Parenting teenagers is a tricky process. I always feel that they parent us, as much as we try our best to be good parents to them. At least, my son has often made me feel that way with his unexpected wisdom. Unexpected, because we just tend to assume certain things of a…
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Parenting is like a roller coaster ride – exciting, adventurous, and fun punctuated with a healthy dose of nervousness. It is demanding, stressful, and challenging. There are no parenting books that teach you the rules. Most of us secretly worry about whether we’ll make a good parent the moment we start…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93rmPxakndY Did you see that video? Mr Jugaadulal is busy trying to be “creative”, finding jugaad solutions. Jugaad. Short term solution. I first learned this word way back in the 80s when my colleagues at work would often say,”Kuch jugaad kar de yaar” (think up a creative shortcut) especially when emergency…
Parenting is no cakewalk. I mean, ask any parent. From the moment we learn about the arrival of that bundle of joy, we start dreaming of their future. Of course, the moment of truth comes later. How are we going to finance those glorious dreams? Naturally we want our little rays…
Growing up in a joint family with lots of cousins, we looked forward to that weekend sleepover. Since we all lived on an estate with houses occupied by family, we were in each other’s houses all the time, literally like one big happy family. Some years down the line, as job transfers…
Karmic Kids The Story of Parenting Nobody Told You! by Kiran Manral Book Synopsis Move aside Tiger Mom and forget Helicopter Parenting, Karmickids is the view from the other side of the fence – of laid back parenting, of giving in to food jags, of making unstructured play time mandatory and…
Do you know what happens once every 7 minutes on school playgrounds across the nation? We can rule out a pickup game of dodgeball or basketball and it doesn’t involve tetherballs or teeter totters. No, the answer may come as a shock to everyone: it’s bullying. October has been designated as…