Why Some Working-Parent Stress Never Shows Up in EAP — But Does Show Up in Engagement Scores.
Your wellness programs address stress. Your EAP provides counselling. Your parental leave policy is generous. But there’s a gap, the specific anxiety many parents carry about conversations with their children that no current benefit reaches.
Backed by 30 years of direct work with parents across India
Starts with a free, no-obligation 60-minute conversation
Gives your team participation data and feedback to build an internal case
Nearly 30 Years Supporting Parents
Organizations that trust TARSHI
Small Signals That Add Up
You might have noticed some of these patterns emerging:
What connects these patterns:
Parents are navigating a specific challenge – having age-appropriate, protective conversations with their kids about safety, growing up, and their bodies.
Your current benefits aren't designed to address this.
So parents manage it alone, and the stress accumulates.
The Connection Between
Parenting Confidence and Workplace Engagement
Here's what 30 years of experience tell us:
- When parents feel equipped to handle challenging conversations at home, they experience less anxiety that carries over into work.
- When they feel alone in navigating these moments, it becomes one more stressor that makes "staying" feel harder than "leaving."
- EAP offers reactive counseling when problems already exist. Wellness programs focus on meditation, exercise, and general stress reduction.
But parents are asking for something different:
- Proactive, practical guidance for specific conversations they know are coming but don't feel prepared for.
- This gap is particularly acute for parents of children aged 5-14, when their child's questions could range from bodies to how babies are born, to navigating online safety, or what consent means.
- This isn't the only reason parents leave. But it's a factor that currently has no programmatic support - which means it's an opportunity.
A Conversation With a Difference
For nearly 30 years, TARSHI has been helping parents navigate conversations about growing up, bodies, safety, and boundaries.
We’ve worked with organizations across India, creating resources and facilitating workshops that give parents confidence and practical tools.
What this looks like in practice
Age-Appropriate Guidance
Parents learn how to respond when their 6-year-old asks "where do babies come from"...
Age-Appropriate Guidance
Parents learn how to respond when their 6-year-old asks "where do babies come from" - and how that conversation evolves as the child grows. Clear, simple language that respects both the child's readiness and the parent's values.
Safety Through Communication
When children have vocabulary for their bodies and understand personal boundaries,...
Safety Through Communication
When children have vocabulary for their bodies and understand personal boundaries, they're better equipped to recognize and communicate about unsafe situations. This is about protection - not ideology.
Confidence Instead of Anxiety
Parents leave workshops with specific phrases they can use, frameworks for gauging...
Confidence Instead of Anxiety
Parents leave workshops with specific phrases they can use, frameworks for gauging their child's readiness, and the confidence that comes from knowing they're not alone in finding these conversations difficult.
Start With a Conversation, Then Decide
We understand you’re approached regularly with wellness solutions. We’re not asking you to commit to a program before understanding whether it addresses a real need in your organization.
STEP 1 | NO COST
60 Minutes
Discovery Conversation
Who joins
3-5 people from your HR, L&D, or wellbeing team
What we explore together
- Are you hearing these requests from employee-parents?
- Would a simple pulse survey help you gauge actual interest?
- What would success look like if you piloted something?
- Is this the right time for your organization?
What you walk away with
Clarity on whether this addresses a genuine gap in your current benefits - and whether there's enough employee interest to warrant a pilot. This is genuinely exploratory. No pitch, no pressure. If it's not the right fit, we'll tell you.
STEP 1 | NO COST
60 Minutes
Discovery Conversation
Who joins
3-5 people from your HR, L&D, or wellbeing team
What we explore together
- Are you hearing these requests from employee-parents?
- Would a simple pulse survey help you gauge actual interest?
- What would success look like if you piloted something?
- Is this the right time for your organization?
What you walk away with
Clarity on whether this addresses a genuine gap in your current benefits - and whether there's enough employee interest to warrant a pilot. This is genuinely exploratory. No pitch, no pressure. If it's not the right fit, we'll tell you.
