' Relationships are Simple, Relationships are Complex!Relationships can make our existence worthwhile. Relationships can also make our lives hell! It's our relationships that take us on a roller coaster ride of emotional excesses and detachment periods. It's those good ones and also the suffocating ones that together make a package deal that helps us appreciate life. [...]
Category: Parenting
Obsessed are we? and should we be? with making are children turn out good!
Funny how we parents can turn any and every situation into a life lesson for our children.A lot of us are guilty of the above big time…. and have used many situations, good or bad, difficult and fun to fish out various life lessons to our children. Hope we have succeeded in our trying to live up to their expectations of walking the talk. Life lessons like “be part of a circle of good people” ,”the world won’t give whatever you want on a platter”, “life isn’t a bed of roses always”, “look out for your happiness”,” work hard and dream big”, stay away from toxic people” etc etc. We talk to them constantly and what we tell them becomes their inner voice, not to skip mentioning that sometimes we talk a little too too much … and a lot we say gets lost in oblivion. And then we live our lives, either true to what…
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Obsessed are we? and should we be? with making are children turn out good!
Funny how we parents can turn any and every situation into a life lesson for our children.A lot of us are guilty of the above big time.... and have used many situations, good or bad, difficult and fun to fish out various life lessons to our children. Hope we have succeeded in our trying to live up to their [...]
Guilt Trips…Once a Parent , always a parent!
Someone ( I am sure a parent) wrote a hit quote sometime ago." Once a parent , always a parent". And how true it is and how universal and relevant it seems for our generation, our parents and grandparents generation and all the generations before that. We have held on to our parents heartstrings forever and [...]
Pickups & Drops are not wasted efforts !
Not all parents have the privilege of having their own vehicle for pick ups and drops for their children. Not all parents even when they have the privilege, want to do the mundane job. Many children are fortunate enough to travel in school buses and get a break from their moms questioning sessions after each school day. [...]
Do Museum Visits suck?(it’s all in your head)
Someone long ago thought of the concept of Museums. Thanks to him /or her, we have thousands of Museums around the world for everything and anything. Puppet Museums, Textile Museums, Natural History Museums, Science Museums, Art and Design Museums, Transport Museums, Umbrella Museums, Holocaust Memorial Museums, Doll Museums, Wax Museums, Toy Museums etc. And then, [...]
What is your Parenting Style ?
Stimulating Minds recently hosted a Creative Parenting Session in Ludhiana discussing parenting styles. The session stressed upon the use of creative parenting methods and Sisterhood of Motherhood to together bring up innovative and thinking Future Generations!What is your PARENTING STYLE ? Check out the following PARENTING STYLES and introspect on your own style ... We don't [...]
