With growing kids in the family parents need to learn to mange their relationship with their kids, between siblings and even among themselves as spouses. Parent’s guide to managing relationships.
An interesting report on the eating habits of 91 families in neighbourhoods around Washington DC, USA, has revealed a significant set of findings: children belonging to families that watch TV regularly during mealtimes go more for pizza, snack foods and soft drinks laced with caffeine, and less for fruits and vegetables. Brought out by Tufts… [ Continue Reading ]
To have a child is every parent’s delight. Then, somewhere along the way, there creeps in a feeling among parents that despite their nurture and care, their child has not “come up to expectations”. Here it becomes imperative for parents to introspect and identify areas of concern before jumping to conclusions regarding the behavioural pattern… [ Continue Reading ]
Siblings have their own set of joys as well as unease. Especially if you have three children. The middle child somehow seems to be a little ill at ease – neither here nor there, as one would say. In her growing years and as a middle sibling, all she needs is understanding and words of… [ Continue Reading ]
Like most parents, you may have asked your children to be wary of strangers, made a list of television shows, movies and videos that you could watch and where and how far from home they may travel. It’s important to make similar rules when your children use the Internet and to be aware of their… [ Continue Reading ]
Harry Potter Series Written by J.K. Rowling Published by Scholastic Books (US) and Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Two weeks ago, we had carried a book review by 11-year-old Sujit Thomas on J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. In his view, the Harry Potter series is far superior to Enid Blyton, or even Roald Dahl. But there are… [ Continue Reading ]
Some chilled beer, fish curry and rice is just the perfect antidote to the rat race in a big city like Mumbai. And if you get to do it regularly, then you’re getting to be a good Goan! Which I am by birth. It’s unfortunate that I live in Mumbai, and consequently such luxuries are… [ Continue Reading ]
In the olden days it was common for children to grow up surrounded by grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and siblings. Today we see many nuclear families living far away from other members of the family, primarily due to career considerations. Of all such relationships the most significant is the one of grandparents and grandchildren. While… [ Continue Reading ]
Violence in the media sometimes begs for imitation in real life because it is demonstrated as fun and as an effective way to get what you want. Many violent acts are perpetrated by the “good guy” whom children have been taught to emulate. A video game has an added attraction – it frees you from… [ Continue Reading ]
It is easy to buy a tighter tummy, wrinkle-free skin, a sculpted face, firmer (or larger) breasts, so why can’t we just buy some smarts for our kids. No, make that babies, why wait. Imagine if our babies had a head-start over all the other kids who ‘waste their time playing’ with spoons and saucers…. [ Continue Reading ]
Monday morning, 9 am, time to get to work. As you hastily down a sandwich, your three-year-old daughter rushes toward you. You know what’s going to happen next. As you sit with her, talking to her about all the interesting things that she will do during the day, she lets out a scream and begins… [ Continue Reading ]
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