Riddhi Deorah on why kids dress the way they do. Peer pressure can lead to bullying if a child stands out. Instead of judging trends, parents should teach context: what works at a family gathering might not work at school, and that's okay.
If all her friends are dressed like that, and if she's expected to wear fully covered clothes, what happens is there's a lot of pressure from the friends. So friends would probably bully her. They would not accept her. They would not share things with her. So instead of blaming judging, our role as a parent should be to educate them that, okay, fine, with friends, sometimes you can. But when you're in a family gathering, or when you are in front of your grandparents, or when you're partying late in the night, that time you can wear more covered clothes to keep yourself protected. We cannot judge our children. When it comes to trend. You always have to follow the new generation. Now we are wearing salwar suits and quartz. Very few women you would see wearing sarees. In fact, our mothers have also started wearing salwar and quartz. So it's always the older generation that has to adapt with the younger generation. For you to really enjoy this journey of parenting, you have to realign your expectations. You have to adapt yourself. So I think the most important thing in parenting is adaptability.
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