I recently had the opportunity to edit Lead the Room, Keep the Child by author Mr. Ujjwal Mukherjee, published by FlyDreams Publications. The book explores a deceptively simple question: When a child’s behaviour changes, are we listening to what it is trying to communicate?
The book challenges the conventional approach to discipline. Instead of stopping at “What did the child do?”, it encourages teachers and parents to ask “Why?” Its central idea is that behaviour is often communication, and understanding the need beneath it can lead to more meaningful discipline and stronger adult-child relationships.
A meaningful project to be part of, and one that left me with a thought worth carrying beyond the pages: Before we correct a child’s behaviour, perhaps we should first ask what the behaviour is trying to tell us.
