I have been hibernating…missing from this space but not from my most favourite topic about what makes kids tick and have been indulging in lots of reading and researching. Something I read today stuck on and thought it was worth sharing. Something that I have been following as a parent forever and ever without the knowledge …
Some stories touch the deepest parts of your heart. Aditi Chaudhary’s did that to mine. I had the privilege of meeting her and hearing her talk at #imaginewithcf- Parenting with courage event. I haven’t yet seen the film ‘ The Sky Is Pink’ and wanted to write this before real Aditi Chaudhary became a reel …
Remembering the times when as a teen , young adult and a new mom, I used to hear older people talk about how they know better because of the sheer number of years they had lived more than me. It used to infuriate me a little too much. What can a young person say in …
What do you think is better? To remind kids to study , read , make their schedules and continuously be after them to follow YOUR plan. OR Let kids be free to make their own schedules, study , read etc on their own. We got it right somewhat , beyond the initial years our children …
Toys have no gender , they have no idea whose playing with them, a girl or a boy . Nor do the kids … they don’t think of their own gender before they start playing with a toy …. till we adults intervene. And either joke about boys with dolls and label girls as Tom boys …
Toddlers are the most unfiltered and authentic people who are small , dependent and forever exploring new things . Cute little small people who don’t yet have the tools to regulate their emotions and who also have the most rapid brain development in progress. But we adults see their trying to find sense of this world as toddlers …
I believe we should raise kids with big caring hearts and strong minds. Corona virus times will be testament of how so many lives changed from running after things, being busy and locking our minds in mindless race to succeed , to be the best , to judge others , to find faults in others …
The world isn’t in a good shape right now. Everyday we wake up to problems which are ready to explode. Problems we didn’t bother to solve in time and now it seems disasters have no stopping signs anywhere. Such times of adversity bring anxiety for the future of our children. The new generation has to …
I have been writing and talking to parents , teachers and children for a long time now. One of the topics I have surprisingly not written about here is about strong- willed children… and this too when I have given brith to two spirited kids myself and when this topic has been really close to …
A parent’s willingness (or lack of) to respond openly and honestly to the question, “How did the baby come out?” And questions like these conveys an attitude about the subject of sex. 𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒊𝒏 “𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏,” 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒏 “𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆.” When parents recognize the asking and respond openly and …
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