Category Archives: Parenting

Reading has been acknowledged as one of the main factors that contributes to the vocabulary and knowledge of children. Reading books improves their scores in schools because it is an activity that fuels the imagination of the child and aids … Continue reading →

“The customary code of polite behaviour in a society” — this is the lexical meaning of Etiquette. Today, we are living in a world dominated by modern gadgets and distracting influences. These are taking precedence over everything else in the … Continue reading →

June 2010. The school has re-opened. Parents and children are glowing. However, parents of class V are casting furtive glances at each other. Mrs. Radha Seshadri, class teacher for class VB is morose. Why me? She complains to her family … Continue reading →

We all have heard the expression – “Seeing is believing”. The brain with its limitless capacities can help you immeasurably to achieve life’s ambitions if you give it the chance. These are words from the wise. Today, we have so … Continue reading →

Lack of physical exercise, abundant consumption of junk food, stress of modern day life, the increased effort required to be put in studies -these and so many other related factors have made children victims of life style diseases. Children become … Continue reading →

In Mira Nair’s “Monsoon Wedding” one of the characters recalls the nightmare of having undergone sexual abuse at the hands of her own uncle when she was a young girl. That incident continues to haunt her for a long time. … Continue reading →

Today, parents do not have the faintest notion of what sort of childhood their children are spending. This is indeed sad. In Bangalore, most schools are closed on Saturdays but the weekdays are so hectic that children are exhausted by … Continue reading →

The objective of this article is to highlight the need for boosting the self-confidence of your children. During the days that I was a kid, the trend of both parents working had not caught up. However, today with both parents … Continue reading →

A well-known maxim goes – ‘Eat your breakfast like a king, eat your lunch like a prince but eat your dinner like a pauper’. But today is the world of fast food. Time is a commodity that is always in … Continue reading →