In a country like India where family values and cultural beliefs are held high, at a time when questioning the years old traditions in any way brings out violent riots, I find it important to talk about certain toxic, unhealthy traits of parenting that are widely normalised. I can only assume the immense challenges and difficulties that accompany the excitement of birthing and nurturing a human being. Especially when the world around is so rapidly changing, keeping up with the unfamiliar environment to bridge the gap between having grown up as a human being and having to cater to the growth of another human being must be extremely daring. Indian mythology has taught us to consider parents to be godlike. But in the whole act of trying to teach values of respect towards our nurturers, the very fact that they are also fellow humans who are entitled to make mistakes and learn from them as they pave their way through parenting is often forgotten to emphasise. Painting unrealistic, godly pictures of an ideal parent who cannot and does not go wrong is equally unhealthy and stressful.