cannot agree better, she has failed as a mother. It is so hard for me to say that, because, being a mother, it hurts to see a mother fail. Simran did not bring up Astha as a responsible person. If she had done that, Astha would not have been doing what she is doing now.
Well, to some extent think Simran is responsible but I would not put the blame 100% on her. No parent would want their children to become what Aastha has become! Aastha has also become very very misguided because of Kiran and now she is hiding as much from her parents as they were. To some extent parents are responsible for what the child becomes but there are many many external factors that influence the way a child turns out to be. As for not telling her about Abhi-Kiran, Simran wanted to but Abhi prevented her from doing so saying she would start hating him too.