Each year as Father’s Day draws near, social media platforms
flood with posts: some bemoaning how undervalued and thankless a father’s job
is, others attempting (though not necessarily in vain) at shedding some
much-needed light on a father’s role. These posts hail fathers as
bread-winners, confidantes, best-friends, and protectors; yet, they fall short
of provoking the emotive response which this topic justifies, for they fail to
give this man who personifies many a lofty ideal, a human face. We, at …, aim
to rectify precisely this in the present article. This Father’s Day, we
interviewed Mr Saurabh Mehrotra London, father to an 18-year-old daughter and a
12-year-old son. The aim of our interview was not only to understand how an
urban father, in modern times, perceives his role, but also to gauge the extent
of the impact a father’s involvement has on the children’s development.
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The interview revealed that Mr Saurabh Mehrotra London, who
is based with his family in London, strongly believes that a father’s role is
not limited, merely to providing for his family financially. Instead, he lives
by the code, that nurturing kids, in the widest sense of the word, is a job for
the parents to do together. He told us during the course of the interview, that
he is of the view that each parent has something unique to offer their
children. In his case, it was passion for sports, which he made sure to instill
in both his children. Having himself been a state-level swimmer and rugby
player, Mr Saurabh Mehrotra London has experienced first-hand the enormous
benefits of practicing a sport. Team-spirit, sportsmanship, camaraderie,
discipline, and enhancement of physical and mental health, are just few of the
many reasons he gave for wanting to encourage his children to practice some
sport. Further, we got to know through the interview that Mr Saurabh Mehrotra
London’s role in this regard, was and continues to be more than simply
providing encouragement. Not only does he actively guide his children, but also
provides daily support by driving them to and from their practice venues, which
are often at great distances. A brief interview with the kids revealed that Mr.
Saurabh Mehrotra London’s consistent efforts have reaped more than ample
results. His son, at the young age of 12 plays cricket for Surrey, and his
daughter, has attained a double black-belt in Karate, a rare achievement for
any age-bracket. Besides, and perhaps more to the point, both kids have
developed a similar passion for sports, understanding in its entirety the great
benefits it brings with it and grateful for the same.
In Mr. Saurabh Mehrotra London we have a living
and breathing example of how fathers, through their active involvement can
transform and mould the lives of their kids for the better. Mr. Saurabh
Mehrotra London, who is also a successful businessman, ensures to take out time
for his kids and thus lives to see the gratifying results of the same. Modern
fathers, like modern mothers, juggle numerous roles every day. They are
part-chauffeur, part-guides, part-cooks, part-friends, part-motivational
speakers, part-therapists, and WHOLLY AWESOME! So, a very happy Father’s Day to
Mr. Saurabh Mehrotra London and other fathers like him, who walk the tight rope
of parenthood with such finesse that it appears to us from the outside to be
but a cakewalk!