A Study on Innovative Parenting Technique: Green Parenting

Abstract

A child is God’s gift. Parenting is about teaching children todevelop good habits and become good citizens. Green parentingis about bringing up the child in eco-friendly ways. In this concept,the child is taught the importance of environment and itsconservation. Under green parenting, parents use different methods
in order to raise the babies in green ways such as providingorganic food, using cloth diapers instead of disposable diapers,giving lead-free toys, minimizing usage of plastic products etc.Parents may also swap the “gently used” clothes and toys toconserve the resources. The concept of green parenting is quite
popular in western countries, but the awareness for the same isless in India. The empirical studies for green parenting are rare inIndia. Therefore, the present study tries to empirically highlightthe awareness and practices towards the novel concept of greenparenting in Anand and Gandhinagar region of Gujarat and thestudy is supplemented by the commendable work of Children’sUniversity based in Gujarat in the area of child education anddevelopment.