In Bangladesh, adoption is slowly shedding stigma, with families like Riad and Muntasir's redefining parenthood beyond biology. Despite progress, adoption remains a hesitant choice, often considered after IVF or other options, reflecting societal and emotional complexities.
When children face adversity, mothers experience their deepest fears. Fathers respond in their own way. July 2024 witnessed all of this, as it was also a month that reshaped the way families looked at protest and resistance.
Do your parents see you as individuals with your own choices, or do they see you as extensions of themselves?
In the last decades, children were inevitably taught to respect authority figures such as parents, teachers, and law enforcement. Terms such as saying "please" and "thank you" and addressing adults formally were introduced early, with no questions asked.
A woman facing an empty nest found renewed purpose by taking in her house-help's daughter. Despite restrictive adoption laws in Bangladesh, her family secured guardianship, focusing on emotional support and building a fulfilling bond.
Children are a reflection of their parents. Those miniature human beings are like sponges; what you teach them, they will absorb. It is best to shape them into more responsible beings from a young age.
While I was diagnosing myself and the society out there, I saw my father.
Many have witnessed physical and emotional abuse taking place in the relationship between their parents.
Mothers enjoy an extraordinary bond with their children. While emotional attachments are a work in progress for the best of mothers, biologically, this connection is undeniable and considerably deeper, both before and after birth.
While I was diagnosing myself and the society out there, I saw my father.
Many have witnessed physical and emotional abuse taking place in the relationship between their parents.
Mothers enjoy an extraordinary bond with their children. While emotional attachments are a work in progress for the best of mothers, biologically, this connection is undeniable and considerably deeper, both before and after birth.
Yet, even at that tender age, I knew my mother had made the right choice.
From a young age, my mother’s slowly failing health has familiarised me up-close with the morbid tapestry of our medical facilities.
Before, parents used to be concerned about their children's internet habits. Now it's different.
Raising a child is no easy feat. Single parents have to fulfil the roles of both a mother and a father.
