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Childhood getting lost in pressure cooker parenting
Samira Vishwas | April 10, 2026 2:24 AM CST

Pressure Cooker Parenting: It is said that the first teachers of a child are his parents. A child is like raw clay, it takes the shape it is molded into. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the parents to provide the child with a safe and happy childhood. But recently a Gurugram-based CEO and co-founder of a dating platform has started a debate about Indian parenting. He has expressed through social media that many parents in India raise children as if they are their property. Due to extra pressure and wrong thinking of parents, there is a lot of pressure on children and it has a bad effect on their personality as well as mental health.

Pressure cooker parenting has become very common these days. In this, children always feel a kind of pressure, they get buried under the burden of the expectations of their own parents. From getting good marks to choosing the right career and earning name in the society, the pressure is so much that the emotions within the child get suppressed. Generally children are not able to even express their likes, thoughts and dreams.

Focus on success, not happiness

Parents want to make a name for themselves in the society and let the world know what their child is achieving. They are happy seeing good marks, good job, big package. But they never ask the child whether he is happy or not. When a different name and results are placed on top in the society, then the child’s emotions are left behind.

In most of the Indian homes it is seen that the child does not even have the right to ask his own questions. If the child questions any decision or expresses his opinion, he is called ill-mannered. In such a situation, the child starts keeping his feelings inside and, ignoring his own happiness, gets busy in fulfilling the expectations of his parents.

taught to be obedient

In our society, children are taught from childhood that they should obey their elders. They have more experience of the world and hence everything they say is right and should be followed. Often children are also pressurized by what people will say. In such a situation, the child focuses only on pleasing his elders and his own happiness is left behind.

It is not that parents do not love their children, but along with love, excessive expectations and a sense of control can make children sad and disappointed. Therefore, it is extremely important that the child is supported to grow up to be a happy and mentally healthy person.


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