Raising up children today, in the ever-changing world, expects parents to be patient and consistent. They have to balance priorities and juggle responsibilities to make children self-reliant with high self-esteem, empathetic and tolerant. Parents also help children grow into what can be critically reflective humans. They should not grow into adults driven by fear and suspicion but by compassion and curiosity and ready to engage with diverse people and not conditioned by stereotypes.

   Embracing such valid premises, Dr. Manisha Pathak-Shelat and Kiran Vinod Bhatia have recently authored a book Raising a Humanist – Conscious parenting in an increasingly fragmented world, published by Sage Publications India. They also publish innovative academic and scholarly works based on research. They are global academic publishers of books and journals. The publishers are driven by the belief that social and behavioural science has the power to enrich....