Letter from Managing Editor

October 19, 2026 /Posted byPrajwal EW / 0

Summiya Yasmeen

At ParentsWorld, our objective is to advise parents on best parenting practices to enable children’s social and emotional well-being which is a necessary precondition of academic success and preparation to cope with complex challenges of the 21st century. PW editors strongly believe that formal early childhood, school and collegiate education needs to be supplemented with home support to develop happy, healthy and confident children.

Therefore, ab initio, our lead stories have highlighted a diverse range of contemporary parenting trends and challenges to better inform and empower parents to provide home-based support. In particular, over the past six months, we have spotlighted new-age parenting styles; advised parents on leveraging AI for better parenting; offered solutions to prepare children for the new academic year; examined the challenges of single parenting, and cautioned against perpetuating the traditional command-and-control child-rearing culture.

In this issue of PW, we focus our attention on another important parenting anxiety — ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder), a common childhood neurodevelopmental condition that diminishes children’s attention spans, impulse control and activity levels. Often misunderstood as mere physical hyperactivity, indiscipline and lack of focus, ADHD requires greater parental awareness and empathy. An estimated 8 percent of children and adolescents worldwide are diagnosed with ADHD. In our painstakingly curated cover story, a panel of expert psychologists and pediatricians explain its symptoms, address common misconceptions and suggest practical strategies for parents to support ADHD children’s emotional well-being, learning and overall development, to enable them to succeed in all walks of life.

There’s much else in this issue of PW. Check out our Early Childhood section in which Dr. Pinki Barui, a Kolkata-based pediatrician and neonatologist, shares a valuable guide to monitor development milestones of preterm infants. In a Special Essay, Prof. Jean Clinton of McMaster University, Canada, examines pitfalls of too gentle parenting. Also recommended is our Health story on the symptoms and treatment of droopy eyelids aka ptosis.

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“Most schools never consciously chose their basic unit. They inherited one from the past: the class. With the class as the focus, the things that happen between people get squeezed out: the apprentice learning alongside someone skilled, the child taught where they are rather than where the class is, and the daily practice of getting along with people they did not choose. The most promising new schools are organising themselves around the individual child rather than the class. A better approach is to group children by readiness in each subject and change those groups as they progress. Communication, collaboration and handling disagreement need daily practice. In a school built around individual progress, teachers get time back to observe, diagnose, mentor and step in where they are most needed. Most teachers entered the profession to make a difference to children. Many spend their careers managing classes instead. The best new schools offer them a system that finally lets them do the work they signed up for.”

- Rahul Raghavan, Economic Times, (27/10)

“Prevention begins with understanding young people, their struggles and the environments in which they grow up. A sense of belonging, nurturing relationships and meaningful social interactions can play a crucial role in protecting adolescents from substance abuse. When young people feel connected to their families, schools and communities, they are more likely to develop healthy coping mechanisms, make informed choices and seek help when needed. Parents, teachers and community leaders must work together to create supportive spaces where adolescents feel heard, valued and understood. Schools must go beyond academic achievement to foster inclusion, emotional wellbeing and genuine relationships. Ultimately, preventing substance abuse requires looking beyond individual behaviour and recognising the influence of the relationships and communities that shape young lives.”

- Navdeep Aggarwal, Economic Times, (22/10)

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