What do we want for our child?” Parents have many answers to this question – ranging from material success, to health & happiness. But underneath each answer, there is a desire that child learns to face the uncertainties of the ever-changing world and is able to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday […]
We We always have parents asking about how to do these uncomfortable discussions with their children. My question to all parents is ‘do you want to lie to your children’ the obvious answer to it would be ‘no’. My second question is ‘ who do you want your child to go to if they want […]
Society was undergoing huge alterations due to a collapse of joint family systems which were unravelling due to professional demands. This has brought in a lack of adult family members with additional time to take care of the children. The absence of meaningful interaction with grandparents & other family members definitely impacts the emotional and […]
Claudia Mueller and Carol Dweck, researchers at Columbia University conducted very important research on Praise and the impact it has on the mindset of humans. They conducted six studies of 412 fifth graders, ages 10 through 12, comparing the goals and achievements of children praised for their intelligence with those of youngsters commended for making […]
A typical teenager’s life revolves around his friends and inside his room, the doors of which are shut for the parents! And parents are always sitting outside waiting for the door to open, to be assured that all is well with their child, to extend support wherever they can. The question is how to get […]
The answer to this generic question is YES. However generic question doesn’t resolve anything for a child specifically. What matters is you knowing the reasons your child is worried. Getting them to share and support them through the issue they may be facing. So my recommendation would be to start from the space that the […]
One of the biggest struggles that any student face throughout his/her lifetime as a student is s/he doesn’t have the answer of “Why am I studying?” Studies came into existence to explain life. Newton gave our world the formula for gravity after he saw the apple falling! He observed the life phenomena and then tried […]
From 1st April 2019 the NO LIMIT Curriculum went live in Pragyanam School, Gurugram. This happens in collabration with Parwarish. In Parwarish, we have been exploring various facets of this approach since a decade and now we present all of this together in the form of a curriculum. Let us have a look and understand […]
Who am I? Who are you? This question is disquieting since time immemorial! Am I the name people know me by ? Am I what my parents call me hard headed, weak, adamant, helping, Naïve, OR am I what my colleagues experienced me to be an arrogant, protective, sincere and committed person OR am I […]
Father! We have been very often asked about the role of a Father in raising a child – · What do I need to do? Her mother will come for the PTM · As it is I am not able to spend time with her · Its primarily is a mother’s job · I guess […]