As someone who is raising a teenager, I secretly enjoy reading parenting columns related to raising teens. Not that I actually have any problems – but you know how it is to be a parent. As my Mom would constantly point out, one does not need to be a parent to…
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. That is the quote I wrote every year when I presented my Mom with my “Happy Mothers Day” card. She often said that being a Mother was the best job in the world. As usual, she was right, even if I…
I know my Mom had it rough when raising me – of course she never mentioned it. Even when I was young I understood that my dad, who left us, would never come back, though our family believed otherwise. I am sure the uncertainty of “what’s next?” must have worried my…
I’ve always appreciated that Vidur’s school has yoga for kids in its curriculum. It is not optional. It appears as a subject in their report cards and they are graded for it. Their yoga teacher also insists that they all go through breathing exercises during the school assembly every morning before…
“When the going gets tough, the tough get going” is something we hear all the time. However, in life, more specifically, as parents, we often find ourselves face-to-face with less-than-ideal situations. More often than not, we hardly get time to discuss things and have to react spontaneously, hoping it is the…
My son, who is now 15, started blogging in 2008, maybe earlier. We always encouraged him to write. Back in 2008, I posted a note about his favorite TV show. Just like millions of moms around the world, I too have an overflowing box of memories with his poems, essays, critiques, opinions…
My current mission in life is raising a happy teenager. Parenting teenagers with love and logic involves ensuring their mental as well as physical health, what with all the pressures they have to handle in their busy young lives. So for my parenting post at Parentous this week, I decided to…
