Useless to raise an independent Daughter for one simple reason!

Although all parents in the 21st century work hard to raise their daughters as independent women, it is almost traumatic to see how these daughters struggle after their marriage. It’s an irony that we raised our daughters strong and independent but forgot to teach our sons to respect them.

Parents focused only on women, to make them independent so that they survive without the help of men. All of these are really important and needs to be done. However, we are missing a crucial point: Women aren’t the only ones who need a mindset change, men do too.

While raising children parents think of upbringing them equally, either be it a boy or a girl. But do they really do?

Because:

We may have raised our daughter to be career-oriented but we have failed to raise our son to prepare his own meal and to fold his own clothes. Our daughter may know to drive but our son may not have any clue about doing his laundry!

Parents may think raising a daughter is more important than raising a boy to learn household chores. But is it so? It is really sad to see how for every daughter who is taught that she can be whatever she wants, there is a son who believes that household chores are only a woman’s job.

While parents are aiding her effort to be the best version of herself by educating her and giving her the freedom to make her own choices, but that is only half the work. If parents don’t teach their son to fold his own clothes, to do his laundry, cook at least for himself or help around the house, then parents – you are raising an entitled son! You are condemning the woman he ends up marrying.

And more worse is when some of our independent daughters end up a victim of violence and domestic abuse. All because she does not live up to the expectations of the man she married. So, parents don’t pat yourself on the back just yet, if you are raising your daughters to do whatever your sons can. You are doing this to normalize the idea of women in a traditionally male space. Please do the reverse as well and raise your sons to do whatever your daughters can. This will normalize the idea of men in a traditionally female space.

Because, in the end, it is useless to raise independent women if you’re still raising entitled men.

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