My Morning Woes with a Teenager
Nov 30, 2012Gayatri Kulkarni24x7 Parent, Blog
I am writing this just after sending my teenage son off to school. It is not even 7 am but I am exhausted, after going through the morning chaos that is the feature of my household day after...
Change is good!
Nov 29, 2012Ramya SrinivasanBlog, Diaries of the young parent, Good habits, Growing up in India, Theories and Philosophy
We are shifting houses this weekend, and with all the packing, moving, cleaning, et al – my kids are sometimes troubled. Will you pack all my toys? Will we have TV in the new house? Don’t...
The Working Mother’s Dilemma
Nov 27, 2012S A Sudha24x7 Parent, Blog
Getting back to work after a break comes with its own problems where kids are concerned. Kids raised by stay-at-home moms in early childhood are used to attention ‘on-demand’ which can create...
Stage Fright in Children: How We Conquered the Demon
Nov 25, 2012Amrita Pai24x7 Parent, Blog
I admire and even envy people who can address a crowd. Don’t you? I assume even the most consummate orator does feel those ubiquitous butterflies in his stomach. Yet I will doff my hat at his...
Batting for Day Cares
Nov 23, 2012Sudha Kumar24x7 Parent, Blog, Growing up in India
It goes without saying that a reliable support system is the pivot around which a family revolves. And this much more critical when you have young children and/or both parents pursuing careers....
4 Reasons why I am a Tiresome Mom
Nov 21, 2012Ramya Rajesh24x7 Parent, Blog
Enough has been said about why children can be irritating, troublesome, bothersome ..in short, a handful. In my home, these adjectives are much more applicable to Yours Truly. Here’s why: (1) I...
There’s More to Life than English!
Nov 20, 2012ParentEdgeBlog, Daily Ponderings, Growing up in India, Learning
This blog post has been reposted, with permission, from Bril’s blog http://brilindia.com/blog/. Industrial Research Corporation (“Bril”) was founded in 1964, as a company that...
My Experience at ParentEdge
Nov 15, 2012ParentEdgeBlog, High School and College, Learning, Magazine
This is a contribution from Darshini R., who was the Student Editor for Issue 4 (Jan-Feb 2012) of ParentEdge. I was lucky to work with ParentEdge as one of their Student Editors, because I learnt so...
Parenting Lessons
Nov 12, 2012Aparna Karthikeyan24x7 Parent, Blog
‘Why don’t you come for a parenting class?’ a friend – let’s call her ‘R’ – asked me. ‘Parenting class? But why?’, I asked her, shocked. In...
Who are the People in your (Changing) Neighbourhood?
Nov 08, 2012Kritika Srinivasan24x7 Parent, Blog, Daily Ponderings
The Unit of Study for this month in my daughter’s Kindergarten class is ‘Community Helpers’. And I had the bright idea of showing her the delightful Sesame Street 2-minute “Who are the people...
