A study conducted by Sesame Workshop India revealed that while still pronounced, there has been a significant improvement in terms of gender bias and stereotyping with 26.4 per cent fewer parents living in urban slums of Delhi-NCR feeling that girls should learn to suppress their anger and other emotions as compared to the baseline. Adding that their effort to normalise crying for boys resulted in an 18.7 per cent improvement in perception of caregivers regarding boys crying when stressed. The study also revealed a higher number of children reporting their father to be their play partner as compared to before. The findings further presented that 20.32 per cent parents felt their children learnt how to manage their own feelings better with support of adults as compared to before, with a 15.44 per cent positive shift seen regarding the belief that children should learn to hide their feelings.
The educational non-profit works towards addressing the developmental needs of children and the mental well-being of children and families in the national capital. The findings were part of an endline evaluation of the organisation's 'Play Learn Connect' and 'Bright Start' projects. The organisation had first conducted a baseline study of temporary migrant families to ascertain their level of understanding about play-based education, gender-bias in interpreting emotions, parenting strategies, among other behavioural mechanisms. It then designed an intervention focused on promoting play-based education to help children develop the right set of skills by engaging caregivers of 2600 families.