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The Indian Way of Parenting
The approach to raising children may vary in Indian culture, though methods typically utilized in the United States may be reflected in many modern Indian parenting techniques. Teaching children general values of respect, honesty, and independence similarly occur in urban areas of India and Indian families living in the United States…
The Four Cs for Parents to Keep in Mind
Every culture, creed, and nation, faces challenges in parenting children. How proper parenting should be practiced is indicated by a variety of assumptions, values, and perspectives. In the hope of supporting positive parenting, counseling and psychology literature includes much that has been written, but the first big challenge in parenting is putting these concepts into practice.
The Effect of the Internet on Parenting
From right before pregnancy, and after, expecting mothers who wish to seek informational support resort to the Internet. There are pop-ups for everything now, and that’s the reason why. Baby Food, Toy Kits, and Diapers—new subscription models for expecting and new parents—is another hot parenting trend this year…
The Interesting World of Parenting Twins!
Nothing could be more daunting for a parent-to-be—with years ahead to prepare for—than being informed of her pregnancy and that she would be delivering twins, three trimesters later. Fortunately, parents-to-be of twins are a massive number. Since 1980, the birth rate for twins has risen 76%!
9 Tips that Fulfil your Parenting Needs! – Part 3
You may, as a parent, expect kids to do everything simply because “say so”, but that is not it. If we don’t want our kids to wonder about our values and motives and think we are biased, if have to take time to explain certain things to them…
9 Tips that Fulfil your Parenting Needs! – Part 2
It is not surprising or hard to understand that finding quality time to spend with family is one of those “very difficult things in life to make time for”, while simpler agendas like having a meal together as family is itself often difficult for parents and kids…
Mealtime Discipline for Kids – Part 2
Training not to burp at the meal table. Kids find it hilarious to burp at the table, and like doing it, as it is completely inappropriate and usually gets a lot of positive attention from peer and negative attention from parents. Says Dr. Harlow, “Kids love behaviors that get a big reaction.”
9 Tips that Fulfil your Parenting Needs! – Part 1
Kids, who typically see themselves through their parents’ eyes, start developing their sense of self, even as babies. They absorb their parents’ voice quality, behaviour and mannerism, and their every expression. Nothing can influence their developing self-esteem more than their parents’ speech and deeds…
Mealtime Discipline for Kids – Part 1
It would have been only minutes for a parent to carry the crockery to the meal table and join the children, but in seconds the damage would have happened. A kid’s plain t-shirt would have turned into a ‘saucy’ graphic tee, with ketchup smeared across the front and the sauce around his/her mouth wiped across the sleeve…
Shifting Perspectives to Education – Part 2
The Socratic method of ancient Greece and the Gurukul system of the ancient Vedic traditions of India have inspired modern day facilitation styles of learning, by reflecting on these traditions, and by inquiry-based learning, which was developed in the 1960’s and is currently now taking hold in mainstream public education, worldwide…