Discovery Conversation
Who joins
3-5 people from your HR, L&D, or wellbeing team
STEP 2 | IF THERE'S ALIGNMENT
2 Hours
Pilot
Workshop
Who joins
20-30 employee-parents of children aged 5-14 (voluntary)
What we explore together
- Practical guidance for conversations about bodies, growing up, and staying safe
- Scripts and frameworks they can adapt to their family
- Connection with other parents navigating similar questions
- Access to TARSHI's resources for ongoing reference
What HR receives
- Clear participation data (who showed up, who engaged)
- Post-session feedback and satisfaction measurement
- Testimonials that show whether this resonated
- Evidence to inform whether to continue or scale
Pilot Workshop
Who joins
20-30 employee-parents of children aged 5-14 (voluntary)
- Most organizations begin with the discovery conversation to assess fit and interest. If there's alignment, we design a pilot together. You decide what happens next based on results.
Three Decades of Experience,
Now Exploring Corporate Settings
TARSHI (Talking About Reproductive and Sexual Health Issues) has been facilitating conversations on child safety, wellbeing, and growing up since 1996.
Core work
We've created India's most widely-used age-appropriate safety education resources - The Red Book, The Blue Book, and The Yellow Book - and trained thousands of parents, educators, and counselors across 14 states
Recent reach
In 2025 alone, we engaged with 75 organizations, including schools, NGOs, and community groups, facilitating workshops and building capacity
Partnerships
We've collaborated with UNFPA, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Women's Fund Asia, CREA, and other institutions working on child wellbeing and safety
Track record
From a 100-parent workshop in Nagpur with Army Wives Welfare Association, to ongoing partnerships with schools like Hopetown Girls School in Dehradun where our training led to sustained CSE initiatives by teachers themselves
What participants tell us
Let's Explore
Whether There's a Fit
We’re currently scheduling discovery conversations with 10-15 organizations through May-June 2026. These are genuine exploratory discussions, not sales conversations. We’re trying to understand whether what we offer addresses a real need for corporate parents.
Request a Discovery Conversation
60 minutes, no cost, no obligation. Just an honest exploration of whether this makes sense for your organization.
Common Concerns
We Hear
How do I know this is something our employees actually want?
That’s the right first question – and we can help you find out. During the discovery conversation, we can design a simple 3-question pulse survey to gauge interest among parents in your organization. Our experience suggests that 20-30% of parents express interest in child safety and communication support workshops. But let’s validate that for your specific employee base before assuming anything.
Could this create pushback or controversy?
We understand this concern. Here’s how we’ve approached it across diverse communities: we frame the work as protective child safety education – helping kids recognize unsafe situations, understand boundaries, and maintain open communication with parents. The content is evidence-based, not values-driven. It’s also entirely optional – no one is required to participate. In our three decades of work, we’ve learned how to navigate diverse cultural contexts, and we meet parents where they are.
We already have an EAP that parents can access.
Your EAP provides counseling – and may offer wellness workshops on general topics like stress or resilience. What’s missing is proactive, specific guidance for the everyday parenting moments that create background anxiety: a child’s question about bodies, a concerning online interaction, navigating puberty conversations.
How would we measure whether this is actually working?
Start with immediate indicators after a pilot:
- Participation rate: Did the parents you invited actually show up?
- Satisfaction: Post-session survey measuring whether it felt practical and valuable
- Qualitative feedback: Do testimonials indicate they learned something they’ll use?
Then track longer-term signals over 6-12 months:
- Does “parenting support” start appearing positively in engagement feedback?
- Do parents mention this when asked what benefits they value?
- Among parents of school-age children, do retention patterns show any improvement?
What does this cost?
The discovery conversation is free – it’s genuinely exploratory. If we pilot a workshop, investment typically ranges from ₹75,000 – ₹1,00,000 depending on whether it’s virtual or in-person, the level of customization, and the size of the group. We discuss specific pricing only after we’ve established there’s genuine employee interest and organizational readiness.
What if we pilot this and it doesn't resonate?
Then you’ve learned something valuable for a limited investment – which is exactly the purpose of a pilot. You’re not committing to an ongoing program. You’re testing whether this addresses a real need. If participation is low or feedback suggests it missed the mark, you haven’t committed beyond that single session.
You haven't worked with many corporate clients yet.
That’s accurate, and we’re being transparent about it. You’d be among our early corporate partners, which means you’d help shape how we adapt our expertise for corporate environments. That comes with both opportunity (you’d have a differentiated benefit) and uncertainty (we’re still learning what works best in corporate settings). If you’re comfortable being an early adopter and giving us feedback that improves the offering, this could be valuable. If you’d prefer to wait until we have corporate case studies, we completely understand.
