Sleepless nights, crying, feeding woes, weaning and numerous other growing up challenges came my way while raising my daughter. When I look back today though I do get scared sometimes but when I ponder, I think the smile and the giggle of my daughter got me through. Since the day I conceived I never doubted …
Last week my 7 year old daughter had her first argument. She came home from school and complained that a boy of her class slapped her on her face. I was shocked that in presence of two teachers in the class this happened. I asked her the reason of her fight and that shocked me …
Schools are re-opening and kids and parents are both anxious. Let’s begin the new academic year with more vigour and excitement rather than being anxious. 1. Check own behaviour First and foremost, calm down. As parents of preschoolers , questions like will my child be comfortable, will he like his teacher, how will the other …
Parenting is how we make it out to be. But generally it’s hard. Every parent makes some mistake some time while raising their kids and would want to do things differently. But in the process one gains amazing experiences of being a parent. So I am sure each one would have some parenting confession to …
I have always been a daddy’s girl. I have been influenced by my daddy so much that he’s my idol and I look up to him for everything. I ask for his advice and I know I can count on him for anything and everything. I speak at lengths with him and discuss everything. So …
Imagine a world without water. Without clean water how would human beings, animals, plants survive? Indeed every drop counts! Nowadays all the newspapers mostly feature at least one news item on the situation of water shortage in Maharashtra and other parts of the country too. Until we don’t get a proper monsoon, this situation would …
I wanted to share my experience of travelling with kids and wanted to write about what parents should be careful about when travelling. Points that first came to my mind were Put all relevant documents Put all medicines Take travel insurance as it covers baggage loss and medical insurance too. Pack some snacks Plan activities …
Summer vacations are here. My daughter is very excited. I would want her to spend time productively. Sure this is a much needed a break, as they almost spend half of the day at school and have after school activities so they are really exhausted at the end of the day. However, it is important …
My six year old daughter said,”Mumma I want to learn swimming”. I was very happy to hear this because as a child, I had been scared to learn swimming and had always made excuses for not attending classes. My parents didn’t push me against my wishes. But as I grew up I regretted that I …
