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Right Reasons To Choose A Boarding School For Your Child

Punita Shah is an educational specialist. After working as a teacher with The Cathedral and John Connon School, Mumbai for more than a decade, she founded Punita Shah Education Services, which provides educational advisory services, specialising in Boarding School selection and admissions abroad. She also organises specialised summer programmes and seasonal camps abroad.

Children & Theatre

India has a rich theatrical tradition. Sanskrit dramas such as Abhignanasakuntala by Kalidasa share the limelight with theatre forms such as Koodiyattam from Kerala and Yakshagana from Karnataka, not to mention the shadow and puppetry theatre in folk art. Indian theatre has always been rich in imagery, music and narration and close to people’s lives, with performances often staged in places of worship. However, in the recent past, urban India has largely lost touch with this versatile art – we have become spectators rather than practitioners. Many are the benefits of being involved in theatre for children. Read on.

SAT and ACT what you should know

Viral Doshi is Founder of Viral Doshi Associates, an independent international education and career guidance boutique with offices in Mumbai, Dubai, London, Singapore and New York. Viral has mentored students and families for the last two decades.

Travelling with Children

Lessons from travelling Renuka Vaidyanathan, an erstwhile finance professional, opted out of the corporate rat race and now likes to think that she wears many interesting hats. She is an events’ organiser in the cultural space and also writes every now and then about people, places and events. She is an avid advocate of ‘green living’. Renuka is also a mother of two vibrant, young, girls.

Protect Your Young Child From Abuse

Childhood is one of the most intriguing and fascinating times of our lives. This is the time when everything around seems so interesting, new and mesmerizing. It should not be marred by instances such as abuse. Alertness and sensitivity in parents will go a long way in shielding the young child from abuse. Read on.

Serious Injuries To Teeth Prevention And Treatment

Dr. Tapan Satish Yeolekar is a consulting pedodontist. He has authored papers in variou s national and international scientific journals. Dr. Tapan was nominated twice in a row for ‘Best Specialist Dentist of the Year’ in 2016 and 2017’ at the prestigious Famdent awards, considered to be the ‘Dental Oscars’. He also won the ‘Dental Innovation of the Year 2017’ at the Indian Health Professionals Awards.

Programming - Has Your Child Tried It?

Programming - Has Your Child Tried It?

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.

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.

Raising A Child

We observe a rise in single child families in India due to a variety of reasons. For parents, it is good to know what the implications are, and take action where necessary. This article explains how to do that.

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!

Yoga And The Art Of Modern Day Parenting

Namita Sinha is a teacher of yoga and meditation, and founder of a specialised childrens yoga programme Yogi Kids. Namita, a mother and former marketing professional, teaches practical application of yogic teachings in an experiential way.

Being The Role Model For Your Young Child - Dos And Donts

Have you heard the saying “You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips”? This is most valid for children. Read on.

Child Savings Plans - What You Should Know

Key financial concerns of parents before we dive into the ins and outs of “Child Savings Plans”, let us quickly take a look at some of the concerns that parents have about their children’s future.

How Your Marriage Impacts Your Parenting

Aparna & Sanjay Balasundaram’s mission lies in strengthening families by supporting individuals, parents and couples find hope, healing and courage. As relationship and life coaches they have cofounded Life Skills Experts (lifeskillsexperts.com) that empowers children, parents and schools - as well as The Flourishing Marriage Course (flourishingmarriage. com) which encourages couples to refresh and rekindle their marriages.

The Indian Way Of Life - For Children And Parents

Prabhat Mandal, founder of Magicc in Parenting, has been involved in helping parents become more confident in making choices as well as empowering them to spend quality time spent with their children. Over 12 years, he has trained and coached several thousands of parents.

Communicating With Children

Kichu Krishnan is an entrepreneur and a partner in a social organisation. His life passion is coaching and mentoring individuals for better communication, productivity and happiness. Kichus workshops have helped over 65000 individuals in the last 35 years.

Lifeskills Through Games - Goalsetting

Dr. Jeyakar Vedamanickam, after a rich career in the Aeronautical industry had a stint as an academic as the Director of the Xavier Business School in Bangalore. He has authored a book for parents, Sculpting Angels: Parenting Lessons to Foster Creativity in Children. He conducts workshops on Creativity and Innovation, Behavioural Economics and Risk Management for executives and on Parenting for Creativity for parents.

Waste Not, Want Not - How To Sensitise Young Children About Better Consumption

Amishi Parasrampuria is founder of Upcyclers Lab, an organisation that creates learning tools and programmes on sustainability for parents and schools. Upcyclers Lab uses play-based learning, storytelling, crafts and songs to teach waste management to young children below the age of nine.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

Activity Edge Developing Logical And Critical Thinking Skills

Divya Palaniappan holds an M.Phil. in Psychology and has over five years of experience in the field of child development and early learning.

Lifeskills Through Games Guess, Estimate And Predict

Raj and Sam played a game that they named Guestimedict; a portmanteau, but involving three words; ‘Guess’, ‘Estimate’ and ‘Predict’.

Common Infections in School Going Children

Many parents often lament increased instances of their child falling ill especially from the time they started going to school. While there are no fool-proof strategies for preventing a school-going child from being exposed to any kind of contagious illness, it is certainly worthwhile for the parents to be informed about the challenges they can handle effectively.

Lifeskills Through Games

The Sprit Of Discovery

Steps To A Healthy, New, Academic Year

As we prepare to make our ‘back to school’ purchases and draw up development plans for the new academic year, I want to remind you that this is a good time to focus on some simple measures to improve our children’s strength and stamina as well. It will be fruitful to reflect on the health and fitness challenges your child has faced in the last academic year and mindfully chart out a better course this time. We are raising kids in an era with good standards of healthcare and the emphasis is now on preventive measures in the form of health checks and screening tests. So let us think ahead to ensure a healthy academic year for our children.