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Let them be: There will be time enough to be a grown-up (Credit: Suvajit Dey)

Childhood is not a training ground for adulthoodSubscriber Only

June 27, 2022 10:30 IST

As the philosopher Alexander Herzen said, a child’s purpose is to be a child

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Fathers and the triple bottomlineSubscriber Only

June 20, 2022 12:14 IST

Today’s fathers actively seek to become a well-rounded influence in the lives of their children and are fully cognizant of their role in how their children are raised.

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Picture Book Beats: ‘Supposing’ tells us we are what we thinkSubscriber Only

June 7, 2022 21:07 IST

What a powerful picture book to say in the simplest of ways what philosophers and spiritual gurus take pages to propound. That we have it in us to change the course of our thoughts.

Break the chain: Many times, we assign intent to people’s actions on the basis of the impact it has on us. At every hint of a transgression, there is a knee-jerk outrage, and rather than seeing people as multicoloured and multistoried, we start seeing them in binaries of black and white (Source: Getty Images)

Resisting riptides of victimisationSubscriber Only

May 30, 2022 12:30 IST

The insidious social-media messaging is engineering a steady dose of language of misery in the garb of social justice and robbing people of a sense of agency in responding to life’s hardships

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Ovarian ageing: Why physiological age matters for women’s fertilitySubscriber Only

May 26, 2022 18:24 IST

Ovarian ageing is a fact, and it starts taking place very early in the life of a woman.

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Mother’s Day: ‘Don’t call us supermoms, offer a cup of coffee instead!’Subscriber Only

May 7, 2022 10:00 IST

So, Mother's Day or not, we want society to know that a mom doesn't need to be a high achieving superwoman to be celebrated

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Picture Book Beats: ‘When You Look Up’ is a powerful, brilliant book about discovering ourselves through and in storiesSubscriber Only

May 2, 2022 17:52 IST

It’s a book about being an unafraid reader. What I ‘took away’ from it would be very different from what you may see in it. Remember, it is a book without a blurb, right?

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Picture Book Beats: The Silence of the (H)EarsSubscriber Only

April 4, 2022 20:04 IST

It is the marvel that picture books are, gathering the deepest life lessons within their folds in the simplest of ways. If only we care to read between the powerful lines and visuals.

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Empowering the girl child: ‘Parenting requires skills and patience’Subscriber Only

April 1, 2022 11:16 IST

"When impressionable adolescent girls see their parents invested in their welfare and betterment, they are likely to do the same for their own daughters" said Meera Satpathy, founder of Sukarya, an NGO working to uplift and empower young women in slum communities.

Rather than jumping to conclusions, let’s stay curious. When we meet a child who has got the label of ‘bad behaviour’, let’s not ask ‘what’s wrong with him?’ but wonder, ‘what is he trying to protect?’ (Source: Getty Images)

Flipping the gaze back on the myth of bad behaviourSubscriber Only

March 28, 2022 10:00 IST

We are not just accountable for our children, we have to be accountable to them

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Women’s Day: Breaking the gender bias in a child’s early yearsSubscriber Only

March 8, 2022 12:23 IST

"The first 2000 days of a child are very critical for overall learning and development", said Arshleen Kalra, Head of Curriculum, KLAY Preschools and Daycare.

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Picture Book Beats: Louis I, King of the Sheep is a cautionary tale about power that talks to adults tooSubscriber Only

March 1, 2022 19:50 IST

This picture book is an astute comment on how we adults allow our roles, power, position, titles to define who we are with those around us

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We heal in kinships, not in silosSubscriber Only

February 28, 2022 19:08 IST

New-age ideas of self-love and self-acceptance ring hollow if we don’t build relationships

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Childhood cancer in India: Are preventive healthcare and genetic testing keys to rising numbers?Subscriber Only

February 23, 2022 19:02 IST

"The most common cancer in children is usually blood cancer, followed by brain tumors and other solid organ cancers" said Dr Dr.Divya Agarwal

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Picture Book Beats: My Baby Crocodile, a poignant tale for your child and youSubscriber Only

February 1, 2022 19:29 IST

The measure of a fine, sublime one is in how closely the book reflects on true human emotions, and in the different layers that a reader can peel off each time one revisits the book.

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Tyranny of the UrgentSubscriber Only

January 31, 2022 10:30 IST

It’s in the white spaces that we find our epiphanies, where sparks of life happen — do less to do more

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Nature-friendly parenting: Empowering future eco-warriorsSubscriber Only

January 26, 2022 17:35 IST

"Spend as much time as possible amidst nature with your children", said environmentalist and children’s book author Abhishek Talwar.

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Catalysing social and emotional learning through informal learning environmentsSubscriber Only

January 5, 2022 11:23 IST

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is critical for helping preschool children understand and manage their emotions, demonstrate empathy, form healthy relationships etc, said Tracy Cardoz, Director of Education, Square Panda India.

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ADD and Reclaiming Preferred IdentitiesSubscriber Only

December 27, 2021 06:00 IST

A letter to young people living with Attention Deficit Disorder

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Nine signs that you are a codependent parentSubscriber Only

December 17, 2021 15:34 IST

Codependency is a type of insecure, anxious attachment style rooted in a fear of abandonment and an insecurity of being underappreciated.

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Gentle parenting: Are toddler tantrums ‘bad’ behaviour or a call for help?Subscriber Only

December 15, 2021 18:02 IST

Gentle Parenting is a style which advocates accepting children for who they are, and nurturing them to become the best versions of themselves, rather than what we would like them to become.

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Parental Guidance: As we await the vaccine for kids, power them with resilience & hopeSubscriber Only

December 13, 2021 19:25 IST

We’ve had enough years of them thinking the world is a horrible, bad place and it’s really up to us to show them that amidst all the fear and gloom, there is hope

"For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: How do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?"- bell hooks, Black feminist writer

Solidarity in a polarised worldSubscriber Only

January 4, 2022 13:00 IST

How we can create spaces for discussing transgressions, weave in accountability and work towards a collective transformation

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Parental Guidance: Help your teens become social beings againSubscriber Only

November 8, 2021 19:10 IST

As more and more kids step back into the real world of in-person school, many of them, especially teenagers, may struggle with how to become social beings again.

Autism is a neurological disorder affecting the child’s social ability says Dr Shinde. (Source: Getty Images)

The hidden side of the pandemic on children with mental disabilitiesSubscriber Only

November 7, 2021 11:17 IST

Pandemic resulted in the most adverse situation where the opportunities to socialise, play, orient with the surroundings were restricted, says Dr Sumit Shinde

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