If there’s one thing I completely disagree with, it is gender stereotyping. You know, statements like: Girls are weaker than boys Boys are better at sports Good girls help their mothers Profanity is okay for boys not for girls Girls are smarter Boys are lazy Girls are better at lying Boys…
Posts tagged as “parenting”
Interesting question, isn’t it, about praising children? Can too much praise spoil a child? I wonder if you’ve sometimes worried about overdoing the praising part with your child? I must confess I’ve not only been guilty of doing it, but also regretted it. Most times, we go by instinct. Praising a…
Ask any parent what their primary concern is, when it comes to their school-going children and the answer will almost always unanimously be “Safety” Go on. Try it. Health comes a close second. Safety is a critical concern because children spend time away from home and when they start school, we…
That thing called parenting. Joyful and wonderful? Yes. Lots of free time and rest and relaxation? No. It is a 24-hour job and we’d be lucky if we accomplished everything we’d planned for the day. Forget about “me” time. There’s just no time to even contemplate it, leave alone actually make…
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…