From Mahatma Gandhi to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, many of the nation’s leaders pursued law overseas. Historically, most legal education for Indians happened outside India. At the time of independence, the government’s investment in higher education was oriented towards setting up institutions of agriculture, medicine, and engineering. Good legal education institutions were […]
PW invites parents of Gems International School, Palam Vihar, Gurgaon to share ideas to make summer holidays meaningful for families
“I believe this summer is the perfect time for my nine-year-old twins Ahaan and Sparsh, to pick up a skill or two which could go a long way in enriching their lives. Therefore we have enrolled […]
PW invited parents of Excellere World School, Gurgaon to share their insights on how they ensure their children experience a stress-free exam season
“My mantra is very clear. When the academic term begins for my children — Yash Vardhan (class III) and Harsh (class VI) — I advise them to maintain a home-work routine from day […]
Refreshingly the great education that Egypt’s ancient civilisation offers to students of history, archaeology, museology, architecture, art, engineering, medicine, etc is accessible at Indian prices
In 400 BCE the greek historian Herodotus wrote of Egypt that “nowhere in the world are to be seen so many things of unspeakable greatness”. This observation is as true today […]
Slips-of-tongue are speech errors in which words are pronounced incorrectly or uttered unintentionally – Roopa Banerjee
Uttering accidental words when you intend to say something else is commonly referred to as a slip of the tongue. Slips-of-tongue are speech errors in which words are pronounced incorrectly or uttered unintentionally.
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), the founder of psychoanalysis, believed that […]
Back pain is one of the most common health complaints of people with an estimated 540 million people worldwide reporting low back pain. Adults bound to desk jobs 9-5 slouching over computers or driving long distances on two-wheelers are more susceptible to back pain.
The key to prevention as with most lifestyle aches and pains is […]
The gut i.e, gastrointestinal/digestive tract, plays an essential role in sustaining, protecting and boosting the overall health and wellness of every human being. A healthy gut builds a strong immune system, healthy heart and brain, ensures effective digestion, good sleep and alleviates depression
For years in biology class, school children learnt that there are 11 organ […]
The home is a great place to develop children’s public speaking skills. You never know whether you have a motivational speaker or a joker in your family until you encourage everyone to speak up.
• Plan a weekly time when all members of the family get to stand before an audience (the family) and talk about […]
This is a game that will help you think of numerous ways to solve problems and get ideas from others to solve yours!
• Decorate a cardboard box by sticking gift paper around it. Take 15 sheets of paper or cards and place them into the box.
• Each person can pick up a […]
At some point in your life you must have rebelled against the education system, like I did. Why should we slog so hard? I asked my parents. If it was just to score high marks and feel proud of it, that seemed a pretty hollow objective.
Now, I realise that my parents who persuaded me […]
Psychologists the world over are warning that chronic parental stress can lead to burnout with disastrous consequences for children – Jayalakshmi Vaidyanathan & Mini P.
“Parental stress is a distinct type of stress that arises when a parent’s perception of the demands of parenting outstrip his or her resources.” — Carina Coulacoglou & Donald H. Saklofske (Psychometrics […]
Against the backdrop of a fast developing transnational ITES gaming industry, there’s no dearth of career opportunities as India establishes a reputation as the next gaming hub
A by-product of the booming IT, ITES (information technology enabled services) and the BPO (business process outsourcing) businesses, the gaming phenomenon, born out of the leisure pursuits of […]
Have you experienced how the stress and strains of a hard school/work day melt away when you listen to your favourite musical tracks? Listening to music has a calm and soothing effect on the body, slows down heart and pulse rate, and lowers blood pressure and stress hormone levels. While hearing music has palliative effects, […]
My 14-year-old son gets sweaty palms before an exam. The condition became so intense before a recent exam that he soaked through ten tissue papers. How can I help him? — Riyanna Kapoor, Mumbai
Medically, the condition of excessively sweaty palms is known as palmar hyperhidrosis. It can be caused by emotional stress and/or the body […]
With school final term and board exams round the corner, students and parents are anxious and nervous about academic performance. Here are three books which offer practical and useful advice on how to prepare for and attain success in school, college and beyond – Mini P.
Six Secrets Smart Students Don’t Tell You by R. Chandan Deshmukh
Spatial intelligence is capability to visualise three-dimensional images, shapes and positions of an object in relation to another object and is vital for developing mathematical thinking and conceptual understanding – Dipta Joshi
Spatial intelligence or visual-spatial processing may sound unfamiliar and highfalutin. But the truth is that you are using this intelligence in everyday activities.
A new-born’s first cry is joy to a parent’s ears as it shows first signs of life. But as you progress into parenthood, incessant crying by infants can cause stress, anxiety and feeling of helplessness. It’s important to understand that for a toddler — yet to develop language skills — crying is the strongest and […]
Eating is a more enjoyable experience when high self-control individuals eat with their hands, compared to use of cutlery, according to a study published in the Journal of Retailing (February). Direct touch triggers an enhanced sensory response, making food more appetising and appealing, says Adriana Madzharov, lead researcher of the Stevens Institute of Technology, USA.
Vitamin D deficiency in early to mid-pregnancy increases the risk of children developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by 34 percent, reveals a Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (February) study. Researchers of the University of Turku, Finland surveyed 1,067 children born between 1998 and 1999 in Finland diagnosed with ADHD.
To improve classroom environments, teachers should focus on praising children for positive behaviour, rather than telling them off for being disruptive, according to a study published in Educational Psychology (January). Brigham Young University, Utah researchers spent three years observing 2,536 students, across three US states, from kindergarten through to class VI (5-12 years). They found […]
Family conflict is a significant predictor of suicidal thoughts in children as young as nine and ten years, says a study conducted by the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, USA. The study, published in JAMA Open Network (February), analysed 11,814 children aged nine-ten and found that 2.4-6.2 percent of them experienced suicidal […]
I salute ParentsWorld for publishing a powerful cover story ‘Don’t judge. Enable single parents!’ (PW February). As a single parent in the early years of the new millennium, I experienced social prejudice and disdain, and had to move to three different cities with my daughter.
In small town India especially, single moms are harshly judged and […]
Even as the spreading coronavirus aka Covid-19 is grabbing media headlines and setting off sirens around the world, a covert insidious parenting stress virus — even if it hasn’t attained pandemic proportions — is taking a heavy toll, especially of women, across India.
Breakdown of the joint family, explosion in the number of double income nuclear […]
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