Abhishek Bachchan is a father to an adolescent now – his daughter Aaradhya Bachchan will flip 13 in November this 12 months. In an unique interview with Hindustan Times, the actor was requested to share parenting recommendations on how one can take care of rebellious teenagers. While he supplied lengthy explanations on why one should not try to take care of the rebels, he additionally added that he’s not the one doing the heavy lifting at residence on the subject of parenting. He additionally added that his spouse, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan does all of it, permitting him to ‘go and do’ his work. (Also learn: Aishwarya, Aaradhya flip cheerleaders for Abhishek’s new movie Ghoomer. See pics)
When Abhishek questioned sister Shweta
Asked if he has any parenting tricks to provide, Abhishek mentioned, “The thing is do not try and deal with it. That is life. Every subsequent generation matures faster. Maybe, when we were kids, our parents thought we were too fast for them. This generation has been born in a world where they have not seen the process it took us to reach where we have reached. I will give you a very simple analogy. I have a nephew and a niece and they were given a mobile phone when they turned 10.”
He added that he questioned his sister, Shweta Bachchan, when her youngsters got telephones on the age of ten. In flip, she requested him concerning the age when he obtained his first cell phone, and the age when their father -Amitabh Bachchan – obtained his first cell phone. “My sister informed me ‘do you suppose he obtained upset you bought a cell phone at 22?’ This new era is healthier knowledgeable. They are born on this world (the place the data is all at their fingertips). I bear in mind I discovered it breathtaking after I first noticed the Taj Mahal, however I don’t suppose the present era will likely be overawed (by the Taj Mahal) as a result of they’ve seen it on the web. They aren’t preposterous, they’re simply much better knowledgeable. So, their wonderment isn’t on the degree that ours was.”
Aishwarya does the heavy lifting
He then added that his wife takes care of it all at home and ‘allows’ him to work. “I have to put a caveat here – I do not do the heavy lifting at home. That is entirely done by my wife. She allows me to go and do my work. The point is, do not try and deal with it. I do not think the new generation has a sense of hierarchy. That was something we were brought up with. They are inquisitive… they are like ‘Why? Why should I just listen to you because you are my mother?’ They are far more informed, they are born into this era of information and technology. (So my advice is just) answer their questions.”
Abhishek’s top parenting tip
On a more serious note, Abhishek added that as parents, we must respect the children’s dignity. “The only parenting tip I can give anybody is never compromise on your child’s dignity. Sometimes, we feel like reprimanding them because that is how we were brought up. That is how we were reprimanded and disciplined as children, but this generation is far more sensitive. Maybe because they have not seen the upheavals our parents or grandparents saw…If you compromise their dignity while reprimanding, they are just going to switch off to you.”
He signed off jokingly, “Basically, in a nutshell, you’ll be able to’t do something. Just give them an Ipad and (waves) bye.”
Source web site: www.hindustantimes.com
