Parenting

I read a quote somewhere which said, “To an adolescent there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent” and I almost had a chuckle. It...

We are often invited to parties where alcohol is served in the kids' presence. Some of us have these get-togethers at home too. And whether we pick that glass...

“You have to say NO to a lot of Good things in order to say YES to a lot of Great things” No one like rules, discipline or boundaries....

‘Children are not things to be moulded, but people to be unfolded’ -Jess Lair How insightful! Childhood explained in a single sentence. Sometimes I wonder if in the race...

How many times have you seen parents ‘losing it’ in front of their children and then getting it back from them in one form or the other: the...

“Before I got married I had six theories about raising children; now, I have six children and no theories” - John Wilmot, I always smile, when I read these...

How many of you have seen your 6-7 year old children disintegrating the toy piano, the old toy car, radio, the flower vase or the mixer-grinder? At that...

                                              “To err is human, to forgive...

This letter is in response to a news item I read in the morning paper today which shook me to the core. “A 23 year old woman committed...

  Motherhood brings a spectrum of emotions along with the arrival of a new born. From unconditional love, postpartum depression, worry for the safety, to the exaggerated anxiety, a...

I was 12. A yoga teacher used to come to our house once a week. He was known to my grandmother, the reason my parents trusted him. He...

Going by the caption I know I sound a little cynical but can't help the hubbub around the day today. Since morning, there is an invisible air of...