A Teacher's Truth

🧠 A Teacher’s Truth – Gentle Parenting or Gentle Destruction?

By a Teacher with 20+ Years of Classroom Experience

In today’s world, everyone is talking about gentle parenting. And at first glance, it sounds great — be kind, don’t shout, understand your child, respect their feelings.
Sounds good, right? But here’s the problem: we’ve taken it too far, and now we’re watching the consequences unfold — in our homes, in our classrooms, and sadly, across our nation.

👁 What I’ve Seen Over the Years

I’ve taught thousands of students. The children I taught 10–15 years ago?
They were disciplined. Focused. Respectful. They knew the value of effort and understood what routine meant.

Now?
So many of our students can’t sit for 10 minutes without distraction. They get “bored” with real life. They want instant success, high-paying jobs, and viral fame — but they have zero patience, zero discipline, and zero stamina for real work.

Why?

Because most parents today are not raising children… they’re raising little kings and queens who hear “yes” all the time and rarely experience the power of a “no.”

❌ The Rise of “Wrong Desires”

I’ve seen this with my own eyes:
Parents giving in to every demand — expensive phones, lazy routines, late nights, junk food, endless screens. Even when the child is wrong, the parent protects, defends, or makes excuses.

This is not love.
This is weakness, and it’s weakening the next generation.

💔 The Nation on Ventilator

Take a look around — especially in Karachi, where I live and teach.

Everyone wants to get rich fast.
No one wants to learn.
No one wants to follow routine.
Creativity is dying because nobody wants to go through the boring, daily grind that builds real talent.

The nation is on a ventilator — not just economically, but morally and mentally. We’re raising children who are clever but not wise, talented but not trained, loud but not strong.

🔍 Gentle Parenting: Pros & Cons

Yes, gentle parenting has its place.
It can be beautiful — if done with balance.

✅ It builds trust
✅ Encourages emotional awareness
✅ Avoids fear-based upbringing

But…

❌ Without discipline, it becomes chaos
❌ Without correction, it becomes entitlement
❌ Without routine, it becomes laziness
❌ Without “no,” it becomes destruction


🧭 Final Message: Kindness ≠ Weakness

We need to go back to what worked:
✔ Structure
✔ Boundaries
✔ Routine
✔ Respect for elders
✔ A clear sense of right and wrong

Parenting is not about raising happy children.
It’s about raising strong, capable, respectful adults.

If we truly love our children, we must say “No” when necessary, hold them accountable, and prepare them for real life — not protect them from it.

> Let’s save our children before we lose another generation.

✍🏻 Written by: Muhammad Faisal Peerzada
Popularly known as: MasterSahab

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