MESSAGE FOR PARENTS

Whatever it takes? We have promised ourselves and to you as parent that we will remain trying to give our children the space, the time and sources to learn as much as they can to enrich their knowledge not only in their field of studies but also in our history, traditions, and norms. We are bent on making our children useful citizens of this country and we cannot succeed without your active help. Therefore, come forward and join us as parents.
Here at www.zahanat.com, we have made things easier to understand, whether it is basics of computer operating or the procedures to use internet for your own consumption. We make things easier for you so that you can enter the era in which your child lives. This will help you in narrowing the age gap.

The seasoned and aged parents also need a bit of help on parenting issues. At zahanat.com, you will get a great go-to guide to overcome issues in conventional parenting. Generally speaking parenting is the way to support and promote children in their physical, social, and biological development in different phases of childhood from infancy to adulthood.

Parenting leaves long lasting effects on a child’s development and there is a cause-and-effect link between parenting and a child’s behavior. It is observed that children brought out in different environments display dramatically similar behaviors whereas children brought out under the same roof display extremely different personalities.

The conventional parenting style is more authoritarian where children are supposed to follow the strict rules chalked out by their parents and failure to achieve this goal results in punishments for children. The conventional style of parenting does not feel responding to their children. They simply want their children to obey them. The reason, because they said it!

The research shows that conventional parenting is obedience and status oriented where parents want their orders to be obeyed without alteration of a comma or period.

The conventional parenting effects a child’s development more negatively than positively. The children reared through conventional parenting though seem obedient, hardworking and efficient but they lack social competence, self esteem and happiness in their lives. This kind of parenting style could seldom succeed with internet generation. Hence we as parents need to adopt parenting style well suitable for internet generation.

Parenting in 21st century is no more authoritarian. Today parents are following authoritative parenting style. In authoritative parenting parents set and establish certain rules and regulations for their children. Parents expect their children to follow these rules and regulations but in a democratic way. Today parents are more responsive to their children and thy listen to their children.

Parents are not supposed to punish their children if they fail to meet the expectations. They need to be more nurturing and forgiving. Parents monitor and impart clear cut instructions for their children’s conduct. They do not become intrusive and restrictive but adopt supportive disciplinary methods rather than punitive. Children reared under authoritative parenting are going to be more capable, happy, social and successful. The rise of modern technology has made it possible both for parents and children to regulate their lives on the lines drawn.

Today we live in a world which has gained the status of global village and where everything is achievable (almost). Necessity and serendipitous discoveries have made it possible for us to live a life different from people of three centuries ago. This era of modern technology has huge positive effect on every society including ours. Today we live in a digital world.

The positive aspects of modern technology have outweighed its negativity. The greatest achievements of the current digital era are ways of communication. Today the world has shrunk into your hand palm through use of internet and mobile phones. The information and communication technology (ICT) has become an essential part of our daily life from business to education and from entertainment to research work. The use of modern technology has made it possible for us to perform outstandingly with less effort and greater productivity.

It is time to emulate the modern technology in Pakistani without losing our creative and innovative prowess.

These challenges are well accepted by our internet generation. Generation Z or internet generation is the name given to the people born after millennium. The life of internet generation is woven with information technology but they usually fail to understand it as technology because they have taken it for granted. The internet generation seldom thinks of computers, internet, online resources and instantaneous access a thing to mention. They have never known life without these gadgets.

This generation has been experiencing a generation gap for the reason that internet generation is grown up with internet and computer around them that has intervened into almost every aspect of their life.

Ironically we the peers are the culprits who taught our children to hold mouse, open an email and so on. Today the tables have turned for us. Our children are teaching us the use of internet and social media and how troubleshoot computers and mobile phones.

But as the internet generation put its privacy on internet, we the older generation is looking with increasing alarm and misapprehension towards internet generation thinking what could be the end of the internet generation.

Zahanat.com and parents can both work together to lessen this alarm and misapprehension about the use of internet. At zahanat.com you will come across resources that will provide you tips and tricks to update yourself according to the technological needs of the time. We will provide you resources that will teach you in a fun way the use of computers, internet and Smartphone.

Zahanat.com will be your ultimate stop to learn how to handle your children in 21st century.

Together you and we can create such an environment where we can raise a better generation of Pakistani children under authoritative control, democratic support, and better use of modern technology. The modern technology has its positive aspects and we can use these positive aspects to bring in positive changes in our younger generation.

We do not doubt the fact and accept the truth that our internet generation has greater I.Q level, more friendly and with forgiving attitude than our generation. It is only our understanding that will make the difference. Let us develop a common but positive understanding of internet generation to give Pakistan a proficient but disciplined breed.