ParentEdge Magazine - May - June 2019

In this issue

Cover Story - 7 Steps to joyful parenting, Ask the Expert - Parenting questions answered, Lifeskills through Games - Exploring the social mirror, Quick Resources - Unusual picks for the summer holidays, Book Reviews - Books for children, Health - Dangers in your child’s food, Parent-Child ActivityEdge - Home gardening with your child, Everyday Parenting - Styling your kids on a budget – tips and tricks, Young Parents’ Corner - Raising a single child

7 Steps To Joyful Parenting

You waited for that bundle of joy to be in your arms and when the moment came you could not stop those tears rolling down your cheeks. Of course, the tears were of joy. As time passed the joy seemed to turn into stress, frustration, anxiety, guilty. What went wrong, when and why? Can this be fixed? Read on.

10+ mins

Lifeskills Through Games

In the previous edition of this serialised feature Guestimedict was introduced, a game that sharpens children’s skills to estimate, predict and make informed guesses.This episode discusses an emotional block to creativity that prevents one from leading a creative life; a block as a consequence of fear of a negative evaluation of oneself by society, fear of criticism,fear of drawing the attention of others to what one is doing. This fear causes one to filter all actions that one could take, through the sieve of how society would view the action. This constant filtering of potential actions through reflections off the social mirror is a block that prevents one from exploring life in all its fullness. In this episode we propose an experimental activity that can gradually remove this serious block to creativity.

9 mins

Quick Resources

The summer brings a lot of excitement for children. But it also exerts some pressure on parents. Children have to be kept engaged and happy without excess use of gadgets, With so much time to kill, they ask for interesting snacks and drinks! Tough ask? Not with this list that we have put together for you!

2 mins

Dangers In Your Child's Food

Everyone knows that food is a basic necessity that we can-not live without and that food is essential for a child to grow. But what kind of food is a question that stresses parents out.

7 mins

Home Gardening With Your Child

Gitanjali Rajamani is the Founder and CEO of GreenMyLife, a gardening company based out of Bangalore. She is also a Cofounder at Farmizen, an urban mini-farm rental company.

4 mins

Styling Your Kids On A Budget - Tips And Tricks

As much as parents love dressing up their children in trendy clothes, they are less enthused about the short shelf-life of the items. Styling for children can be overwhelming for thrifty parents because children outgrow their clothes quickly. It seems like they grow an inch every time you turn around and there is always a constant demand for new clothes.This article guides you in styling: so that the inevitable growth spurts of your children do not shrink your bank accounts!

4 mins

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ParentEdge Magazine Description:

ParentEdge is a bi-monthly magazine for discerning Indian parents who would like to actively contribute to their children’s education, intellectual enrichment and stimulation. The magazine’s premise is that learning is a continuous process, and needs to happen both in and outside of school; thus parents have an important role to play in shaping their children’s interests and intellect.