An honest audit of modern parenting might leave most of us sweating - if not fainting. Our children are growing up in comfort, glued to screens, cocooned in air-conditioned rooms and cars - safe, perhaps, but slowly disconnected from the world outside. In shielding them, we may be silently stripping them of resilience. And sometimes, children don't inherit our values - they inherit our blind spots. The result? A troubling rise in youth violence, intolerance, and even cruelty towards animals.

The absence of outdoor play, meaningful socialising and physical activity doesn't just shape inactive bodies - it shapes anxious minds. These days, weekends are often spent in fancy malls, where kids walk around just looking at things, eating junk food, having sugary desserts and buying stuff they don't really need - just to pass the time.

There was a time, not too long ago, when happiness came from simple things: making paper boats in rainwater, cracking peanuts between doors, or a........

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