Jyotika opens up about Suriya's responsibilities related to their children's school (Photo: Jyotika/Instagram)Tamil actor Jyotika, who has previously spoken about her husband Suriya being a “green flag”, also expressed how he is a deeply involved father. “My children are in school in Mumbai. Diya is her father (Suriya)’s favourite, and Dev is attached to both of us. There are so many reasons (that Suriya makes for an excellent father). Their school sends at least two emails a day, something…related to sports or picnic or studies…all the responsibilities of the school are with Suriya,” she told BehindWoods channel in a candid interview.DISCLAIMER: This article is based on information from the public domain and/or the experts we spoke to.Reflecting on the actor’s statement, Delnna Rrajesh, psychotherapist and relationship breakthrough coach, told indianexpress.com that such a small detail represents a much larger and very encouraging shift taking place inside modern families.“As a psychotherapist, I am seeing a noticeably different tone in families today, and I am genuinely happy to see it. More women are building demanding careers, taking leadership positions, creating businesses and pursuing professional ambitions, while more men are taking an equal, and sometimes even greater, role in the everyday responsibilities of raising their children. I see fathers managing school communication, attending parent-teacher meetings, knowing friendship circles, handling meals, medical appointments and activities, and being emotionally available when their children need them. This is not a loss of traditional parenting. It is an expansion of what both motherhood and fatherhood are allowed to look like,” Delnna told this outlet. Here’s what you should consider (Photo: Freepik)For years, we spoke about equality primarily in terms of giving women greater access to education, careers, financial independence and leadership. “But genuine equality inside a family also means giving men equal access to caregiving, tenderness and the extraordinary joys of raising a child. Why should fathers miss the intimacy of everyday parenting? And why should mothers automatically carry its responsibilities irrespective of what is happening in their own professional lives? This becomes particularly important because careers do not place identical demands on both partners at the same time. There may be a year when the mother’s profession requires greater travel, responsibility or focus and the father takes on more at home.”There is also an important distinction between a father participating in parenting and genuinely owning part of it. ‘Tell me what needs to be done’ may be well-intentioned, but it still leaves the other parent responsible for remembering, planning and delegating. “Parenting includes an enormous invisible mental load: school deadlines, vaccinations, uniforms, friendships, appointments, activities and the subtle emotional changes that tell us something may be troubling our child. Genuine shared parenting means both adults are capable of noticing, remembering, and following through without one permanently becoming the family manager,” said Delnna.A father caring for his children is not babysitting and he is not assisting the mother with her responsibility. He is experiencing his own parenthood.Story continues below this adPerhaps that is the most beautiful part of this shift. “When mothers are allowed to pursue their potential without carrying automatic guilt, fathers are allowed to experience parenthood without outdated restrictions, and children grow up seeing responsibility rather than gender determine who does what, everybody gains,” said Delnna.DISCLAIMER: This article is based on information from the public domain and/or the experts we spoke to.