Parenting in the Age of Anxiety: Raising the Careworn Generation by Dr Zirak Marker. Published in 2016 by Rupa Publications India Private Limited, 7/16, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi 110002. Pp: vii + 122. Price: Rs 195.
"There is no perfect child, no perfect parent and no perfect ‘parenting rules,’” states Dr Zirak Marker (pictured) in his book Parenting in the Age of Anxiety. This statement should be reassuring for couples and single parents beset with nagging doubts as to whether they will have the requisite wherewithal to raise healthy and caring children.
"This book is not meant to teach or preach.......