Tantrums, and encouraging responsible behaviour in children
Aug 30, 2014Asawari Joshi SalwanBlog, Daily Ponderings
Anger and stress is all around us. We are dissatisfied with our maids, family members, colleagues, friends, bosses and most of the times, ourselves. But then we are also adults. We realize this. We...
Infant and Toddler Stimulation at Home
Aug 26, 2014Krishna MahathiBlog, Diaries of the young parent, Learning
“If we all could see the world through eyes of a child, we would see the magic in everything.” – Chee Vai Tang Parenthood blesses you with anxiety .As parents we often want our children to have...
Helping Children Manage Their Emotions
Aug 25, 2014Sridhar RamanathanBlog, Daily Ponderings
Let us say your 7 year old kid is throwing a ‘tantrum’. He is upset, he is angry, and throws things around. What do you do? Discipline him? Punish him? Make him sit in a corner? Or is there...
Let your Child Volunteer
Aug 23, 2014Shweta ChooramaniBlog, Daily Ponderings, Growing up in India
“If you buy things you don’t need, soon you will have to sell things you need.” – Warren Buffet Every weekend on a trip to grocery stores starting with names like Mega,...
Start your Child’s Education Early
Aug 20, 2014ParentEdgeBlog, Diaries of the young parent, Learning
This blog post has been reposted, with permission, from Bril’s blog (http://brilindia.com/blog/). Studies have shown that the most important period of a child’s life is their first five years. ...
Planning your Milestones for Application Season
Aug 19, 2014Prab SinghBlog, Education Abroad
Seniors’ Checklist to Planning the Next Several Months I have found that at this point when families are heading into the thick of the application season, it is helpful to remember how quickly the...
Student Internship at ParentEdge
Aug 13, 2014ParentEdgeBlog, Magazine
This blog post has been contributed by Ananya Shankar, Student Editor of Issue 16 of the magazine. Interning at Parent Edge was one of the best experiences ever. Not many magazines allow high school...
Child Safety in Schools
Aug 11, 2014Swati Nitin GuptaBlog, Daily Ponderings
After reading about the horrendous things happening with kids at schools – from being molested by school bus drivers to being sexually assaulted by school teachers – I get really scared about my...
Confessions of a Special Needs Parent
Aug 09, 2014ParentEdgeBlog, Special needs
Stop Pitying the Special Needs Parent This blog post has been contributed by Deepa Garwa. It was a normal day, nothing unusual. Saturday afternoon, a visit to the nearby mall with both the children,...
How do I get my Child to Read
Aug 08, 2014Kritika Srinivasan24x7 Parent, Blog
Recently, a student writing an article for her school newspaper asked me what I thought about present-day reading habits; did I believe children read less today, and how could eone ncourage them to...
