Distance unlearning: How to handle home, away from home
ByKarishma Kuenzang
Jul 19, 2023 06:52 PM IST
Moved out of the family home? While parents deal with an empty nest, India’s young people are grappling with guilt, fear and are feeling all kinds of sad feels
Sooner or later, the balance shifts. The kids become the grown-ups. The grown-ups start to need help. It starts out innocuously. How to delete 300 Good Morning Dear messages from Mum’s phone? How to link Dad’s UPI to pay the electricity bill? It moves on to more serious duties: The full-body checkup Dad’s been putting off, Mum’s mutual funds that need updating, what to do with the farmhouse no one can manage.
Piku (2015) navigates the relationship between a daughter and her aged father, as they travel together (unwillingly) to their hometown.
Gulmohar (2023) deals with the topic of the sale of an ancestral home, while also exploring the relationship between three generations of parents and kids.Encourage your parents to explore new hobbies or socialise too. Make sure they feel comfortable using and learning about technology. (Shutterstock)