Nirmala Venkataramani

Many Shades of Parenting Nirmala Venkataramani

Parenting is the most important task and also the most difficult one as well. Parents of today shape the world of tomorrow. The true report card of the parenting style we follow is available years later and often the results are unchangeable. This is probably one of those few jobs in the world, that doesn't have any manuals. Despite all these daunting, tall order job descriptions, we aren't doomed. We can learn from others, their successes and mistakes. We can also learn from our own. The only prerequisites are that we need to have the aptitude and the willingness to become aware; the open-mindedness to learn and transform. This book has a collection of a few fictional short stories. Each of them follows some fictitious parents through their journey of parenting. The stories highlight the effects of the parental decisions on the children and how that affects the children's emotional wellness. Even a fiction can inspire a thought of awareness enough to pivot one's life for the better. After all, these fictitious stories stemmed from what the author has witnessed in real life. Just a thought of awareness in one parent can transform several generations of parents to come. With that desire, the author presents the collection of parenting short stories. Any resemblance to any person living or dead is purely coincidental and all characters in this novel are imaginary and conceived by the author.