Experts share suggestions on how to organise messy children’s rooms into clutter-free spaces writes, Nasrin Modak Siddiqi
Kopal Dhir
A common complaint of most parents is that organising children’s rooms including their books, toys and clothes — at any age — is daunting, laborious and exhausting. The satisfaction of keeping a room tidy and clean […]
As children survey the world around them, they naturally want to emulate people they admire — teachers, sports stars, actors, astronomers. They become interested in computers, spaceships, fire engines, and often want to make them. These inspirations don’t always come from their school syllabus and curriculums, but arise out of sheer amazement that such things […]
Good quality sleep helps children cope with stress
Adequate sleep reduces children’s stress and impulsive behaviour, says a recent study conducted by the University of Georgia. The researchers, led by Linhao Zhang, a doctoral student at the university’s College of Family and Consumer Sciences, studied data from a Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study of 11,858 […]
Skill-building classes and courses aren’t the only way to develop a child’s talents. Children need to be inspired and motivated, to keep their passions and interests alive. They often get bored with hobby classes and lose interest after a while.
The best way to ignote children’s passion is by way of exposing them to great ideas, […]
Here’s my shortlist of three apps that enable pregnant women and new moms to understand the nine months of foetal development, and nurture their children through infancy and early childhood writes, Cynthia John
Sprout baby
iOS
For most new mothers, parenthood is an overwhelming experience. This app offers a plethora of trackers to monitor your child’s health, medical […]
Children love family life and invariably suffer anxiety and insecurity when parents break up. Here are some ways parents can help children adjust to divorce writes Belcia Prakash
For children, separation and divorce of parents is an emotionally draining experience. While parents going through divorce spend most of their time sorting out their own feelings of […]
There’s a mountain of truth in the old cliche that failure is the stepping stone to success. Therefore, parents should avoid the temptation to scold or reprimand children for failure to meet expectations. Instead, they should use it as an opportunity to build their resilience and character writes Poornima Dilip, Mini P. & Cynthia John
My seven-year-old daughter drinks very little water, although she plays outdoors for two-three hours every day. How can I inculcate the practice of drinking water through the day in her?
— Lavanya Krishna, Chennai
Encouraging your daughter to develop the habit of drinking water at regular intervals is crucial for her overall health and well-being. She […]
Dear Parent
It’s not unusual these days to meet youngsters unwilling to conform with formal schooling systems. A growing number of smart and savvy students are disillusioned with the annual scramble for marks and grades, and rebel against the system in different ways.
Recently I met a class X student who refused to write his exams, though […]
With several deep space missions in the pipeline, opportunities for aerospace engineers have multiplied
The touchdown of Chandrayaan-3, the third mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), on the dark side of the moon (lunar south pole) on August 23 and its successful release of the Pragyan Rover made media headlines the worldover. This successful […]
Sunil Noronha
“You learn something new everyday.” This oft-used phrase indicates that learning is a 24 x 7 process. We never stop learning which started in the womb. It’s happening right now, as you read this article!
The key to learning something new every day is to redefine what we mean by learning. Everything we see, every […]
My 12-year-old daughter has great academic potential, and I want to do my best to help her realise it. I just don’t know how to ensure she doesn’t lose the best opportunities available. What should I get her involved in?
You shouldn’t hurry to enrol her in too many courses or get her involved in multiple […]
‘Special parents’ of special children
What I found inspiring in your cover story ‘Parenting primer for children with disability’ was the emphasis on parents practicing self-care to be able to “run the marathon of caring for children with special needs”. I am the mother of a hyperactive seven-year-old, who has suffered delayed speech but is […]
The mental health and emotional well-being of the world’s largest child and youth population — 21st century India negligently hosts 480 million citizens below age 24 — is ballooning into a national, and perhaps a global, crisis. With all developed OECD countries including China, confronted with the challenge of rapidly ageing and declining population, India’s […]
Anitha Bennett
“I was always a topper in my school. I had my notes picture perfect and I was a model student. But my daughter is just the opposite — incomplete notes, complaints of day-dreaming from her teachers and almost total disinterest in studies. She doesn’t care for extra curricular activities either. Every evening, homework time […]
DR. SACHIN BALIGA
My five-year-old daughter loves playing with her girlfriends but is shy about playing with boys. My daughter has no siblings and I wonder if that’s the reason. Sometimes I feel guilty about not having another child. How can I help her overcome her shyness?
— Maria Julius, Chennai
Shyness is common […]
Though steam inhalation can be safely used by adults, this treatment should be administered cautiously for children. Steam inhalation is a common home remedy to alleviate colds. It eases congestion by moistening dry mucus membranes and soothes respiratory discomfort caused by colds, sinusitis, or allergies.
However, though steam inhalation can be safely used by adults, this […]
The common refrain of parents is that children are fussy eaters who dislike greens and vegetables. Here are three delectable recipes to get children to eat healthy greens: writes Khushboo Nehaal Jashnani
Green parathas
(4 servings)
Ingredients
• ¼ cup drumstick leaves
• 2 sprigs methi leaves
• 2 medium sized potatoes
• ½ tsp chilli […]
Roopa Banerjee
In fiction writing, writers use a wide array of literary devices to express emotions, create compelling characters, and enhance the narrative. One such powerful literary device is invective, which allows writers to unleash scathing criticism or vehement disapproval of individuals, ideas, and institutions.
The word invective traces its roots to the Latin invectivus, which means […]
– Suresh Subrahmanyan, Bengaluru-based former advertising professional
One of the most exciting tasks that a married couple anticipates is the arrival of the proverbial stork with their first born, or for that matter, second or even third born. Rarely in our straitened times do couples go for more than two kids, three being a bit of […]
ANURADHA GOYAL
Daman is a small town on the west coast of India — sandwiched between the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat. But it has managed to establish to hold a niche identity for itself. Some of this identity is rooted in its past as it was a Portuguese colony along with Goa. You might remember […]
PW invited parents of Lodha World School, LSG Palava to share their insights on how they teach their children the value of commitment
“I believe respect for commitment and hard work should be part of the daily lexicon of all parents for a child’s healthy emotional development. I adopted this strategy early in motherhood starting […]
PW invited parents of Indus Valley World School, Kolkata to share their biggest learning from recent travel experiences
“Our road trip to Puri during the Durga Puja holidays last year was very exciting for us as for the first time, we covered a distance of more than 500 km one way in our own car. […]
