I am working as a School Counselor since the past one year. I have been helping students deal with behavioral problems in the age group 6 to 13 years. While interacting with the students, I realised that they wanted their parents and teachers to listen to them, to understand them.Kids today are growing up very quickly. They understand when spoken to on a one to one basis and want to be treated as adults right from standard one. Parents have an imporatnt role to play in raising their children. Parenting is surely not an easy task...
There's been so much stress on spending "quality" time with children that the whole meaning of quality has perhaps become distorted! I think eating dinner together or watching television also constitutes quality time.
Well, this is my opinion..