Life skills are different than educational knowledge or learning an occupational trade. When teaching your kids certain life skills, you will most likely pass on the ones you’ve learned from your parents, as well as the ones you’ve acquired throughout your lifetime. Most often, we don’t consciously recognize when we Read more…
Raising a kid is not always an easy job. The children need boundaries to understand the power of discipline. These days what I see is, the parent gets controlled by the child which actually should be the other way round. We want to impart our values to our kids, but Read more…
I’ve seen with experience, that punishments do not work well in the long term. The child who is given a time out every time, or is shouted at for his mistakes and misbehaviour every time is more likely to get used to with the punishment. Also, this increases the distance Read more…
Recognize When They Are testing your patience When your child is standing there in front of you with their face full of attitude and nonsense coming out of their mouth it can be so hard to keep it together. Unfortunately, when we match their intensity with our own frustrations, anger Read more…
Raising up a toddler is a rollercoaster ride of emotions. Parents are concerned and want to raise a kid who can compete with the world and embed all the good qualities that are available on the planet. I would rather say that the parents extend their ego to their kids Read more…
As the results of 10th and 12th are out, the next important decision these students have to make is to choose a branch after 10th and a graduate program after 12th. Students are in continuous anxiety of making the right decision or choosing a career that will be fulfilling for Read more…
Beyond stranger danger Stranger danger doesn’t cut it. Sometimes it’s not strangers – and kids don’t always know they are in danger. Daily we read about incidents that show the darker side of human. Sexual abuse makes an everlasting impact on the young brains. Children get trapped in self doubt Read more…
I was watching a random movie with my 22 month baby, having a clear thought that he wouldn’t understand anything out of it. After the movie, to my surprise, he kissed me and said, ” mamma ab baby ko kissi Karo!” which means mamma kiss your baby now. And this Read more…
Exam time is here and I receive queries from mothers on how to deal with the stress and testing time that exams bring along. Especially students appearing for boards are so much bothered because we know that many things depend on how the students perform on their boards. So, my Read more…