On Parenting by Acharya Prashant
How we raise our children shapes everything about who they become. Yet parents often find themselves bewildered when their offspring veer towards the very behaviours they've fought hardest to discourage. The roots of our pain, it seems, lie tangled in our earliest relationships. Acharya Prashant investigates this puzzling dynamic through conversations with mothers, fathers, and caregivers from remarkably different walks of life. His central claim is bold: you cannot guide a child towards authenticity unless you've done that inner work yourself first. Genuine parenting, he insists, isn't about techniques or clever strategies. It rests on something far deeper—a grounding in spiritual understanding and genuine self-knowledge. This book cuts through the noise of parenting advice to examine what's truly required. It challenges us to see our children not as blank slates needing correction, but as whole people deserving our honest attention. If you're tired of repeating patterns learned decades ago, if you're curious about what it might actually look like to parent from a place of clarity rather than inherited confusion, you'll find something genuinely thought-provoking here. Prashant offers not quick fixes, but the harder, more rewarding path toward real connection across generations.
- Author: Acharya Prashant
- Publisher: PrashantAdvait Foundation
- Genre: Social Sciences
- ISBN: 978-9392657016
- Pages: 132 pages