Parents who complain about the difficulties in raising their children have already gotten used to it. In this fast-paced century, the biggest problem parents face is managing their work-life balance. Since both parents go to work and due to their hectic nature, they often find it difficult to manage their household chores or spend time with their children properly.
Parents need to understand that the world their children are growing is completely different from the one they built. Technology has penetrated into all nooks and corners of life. Therefore, with such technology and with some small efforts on the part of the parents, they can try to overcome their parenting challenges.
Here I have listed some of the daily challenges many parents face and possible solutions to overcome them.
Discipline:
Children these days distance themselves from helping their parents and lock themselves away with digital devices. The main problem for parents who go to the office with their children is disciplinary problems. From completing chores to behaving in other places, parents often find it difficult to teach them certain principles. Therefore, to help such parents, there are various apps like S’moresUp that help organize and manage their household routines.
Time management:
Another critical problem facing parents in the 21st century is a shortage of time. Of course, there are only 24 hours in a day, but those hours must be juggled between work, home, the kids, and yourself. Most parents find it difficult to balance their work time and personal life. To help those parents who find time management a burdensome task, apps like DinnerTime, Cozi, etc. will help them allocate time for dinner, family gathering, etc.
Not Repairing Morales Between Children:
Parents, especially office-going ones, rarely interact with their children due to their work nature and shortage of time. Based on recent research conducted among parents and children, it is found that the lack of moral principles among children leads them to do unwanted activities. Since children today have unlimited access to the Internet and television, they explore both the good and bad things in life and often tend to be attracted to the wrong things. Therefore, to protect their youngsters from being pampered by parents, they can use apps like Norton Family premier, Net Nanny which blocks offensive content from children. With those apps installed on kids’ devices, parents can even monitor their kids’ internet activities.
Resilience:
Depression and suicide of their children are the most important problems that haunt parents. Since many people do not interact with their children, they never develop a genuine bond and trust over their parents. Because of that, the children could not find a suitable person to share and discuss their problem that led to depression. All parents must often interact with their children and tell them that “Life isn’t always fair!” Teach them to accept failure, chaos and randomness in life. It will encourage them to fight against all odds.