Dr. Zirak Marker is a renowned child and adult psychiatrist and psychotherapist with clinical training at the Westchester Medical Centre, New York University. He has been practising for fifteen years in the space of education psychology, guiding students with learning disabilities, developmental delays and autism. He is currently the CEO (chief executive officer) of the Aditya Birla Integrated School for children with different learning needs.
Parenting in the Age of Anxiety acknowledges that today’s generation is tormented by a number of issues exam stress, bullying, peer pressure, sexual uncertainty that can snowball into full-blown psychological conditions, from borderline personality disorders to anxiety and learning impairments. Added to this are specific early, emotionally fraught life experiences that demand coping skills, such as bereavement and adoption.