones or tablets at some or the other stage. Parents must try to spend more and more time with children to pave the way for a healthy and happy family life.

■ FROM MR MAQSOODUL HAQ

Banker based in Dubai