Involved parenting vs. helicopter parenting
Oct 08, 2013Gayatri Kulkarni
One of the harder rites of passage for any parent is to let go – no more holding hands when crossing the road, no more accompanying the child everywhere, and no more knowing each and every one...
Instilling punctuality
Aug 27, 2013S A Sudha
I recently watched Bhaag Milkha Bhaag with my family at a multiplex. As we had neglected to book tickets in advance, we ended up sitting in the first row nearest the screen. The show started at 8.25...
Can money buy happiness?
Aug 06, 2013Gayatri Kulkarni
It increasingly seems to me that my children measure their happiness strictly in monetary terms – if I don’t buy them x, y or z, they will not ever be happy, in this life or the next. ...
The Art of Giving is the Art of Living (part 7 of 12)
Jul 23, 2013Ignatius Fernandez
This blog is the seventh of a 12-part series on ‘Parenting is a Journey’. Ignatius Fernandez also blogs at http://thechildisfatheroftheman.blogspot.in/. On January 26, 2001, an earthquake of...
Are we raising entitled kids?
Jul 06, 2013Gayatri Kulkarni
It is definitely true that our parenting methods are vastly different from generations past – we have far fewer kids, and we treat them as friends and equals, trying to make the family a...
Another rite of passage – teaching my teen to drive
Jun 04, 2013Gayatri Kulkarni
One of the big rites of passage here in the US is teaching your teenager to drive. Here in the Midwest, kids get their learning permit at 15, and can officially get their license and begin to drive...
SELF ESTEEM – WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT ANYWAY?
Jun 03, 2013ParentEdge
This blog post has been contributed by Parenting Matters (http://parentingmatters.in/), a Chennai-based organisation which partners with parents to build skillsfor deeper connection in families. It...
The Choice Trap: This AND That. Not This OR That.
Apr 24, 2013Sridhar Ramanathan
Sridhar Ramanathan also blogs at www.ideasrs.com. This is the story of a mother and daughter. And the unique way in which the mother made a crucial decision. The daughter PS was in her final year...
Can creativity and discipline live in the same house?
Mar 25, 2013Sridhar Ramanathan
Sridhar Ramanathan also blogs at www.ideasrs.com. What comes to your mind when I utter the word “Creativity”? Let us check what happens with discipline. The two seem like irreconcilable...
Do our kids have too much self esteem?
Mar 07, 2013Gayatri Kulkarni
I remember being berated by a fellow parent because I had not attended my son’s fifth grade graduation day. The friend had taken the day off from a hectic work week, and had gone to school...
