Parenting

Increasing Violence Among Kids

I remember the good old days when my mom used to scold me for getting into a fight with neighbor’s kids. We were taught to be strictly against violence. Our surroundings also used to be violence free, peace loving people. The cartoons we watched was tom and...

How I taught My Kid To Share

During ancient days, an Indian Household had on an average 5 children. The families lived together and ate together. But these days, the joint family system in India is slowly vanishing and most of the families these days are Nuclear Families. The number of children...

HOW MANY BABIES ARE ENOUGH- ONE OR MANY??

SCENE 1, MOVIE: NEEL BATTE SANNATA (Bollywood family drama) “Why do you want to join civil services? Interviewer “Because I don’t want to be a maid.” Appu, protagonist SCENE 2 MOVIE: QUEEN OF KATWE (African real-life drama) “I want you to help me become junior world...

Dealing Teenage Tantrums

“How much do you pester me, mom?” “Dad, come on! I have grown up now. I know how to handle my situations. Stop interfering in my matters, please. ” These are just a few remarks made by kids in their teens. And, seriously nothing too strange or...

Am I Ready To Be A Mom???

Am I ready to be a Mom? I know this question always come into a woman’s mind when she starts planning for a baby.A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. So is the case with motherhood, it begins the moment you see those two lines on the...

8 Ways To Have Fun With Your Toddler

Toddlers are funny little human beings. They are hyperactive most of the time and love to keep you on your toes always. They can spend hours in playing with unusual things like whenever I used to cook, my then 2 year old son would spend the entire time in kitchen...

Mother-Daughter Cycle

I often heard you say, “You can understand the pain of a mother when you will become a mother yourself.” But I failed to understand why you never felt the pain of being a daughter though you already were the same once. I was always forewarned about the...

Bad Parenting Signs That You Should Know

Bad Parenting Signs – If your child doesn’t respect others feelings, the reason might be you always order them-not giving importance to their feelings. I got a frantic call from a mother who was very concerned about her 15 years old girl’s unruly –...

How To Handle A New Born

Five months into motherhood and I can definitely say that there is no job as daunting and fulfilling at the same time as being Mommy. We often read that mothers wear a superhero cape, but it takes time effort and experience to flaunt that invisible cape. In this...