Many people believe that women make better parents than men and that is why they have the greater role in raising children in most societies. Others claim that men are just as good as women at parenting.

Parenting is an extremely important factor for the proper upbringing of a

child

. While some people are of the opinion that women make better parents, others think that men can

also

be effective in parenting. I believe that there cannot be conclusions drawn in a generic sense relating to the gender – Men or Women. What matters most is the one who has the qualities of being a good parent;

this

can be either a male or female. Women by virtue of having more patience, tend to handle children better during their infancy when patience is an important factor. Ensuring a balanced and nutritious diet for a

child

is again done better by women.

For example

, women are in a better position to understand what a

child

needs to take in the

lunchbox

for the school.

Further

, studies have indicated that imbibing the morals, values and ethics into a

child

during their growing up years is done better by mothers. Men's contribution to a

child

's development is found to be more effective when it comes to imbibing discipline.

This

becomes important as the

child

's time management becomes a key to his overall behavioural traits and personality.

For example

, ensuring the

child

wakes up in time, spends the right amount of time on studies, indoor and outdoor games can be better enforced by a father. Studies

also

indicate that children who get addicted to one particular activity,

for example

, say computer games, tend to grow up as loners and whose ability to interact socially becomes limited. Men tend to have better ability to control these activities in growing children. To conclude, it will be incorrect to draw a general inference that women make better parents than men. No two individuals are the same and everyone possesses their unique strengths. If that strength coincides with the quality required for effective parenting, they could make good

parents regardless

Accept comma addition

parents, regardless

of whether they are men or women.