Eve Teasing is a common phenomenon in India. Every other day, women come across some sort of eve teasing incidents that leave a deep psychological scar on them. This is a sad state of affairs faced by women of young age. The role of parents becomes very crucial in such situation. Many a times, it has been found that suffering women get no help from their parents. Instead of parents lending a healing touch to their daughters, they place the entire blame on them. How many times you have heard parents saying, ‘men are like that only’ and it is your responsibility to protect your modesty. This is not what a woman or a daughter would like to hear from her parents. If she can’t get support from her parents who else she can trust and expect support?
First, parents should make girl child comfortable enough that she can share anything with them. If a girl has been harassed or been subject to molestation, the first place she would expect to be understood is her parents. It is the responsibility of the parents to bring up their children whether male or female with love, patience, honesty, respect for other sex and confidence. Parents can play a major role in healing the psychological scare inflicted on their daughter. They need to work as role models for their children.
Parents should pay close attention to their teenage son, his activities and his friend circle. The truth is no parents like to have eve teasers son. They will not approve such behaviour from their son. But the seeds of the right behaviour are needed to be implanted from the childhood only. Parents should impart education in a way that child can understand both sexes are equal. A son should not be made to believe that he can go away with any crime or atrocity against a female. He should also be taught about respecting a woman.
Parents should focus on proper girl education. They need to work on girl empowerment. It is their job to make their children behave in an appropriate way and take necessary actions whenever needed. Parents of teenage girls should deal with them in a friendly manner. It is a sign of successful parenting when the offspring reposes absolute faith in his/her parents and share agonies and sorrows. If the parents are alert they can always help in avoiding a major tragedy.
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