Helping you to raise balanced, happy kids
Help your child stay interested and motivated
A quick guide to how you can help your child stay interested and motivated Brief one-word instructions: When you want to tell your child that he needs to [...]
Unmotivated and Disinterested
Schools are reopening in many parts of the world as the pandemic subsides and gives way to normal life. While many children will be excited to go back [...]
Shy/Quiet/Introvert Children
Are you worried about your child who just wouldn’t open up to anyone and is very shy? Do you worry that your child refuses to talk to people [...]
Telling Lies
Children often engage in making up stories, twist truths, and makeup tales or hide the obvious. They seem to learn this from thin air. No one has [...]
Stealing in toddlers and older children
Stealing in toddlers Till the age of 4 years, if a child brings home anything that doesn’t belong to him, it’s not with the intent of stealing [...]
Addictions
Addictions come in various forms and the most likely ones that adolescents fall prey to are smoking, alcohol, and drugs. They can all [...]
Single Parenting
Undoubtedly parenthood is a huge responsibility, which gets doubled if you are a single parent. When the entire onus of raising the child falls on one parent, [...]
Dear working mom, stop pretending that everything is perfect!
Your day begins with the thoughts of your work and ends with the worries about your family. You wake up in the morning, even before the sun [...]
Touching and Fiddling with Things
How to save your valuables from your kids!! Fidgeting, as the dictionary defines it is the act of moving about restlessly. Even though the person who is [...]
SIBLINGS
The word "SIBLING" refers to brothers and sisters and siblings playing a significant role in each others’ development. "Siblings are, for better and for worse, each other's [...]
Scared of sending your children back to school due to the fear of Coronavirus.
News headlines in the morning newspaper: India crosses 4 lakh coronavirus cases, Schools/colleges will be reopening after September 15, 2020 If you have young kids up to [...]
Sleep
Proper rest will make waking hours more productive. As parents, a lot of us have sleepless nights over the sleep patterns of our young ones. We are [...]
Anger and Aggression
For children, anger is a feeling that often follows the emotion of being powerless in a situation. Children may express anger as a result of being told to [...]
Adoption
Adoption is a practice that is becoming accepted more and more in our society. Those wanting to be parents may adopt because they are unable to conceive [...]
Parents role during child’s exam time
Exam time is not only a tough time for your children, but also for parents! While parents can manage to deal with it, it’s been seen that [...]
COVID-19 Anxieties amongst children
With lockdown relaxations, my children are anxious about their safety in the outside world. Governments all over the world are easing the lockdown restrictions so that people [...]
Children, Teens, and Family Turmoil
Children when small, are like sponges. They absorb everything that they see happening around them and use their limited understanding to develop notions. They are more aware [...]
Helping Children to cope up with the pandemic situation
Mummy! "Why did the schools close down? I miss my friends! I just want to go back to them.” "What does quarantine mean?”. "I do not understand [...]
Working from home in the time of COVID19
Excuse me, Sir, I’m really sorry but my two years old just pooped his pants and needs a change” “My daughter just broke a showpiece, trying to [...]
Do you often yell at your children when they misbehave?
Do you start shouting at them because you feel that’s the best way to make them stop doing whatever they are doing? Parents yell at their kids [...]
When do i tell my child that she is adopted?
Adoption A lot of our readers have come back with their own experiences about adoption and we are sharing one of those- it’s a heart-breaking story and [...]
Does your child make too many demands?
No home-food today. Only Pizza. Pizza! Pizza! Order Now. The moment the family sits down for dinner, this is what your child says. I want the latest [...]
The Procastinating child
Homework! Not in Mood. I’ll do it later. Promise! This coming Sunday, I will clean my room. But not today. I'm Tired now! I'll do it tomorrow. [...]
My child wants a pet. I am not sure!
Your child is desperate to own a dog or cat or any other pet and is constantly asking for one, but you're puzzled and have a lot [...]
Emotions
Adults experience many emotions, and children are no different. The difference is that through learned-behavior adults know how to process the emotions and how to act based [...]