It is quite human that every parent wants to bring out the best in their child. However sometimes, the blinding desires of parents to see their child achieve the best can cause parents to push their child a little too hard and in the process completely shatter his psyche.

Dr Samir Parikh, Chief of Mental Health and Behavioural Sciences, Max Healthcare, says, "Everyday, we can witness more parents taking their child's academics and other activities to a new level of competition The mass suicide cases after the board results can be relatively taken as a scenic incidence; post extreme parental pressure act. Incidents like these, as well as less extreme ones, draw attention to the problem of parents taking their child's academics and other interests much too seriously, which unknowingly makes them neglect the much needed emotional backup of rendering support and encouragement to further their child's development."

Dr Parikh says it becomes the responsibility of a parent to handle situations correctly at the time of examination. Often, what parents do is raise expectations over their kids' performance. As a result, what follows is a heightened anxiety level of the children on account of anxieties manifested by their parents.

To avoid such situations, the least a parent can do is to make sure that they show confidence in their children and try maintaining a calmer atmosphere at home while making exam time seem as any other day of the year