My Teen Has Stopped Sharing! What to Do?
As children start growing, the distance between them and their parents also starts increasing. And we accord it to their growth spurts, and ‘teenage.’ But, when kids who could not even stay apart from you for a second start straying away from you, a part of you just breaks. Is this your story too? Has […]
You are Unknowingly Spreading Negativity in the House
As parents, we are sometimes baffled. We do something because we want something, but the consequences are not at all what we had in mind. Our actions, intentions, and results are not in sync. You want a classic example, negativity in the house. Now, which parent would want the stress and palpable tension in the […]
How to Help Your Child Deal with Your New Partner
New beginnings are a threshold for happiness and new exciting possibilities. It is a good decision to move on. But, it is always difficult to move on when your children are also in the equation. We start questioning our decision when our children have a hard time adjusting to the new dynamics. It should not […]
What Do Your Children Really Want?
There is a wide gap between perception and reality. We all want our kids to be happy. We want their future to hold amazing things for them. And in the pursuit of this happiness, we do whatever we think that our children want. But did we ever think about what our children really want? There […]
How to Be a Positive Mom Even When You Don’t Feel Like it?
Everybody is allowed to feel blue sometimes, mothers too. Nobody has a perfect life where everything is hunky-dory 24*7. There will be ups and downs. How you deal with your bad days determines whether you will get out of them or keep spiraling downwards. Moreover, when you are a mother, it becomes very important that […]
How to Make Separation Easy for Your Child?
When you have kids, getting a divorce becomes very stressful. You have to worry about the effect such a big step will have on you as well as the repercussions this will have in your child’s life. It is not going to be easy for your child to see his parents separating. But, you can […]
How to Raise Strong Problem Solvers?
Being able to solve your own problems is not a skill recognized by many. When we have it, we don’t even realize it. But, we start seeing the ‘problem’ when we lack it. If we want our children to be independent and self-sufficient, problem-solving is a majority part of it. But, how will our children […]
Dealing with Bullies in School
For children, bullying is the stuff of nightmares. And for some of them, they have to live their nightmares. Simple things like walking in the corridor or going to the bathroom become terrifying. When children have to go through these experiences, it is emotionally scarring for them that can last for a lifetime. And, the […]
Problems of Being a Single Parent
Single parenting comes with its own set of emotional and physical hardships, along with all the parenting challenges. Choice or no choice, when we have to go through being a single parent, there are some problems that are collectively faced by single parents. Being a single parent can suck the energy out of an individual […]
The Single Most Helpful Trick for Dealing with Child’s Emotional Outbursts
Children are as fiddly as they can get. You never know when they will have their episodes of emotional outbursts. One minute they are sitting and playing with their toys merrily, and the next moment they are shouting and crying at the top of their voices for reasons best known to themselves. These outbursts are […]