Vaidehi came over to my place a month ago. She seemed stressed out, and looked as if she wanted to confide in someone. That day, her husband, Vedant, and she had decided to go through with their separation. And the uppermost worry in her mind was the possible repercussions of the separation on their two… [ Continue Reading ]
Sometimes it feels that children below the age of three years are at a stage where parents are in danger of using up ALL their reserves of patience at one go! A child’s initial growing years are some of the best years in a parent’s life. However, it is at this time when the disciplining… [ Continue Reading ]
In a landmark judgement, recently, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) directed a private school in Tamil Nadu to pay about Rs 2.9 lakhs as compensation for negligence which had resulted in the death of a three-and-a-half-year old child in 1993, stated a report in The Hindu, dated August 14, 2001. The NCDRC is… [ Continue Reading ]
Rushing past the grocery store, I ran in desperation to reach home. If I missed the electrician again, it’ll be one more cosy, and anything but little, night with the mosquitoes. But even in my eagerness to reach home, I couldn’t help notice the frown on the ‘grocer uncle’s’ otherwise cheerful face. He never missed… [ Continue Reading ]
Giving a haircut to a kid is quite a tough job. But, some Delhi-based barbers seem to have found a way round it. They lure children to the high chair with carrots ranging from chocolates and burgers to swings, reports The Indian Express newspaper. One saloon offers ‘monthly gifts’ ranging from coloured pens to toys… [ Continue Reading ]
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