Since 5 am in the morning, there were butterflies in Mr. Kalra’s stomach. Instead of his regular Yoga, he decided to vigilantly pace in the park adjacent to his bungalow. Today evening, his 9 year old granddaughter Vaanya would take the bicycle to the colony market. This meant that Vaanya would have to come out […]
If parents had been considering that teenage is the toughest period of upbringing, the changing lifestyle is here to give them a jolt. The years 8 to 12 now turn out to be strong contenders to be equally challenging, save the magnitude of the rebellion and of course, the accompanying vigor and stamina. Most of […]
Baroness Susan Greenfield (2009) is perhaps one of the world’s strongest advocates for paying attention to what technology might be doing to the human brain. She cites research conducted at Harvard Medical School that proves the malleability of the brain, and suggests that if simple experiments can result in changes to the brain, what might […]
Nowadays almost every parent complains the same, words may differ but they share almost the same kind of experience. For example “My child is not doing the same stuff which we are telling him/her to do”; “My child is not ready to listen and some time they listen but do not respond to the same”; […]
FACEBOOK SNAPCHAT INSTAGRAM TWITTER These words which are such an important part of our daily lives were seemingly insignificant just about 5 years ago. Today everyone has a profile on one or more of these sites. Social media has completely redefined the way we socialize. The older generation is getting active on these sites to […]
It’s either their way or our way! In our generation we used to easily give in (to our parents) and now we still give-in (to our children)! As parents, you have said these words a million times. “Eat your vegetables” “Put the video game away and complete your homework” “Shut the computer and go and […]
Very few parents know the difference between being protective and being over-protective. While protection keeps the children safe, over-protection brings them unintentional harm. Read on to know how. Mrs. Srivastava never lets Rohan out of her vigil. Now 13-year old, Rohan is still pampered like a 6-year kid. Fearing he would get bruised, Mrs. Srivastava […]
What is punishment? Punishment is nothing but a rough handling of a situation or a penalty. Whenever you give punishment to your child remember that you are only giving penalty to him/her. That’s it and punishment has nothing to do with “the behavior” you want in your child. Punishment doesn’t modify the behavior of your […]
A situation which most of the teachers in India dread. Albeit teachers have the intention of catering to every child. But it seems an impossible dream to provide focus to each and every child sometimes 45 to 60 children in a class with only 35 to 40 minutes. That’s less than a min to each […]
In the current scenario, where the heinous acts of terrorism, violence and war make headlines in media–the pertinent question remains: how to talk to your kids about these sensitively? The recent mob lynching case, Kashmir violence, War in Syria – parents are often in a fix while trying to explain to their children about the […]