Middle Years

Eastern vs. Western parenting

Over the past decade, there’s heightened interest and discussion about the critical importance and impact of different parenting styles — in particular eastern vs. western parenting — on a child’s academic performance, self-confidence, emotional development, behaviour and ability to cope with life’s challenges – Aruna Raghuram

A progressive educated new-age parent would not imagine forbidding her child […]

Empower your introvert child

With society favouring extroverted people who exude positivity and enthusiasm, an introvert child is generally shunned for shy and socially awkward behaviour. But contemporary research indicates that the reflective traits of introverts helps them develop into good communicators and leaders – Aruna Raghuram

Eight-year-old Anupriya Mathur, a class III student of a top-ranked Delhi school, has few […]

Middle Years

Boost your child’s cognitive capability

With the school year well on its way and the Feb-March exam season not far away, most children are likely to experience stress and pressure coping with homework, project completion, and exam preparation. This is an apposite time to stimulate and reenergise their cognitive capabilities and improve concentration and retention through innovative strategies. K.P. Malini […]

Middle Years

Conquer the morning rush

For most mothers, the morning rush to get children ready and packed for school is a stressful time. However with sensible time management and chores planning, you can cut down morning stress significantly -K.P. Malini

Uniforms lie in a crumpled pile. Socks cease to exist in pairs. Lunch box is half-done, breakfast nowhere near done. Child […]

Middle Years

ADHD symptoms and diagnosis

Unfortunately because of lack of awareness about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder parents seek professional help only when their children’s academic performance dips. All other problems are swept under the ‘bad behaviour’ and ‘indiscipline’ carpet – Aarti C. Rajaratnam

Anwar Kumar is a class VIII student in a private school in Coimbatore. His teachers know him as […]

Middle Years

Learning through drama

Drama and theatre education enhances cognitive understanding, creativity, confidence, communication, teamwork and linguistic capability among other vital life skills of children – Jayalakshmi Vaidyanathan

A class VII student, Lakshmi Sankar was struggling with grouping chemical elements in her chemistry class. Consequently, Lakshmi, who also attends an afterschool theatre club in Bangalore, decided to use her theatre […]

Middle Years

The good routine – Habits-rewards loop

Good routines play a big role in building good habits which have their own rewards – Jayalakshmi Vaidyanathan

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” — Aristotle

When ten-year-old Kiran comes home from school, she changes her clothes, has a snack and reads. After reading for an hour, she goes […]