ParentEdge - July-August 2018

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Cover Story - What Indian parents are doing right!, Pursuits and Passions - Children and the Environment, Ask the Expert - Parenting questions answered, Wellness - All about allergies, Parent-Child ActivityEdge - Fun yoga for the family, Lifeskills through Games - Making tough choices, Book Reviews - Books for children, Spotlight - Speech disorders – Stammering and Stuttering, Young Parents Corner - Nurturing thinking skills in young children

What Indian Parents Are Doing Right!

Sanjay Edwin Balasundaram is Founder and Chief Story Teller at www.keenowl.com. Award-winning KeenOwl Books have helped parents and caregivers teach life skills, share family values and traditions, and build character in young children through personalised life-lesson stories. Their books were awarded the prestigious USA-based ‘Parenting Choice’ Award

10+ mins

Children And The Environment

Severn Cullis-Suzuki was only nine years old when she founded the Environmental Children’s Organisation (ECO) in 1988; ECO comprised a group of children who studied environmental issues and taught other children as well.

7 mins

All About Allergies

Until a few years ago people would give me a quizzical look when I told them that I was a daughter of an allergy specialist.

9 mins

Build A Yoga Practice At Home

Namita Sinha is the Founder of Yogi Kids, a specialised yoga programme for children in age group five to fifteen years. She teaches yoga to children in schools, group classes, retreats and family yoga programmes. For more information, write to namita@yogikids.in

4 mins

Lifeskills Through Games Making Tough Choices

In the previous episode of this serialised feature, we saw ways to make mathematics fun for children and also about appropriate ways to interact with people with a disability. In this episode, the value of choosing to do something difficult in preference to taking the easy way out is highlighted. The episode also describes an exercise which can nurture this value in children.

10+ mins

Speech Disorders - Stammering & Stuttering

Very often people use the terms ‘stammering’ and ‘stuttering’ interchangeably. They are both certainly speech disorders and to a listener sound similar. They are however different symptomatically and in expression.

5 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.