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Teach boys to hear no, parenting panel urges
Parents must start conversations on equality, respect and consent in early childhood, and boys should be taught to respect boundaries while being allowed to show vulnerability, speakers said at the sixth edition…
The Story in Brief
Parents must start conversations on equality, respect and consent in early childhood, and boys should be taught to respect boundaries while being allowed to show vulnerability, speakers said at the sixth edition of the #StandWithHer panel discussion on Saturday. The event, held at WeHub, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, focused on “Parenting, How to Teach Girls and Boys About Equality, Respect and Consent from Childhood.”
Telangana DG for CID, ACB and Women Safety Wing Charu Sinha said parenting must shift from reactive to proactive. Actor Amala Akkineni argued that education alone is not enough; children need discernment. University of Hyderabad professor Anurekha Chari Wagh stressed that consent must be taught to boys too: “We must also teach our boys to hear no.” Researcher Chinnagari Charan noted children reproduce behaviour observed at home.
The Indian Opinion
The panel rightly shifts blame from schools to homes, but the harder truth is that most Indian parents themselves were never taught these skills. Calling for boys to express vulnerability while men at the top still mock crying male leaders is a contradiction waiting to crack. The real test will be whether the #StandWithHer campaign can offer concrete parenting tools beyond one-hour discussions, and whether fathers will actually put down their phones to model the equality they preach.
Source: thehindu.com
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