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Are You Doing This When Your Kids Misbehave In Public? The lady, the child and definitely me: we all hoped that the we were somewhere else in that moment. The last thing I wanted was an apology. As I stood there in Hamley’s, I really wanted to get my shopping done with an leave. IRead more

Mom’s New Year Resolutions are a must!! Laced with optimism, they are always guided at better parenting, better ‘wife-ing’, better self-care, definitely some self pamper and acquiring more ZEN (a word that for me at least means a 10 minutes in the shower without the kids hollering from outside!) My New Year Resolution list would’veRead more

My kids are loud. Very loud. One comes back form school and wants to chatter on about the day. The second one walks in a few minutes later and also wants to talk about her day. They are hungry. Tired. Stimulated and want to talk. Then suddenly they realize they are together and it’s theRead more

Is Your Child Prone To Negative Talk?                                      She’s been trying for a few days now. You have seen her at it. She’s been struggling to button up her shirt. But it is not happening well. She bangs herRead more

If there is something that I have learnt from parenting a strong willed child, it is to choose my battles wisely. His first words to anything I say are ‘No.’ Second is a ‘NO.’ Thankfully now that I have understood how to handle him, the third time is a turn around and we agree toRead more

Stubborn or Strong-Willed? What is your child all about? “My child just doesn’t listen!” gushed a fellow mom in the park. Ha! Been there. Done it. “He is so stubborn.” She added. Many would feel stubborn and strong willed are the same. I wouldn’t agree. The difference between being stubborn and strong willed is thisRead more

  Since the past few days, the house has begun to witness some changes. I have had requests for boy toys from the girl and girl toys from the boy. While I am more than happy giving a cricket bat to my daughter I sensed that somewhere when my son asked for a doll IRead more

It breaks my heart to think that in all my associations with children as an educator and a parent, I at some point, am definitely guilty of making a child feel this! There’s always too much work, too frayed brains, relentless pursuits of targets and lesser of what we should be doing the most: enjoyingRead more