Another parenting resource? Always needed, always welcome!
Mar 30, 2015Kritika Srinivasan24x7 Parent, Blog, Magazine
ParentEdge launches Practical Parenting, an online parenting community, in association with Scrollback. We just launched a new online parenting forum on our website, with the idea of...
Cognitive Games to build Cognisant Minds
Mar 29, 2015Rima DesaiActivity-Led Learning, Blog
In my previous blog (http://parentedge.in/fun-and-educational-games-for-kids/), I highlighted several cognitive and ‘age old’ games for your elementary and middle school kids. This month, we are...
Cough Syrups for Children – To Give or Not to Give
Mar 26, 2015Krishna MahathiBlog, Health and Nutrition
It dawned on me this flu season that it was time I wrote a post on the commonest medication we all purchase over the pharmacist’s counter – cough syrups. I know most parents don’t take a...
Boosting your Child’s Imagination
Mar 24, 2015Sridhar RamanathanBlog, Daily Ponderings
Try this exercise with your son or daughter – it would work well for children who are around 10 years old. Tell your child: “ Take a look at this picture. I want you to write a story using...
But he started it! You got sibling rivalry?
Mar 23, 2015Aparna Balasundaram24x7 Parent, Blog
‘Mom, Mom, look at me first, I can run faster than him!’… ‘But, its her fault, she hit me first’…’I know, you love him more…you always take his side’ For those of you that have more...
Lessons from the Gurukul System
Mar 22, 2015ParentEdgeBlog, Education and Career
This blog has been contributed by Guest Blogger, Sumedha Singh. I have no memory of my grandfather. He wasn’t around when I was growing up but over the years, I have got glimpses of his life from...
Sensible and Simple Swine Flu Precautions for You and Your Children
Mar 20, 2015ParentEdgeBlog, Health and Nutrition
This blog post has been reposted, with permission, from Bril’s Blog Most schools and households are already taking precautionary measures against contracting swine flu. We even receive messages on...
Coping with Autism – part 2
Mar 18, 2015Shobhika JajuBlog, Special needs
Read part 1 here. In my last blog, I wrote about Autism and discussed its features with respect to a case study. We also looked at what can be done to help a child who has Autism. Autism by itself is...
Kick out the KIK App from your child’s phone: Online safety
Mar 15, 2015Swati Nitin Gupta24x7 Parent, Blog, Growing up in India
Children these days are quite net and smart phone savvy. They not only know how to operate any gadget but also download all the games and apps they want for themselves. But like everything else in...
