Why do Children Lie?
Dec 31, 2014Sridhar RamanathanBlog, Daily Ponderings
I must have been 10 years old. I was caught telling a lie. My father cornered me, gave me a tight slap and thundered, “Who taught you to tell a lie?” Afraid that I would get a few more slaps, I...
Holiday Art – Create from Scrap!
Dec 29, 2014Rima DesaiActivity-Led Learning, Blog, Hobbies and Interests
Christmas or any another festival, we humans pretty much imitate the busy activity of a beehive during festive seasons. However, before the crowd attacks the shopping centers, newspapers speak out...
The Efficacy of Alternative Forms of Medicine
Dec 26, 2014Krishna MahathiBlog, Health and Nutrition
I come from a lineage of medical physicians specialising in different streams. There are instances where we have had livid arguments and there have been moments of cognizance that come to my mind...
Does liberation for women impact the quality of nurturing and care children receive?
Dec 23, 2014ParentEdge24x7 Parent, Blog, Growing up in India
This blog has been contributed by Kesang Menezes, Faciliator, Parenting Matters I am currently deeply immersed in reading “Lean In” by Sheryl Sandberg (COO of Facebook). It’s a fabulous book in...
Christmas Celebrations: A Fresh Take on the Tradition of Giving
Dec 21, 2014ParentEdgeBlog, Daily Ponderings, Good habits, Growing up in India
This blog post has been reposted, with permission, from Bril’s Blog. Holidays are a joyous and memorable occasion that we share with our friends and family. We keep the tradition of giving by...
Inclusive Education: Integrating Special Needs Children within Mainstream Schools
Dec 19, 2014ParentEdge24x7 Parent, Blog, Special needs
This blog post has been contributed by Deepa Garwa. I have been asked this question many times. Sometimes by people who were well meaning and a lot of times by those who were not. People have asked...
My Experience Working at ParentEdge Magazine
Dec 13, 2014ParentEdgeBlog, High School and College, Hobbies and Interests, Magazine
This blog has been contributed by Ashmita Chatterjee, Student Editor of the upcoming Jan-Feb 2015 issue of the magazine. I worked as the student editor at ParentEdge Magazine from June – August...
Book Recommendations: Christmas Stories for your Children
Dec 09, 2014Divya PurandarBlog, Book Reviews, Hobbies and Interests
Divya Purandar is a practising advocate, wife to an IT professional and mom to an eight year old brat. She began blogging at One Story a Day: Reliving Childhood while living in the US as she...
The Habit of Reading in Children is a Nurtured One
Dec 07, 2014Asawari Joshi SalwanBlog, Good habits, Hobbies and Interests
The habit of reading is a nurtured one. Not an inherited one. Many schools of thought and a highly debated subject but everybody will cohesively agree on the fact that reading is a habit that helps...
