It's
rightly
said,
'Life
doesn't
come
with
a
manual.
It
comes
with
a
mother.'
She's
the
one
who
always
has
your
back
at
every
stage
of
your
life.
One
such
doting
mother
in
Bollywood
is
actress
Kajol.
Recently,
in
an
interview
with
an
entertainment
portal,
the
Tribhanga
actress
busted
some
myths
about
motherhood
and
parenting,
and
shared
her
biggest
learning
she
took
from
her
actress-mother
Tanuja.
Kajol
told
Pinkvilla
that
she
doesn't
believe
in
self-help
books
when
it
comes
to
parenting
and
was
quoted
as
saying,
"The
only
thing
a
parenting
book
will
teach
you
is
to
tie
a
nappy!
Not
how
to
wash
the
bum,
or
pick
up
your
child
when
she's
crying."
The
actress
busted
the
myth
that
working
mothers
look
down
at
stay-at-home
moms
and
told
the
entertainment
portal,
"I
always
look
at
them
with
this
awe,
I
really
don't
know
how
they
manage
to
make
it
look
so
effortless!"
Talking
about
the
pressure
there
is
on
mothers
to
be
a
good
mom,
Kajol
said,
"If
you
don't
cook
for
your
child,
go
to
pick
up
your
child
from
school,
you're
a
bad
mother
if
you
don't
attend
one
PTA
meeting,
you're
a
bad
mother.
So
there
are
too
many
things
that
make
you
a
bad
mom
and
not
enough
that
makes
you
a
good
mom."
On
being
asked
one
parenting
advice
she
received
from
her
mother
Tanuja,
the
Kabhi
Khushi
Kabhie
Gham
actress
revealed,
"The
most
important
thing
she
passed
down
to
me
was
that
you
have
to
make
your
children
think
for
themselves.
That
led
to
everything.
They
have
to
learn
how
to
make
their
own
decisions
and
find
out
whether
they
can
live
with
the
consequence
or
not," further
adding
that
it
would
be
the
only
way
for
children
to
know
whether
this
decision
was
the
correct
one
for
them.
Kajol
tied
the
knot
with
actor
Ajay
Devgn
in
1999.
The
couple
welcomed
their
first
child,
Nysa
in
2003.
Seven
years
later,
the
actress
gave
birth
to
a
boy,
Yug.