This New Year, did you enjoy reading the colorful greeting cards more than the warm wishes given over phone? Yes, for sure! Your child too loves to SEE new concepts and not just HEAR you speak about them. Obviously it is because most of the new themes that you introduce to him are always beyond […]

Can we see the world from the child’s point of view? Can we try living his life? Not literally, of course. May be it sounds crazy or even impossible?  A difficult question, indeed. Let us give it a try, explore the untrodden roads of the ‘private life of a child’. Innocence, love, passion for adventure, carefree […]

Have you heard your parents talk about their ‘Aksharaabyas’ or the ceremony of initiation to formal education? For the foregone generation, it happened at the age of six. Till then, at any given moment of the day, there was enough to learn in the undivided family set-up that was very much prevalent then. That included […]

Have you watched a group of children playing? More often than not, they would be talking about the rules of the game, arguing, counter-arguing, and usually end up with a fight. Often, the denouement is reached when a leader-figure from among the children interferes and brings in a verbal settlement. If it is an effective […]

A story for you: Once a guru (teacher) wanted to test his two disciples after completion of their spiritual lessons. He gave them a fruit each and asked them to eat it in a place “where no one would see them”. Off went the duo. But some time later, when they returned, one still had […]

Parents:  Year 1990, parents constitutes of Mother and Father. Year 2017, parents constitute of Mother, Father and MEDIA – Yes! Media has become the 3rd parent. These were mere means of entertainment earlier but now movies, TV serials, advertisements, cartoons etc. have huge impact on them. They pick up language, behavior, relationships, moralities, religion, values, […]

When there is more than one child at home, there are multiple times when it feels like a war situation. How to strike a balance and avoid the occasional fights, read on.  He did!” “No, she did!” “I knew you would side with her. After all, she is the younger one.” “Just because he is […]

“Sexual Abuse”, term that we have been hearing and ignoring from past few decades by holding a typical image about it. As parents, we find it difficult to talk about it with our children and ignore its high prevalence in our country. As per the latest data, in India, every second girl child and every […]

A relative of ours was diagnosed with cancer which had reached the untreatable stage. The doctor was very upset and angry as he felt that the life could have been saved if regular medical check-up had been done, which would have easily screened the cancerous growth. The doctor asked the accompanying family members: “Aren’t you […]

Over the last few years there has been two very critical phenomenon, which are seemingly unrelated, which have had a very fundamental impact on the Schooling especially the pre-school industry. These phenomena are 1.     Establishment of Pre-schooling as a concept: Care and development of a toddler was a part of the daily chores of the […]