As parents, we often measure our children’s growth through visible milestones – certificates, awards, performances and achievements. Yet, some of the moments that shape a child most deeply are the ones that never make it into a certificate.
They are the moments when a child faces the unexpected, takes a breath, steps forward and says, “I can do it.”
My daughter, Aditi Shybin, has been a student of Delhi Private School Sharjah since KG. Over the years, I have watched her grow not merely in knowledge, but in confidence, independence and character.
One moment has stayed with me.
During Alchemy, the grand celebration marking 25 years of DPS Sharjah, Aditi was in Grade 5, portraying the childhood of Maria Montessori. During rehearsals, a senior student performing an important role had to step away. With very little notice, Aditi was asked to step into that unfamiliar role while continuing with her own.
I wasn’t there to witness it. Her teacher later told me how confidently she had taken on the challenge.
I was proud, of course. But what touched me most was not that she had performed two roles. It was that, when the moment demanded courage, she trusted herself.
Perhaps that is where true education reveals itself.
A school is not simply a place where children learn answers. It is where they learn to question, explore, stumble, rise and discover what they can become.
I have seen this spirit throughout Aditi’s journey at DPS Sharjah. Her passion for performing has taken her beyond the school stage, including opportunities to act in Malayalam films. Balancing these experiences with academics has not always been easy, but the understanding and encouragement of her school have meant a great deal to us.
Today, Aditi is twelve and in Grade 7. Looking back, I realise that her journey has never simply been about the roles she played.
It has been about the person she was becoming.
Every opportunity has been an invitation to grow. Every challenge, a lesson in courage. And every unexpected moment, a reminder that extraordinary journeys often begin with one simple decision:
to step forward and say, “I can do it.”
Roshini Haridasan – Parent of Aditi Shybin
