He was delivering a lecture on the role of ‘parents in the growth of parents’ in Davangere on Thursday.
He said that the traditional Indian family system contributed a lot to healthy growth of children.
Women played a unique role in moulding their children, the doctor said adding that mother who would teach the lessons of life to her child “cannot be considered as illiterate”.
Breast feeding stressed
Underlining the importance of breast-feeding, he said that the milk which a child gets from its mother was the source of all its energy.
He said that emotional relationship was supplementary to the growth of a child, he noted that the modern lifestyle deprived children of their grant parental love.