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Top 5 Fitness Tips for Busy, Young, Parents
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Top 5 Fitness Tips for Busy, Young, Parents

Anjali is a true IT professional by day, and a multi-tasking genie by night. After a short stint in Zee Kannada, Bangalore as a newscaster, she worked as an editor and content writer for several online portals in Singapore. Anjali represented the state of Karnataka at the Mrs. India Earth 2019 pageant and bagged the coveted title 'Mrs India Earth 2019 - Face of South'.

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March - April 2020
Essential Foods For Your Child's Emotional Health
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Essential Foods For Your Child's Emotional Health

Shikha Mahajan is a Certified Nutritionist, Metabolism Specialist, Intuitive Eating Counselor, and Founder of Diet Podium. A child's mental and psychological well being depends on various factors. Experiences and environment play a significant role, so does diet. As a parent, you can ensure that what your child eats helps in maintaining a happy and balanced state of mind. Read on.

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March - April 2020
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Learning through Gamification

Beas Dev Ralhan is the CEO and co-founder of Next Education. He is an alumnus of IIT Bombay and London Business School. The very word ‘game’ brings us joy. Be it young learners or adults - everyone loves games and finds them interesting and stimulating. Albert Einstein expressed that games are not something that should be restricted to be a child’s pleasure; they have myriad deeper and meaningful aspects. Games promote stimulated learning and often become the avenue for children to explore higher-order thinking skills by creating, evaluating, analysing and applying knowledge.

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March - April 2020
Parenting Teenagers
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Parenting Teenagers

Tips for Raising Parenting Teenagers

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March - April 2020
HOW TO MAKE LEARNING MATH FUN FOR YOUR CHILD
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HOW TO MAKE LEARNING MATH FUN FOR YOUR CHILD

Dr. Pallavi Rao Chaturvedi, is the Executive Vice President of the Early Childhood Association and the Founder of Brainy Bear Pre-Schools. After years of research in the early childhood learning domain along with her own experience as a mother, she wishes to share the acquired wisdom with other parents. For this purpose, she has recently launched a YouTube channel called ‘Get Set Parent with Pallavi’, where she addresses common parenting issues and concerns and suggests ways to turn everyday interactions with children into insightful learning experiences.

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March - April 2020
Visit The Doctor When Your Child Is Well!
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Visit The Doctor When Your Child Is Well!

Did you think that visits to the paediatrician are only for vaccinations or when your child is suffering from an illness? It is important to schedule meetings with your child's doctor otherwise too. Read on.

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November - December 2019
Foods To Counter The Effects Of Air Pollution
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Foods To Counter The Effects Of Air Pollution

Ms. Avni Kaul is a nutritionist, entrepreneur, wellness coach and founder of NutriActivania, an organisation that offers nutrition and health counselling.

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November - December 2019
Lifeskills Through Games - Activity Focus
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Lifeskills Through Games - Activity Focus

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

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November - December 2019
Conflicts With Your Teen Can Be Good!
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Conflicts With Your Teen Can Be Good!

Dr. Jeny Rapheal has almost two decades’ of experience in teaching and counselling adolescents. She has published almost a hundred research papers and articles, on education and psychology, in various national and international journals and magazines.

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November - December 2019
Activity Edge
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Activity Edge

Fine Motor Skills Development For Good Handwriting

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November - December 2019
Pocket Money For Children- What You Should Know
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Pocket Money For Children- What You Should Know

Most parents would agree that children of a certain age must be given pocket money or an allowance to meet their small expenses or pay for their little indulgences. It gives them a sense of responsibility and independence. But opinions vary when it comes to questions about when to start giving pocket money, how much money to give, and whether to link pocket money with household chores. While each family is different and no one rule fits all, it is useful to understand the various aspects involved in these decisions.

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September - October 2019
Improving Emotional Intelligence-For You And Your Child
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Improving Emotional Intelligence-For You And Your Child

Our traditional approach to gauging someone’s intelligence has been to evaluate memory, logical reasoning, and linguistic abilities. An idea gaining acceptance around the world is that intelligence is beyond Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and our Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is vital too. Parents are the primary source of emotional learning for children, and hence, it is their responsibility to develop EQ in themselves first, and then their children. Read on.

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September - October 2019
Festive Home Decoration With Your Child
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Festive Home Decoration With Your Child

Kaveri Sachdev is the Co-founder & CEO of My Pooja Box, which aims to bridge the gap between devotees and devotion, by providing a wide assortment of pooja products online.

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September - October 2019
Emotional Eating In Children-How To Deal With It
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Emotional Eating In Children-How To Deal With It

The advent of mall culture and ever-expanding chains of fast food restaurants have led to increased frequency in families eating outside home. We have also seen a rise in food delivery services, that enable people to gorge on food whenever, wherever. Consumption of junk food is also high. Emotional eating is the cause of all these unhealthy eating habits. Read on.

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September - October 2019
Children Community Service
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Children Community Service

Community service not only sensitises a child to his environment and the people around him, it also imparts a sense of confidence and self-assurance.

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September - October 2019
Ask The Expert
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Ask The Expert

It would be wise to try different strategies to make your child enjoy writing and reading.

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September - October 2019
The Roles That Grandparents Play!
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The Roles That Grandparents Play!

No doubt, Grandparents are a great blessing.

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July - August 2019
Keeping Your Child Healthy In The Summer
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Keeping Your Child Healthy In The Summer

We all look forward to the summer break so that we can take a break from the mundane routine and mad rush of the school year.

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March - April 2019
Summer Learning Loss In Your Child What You Can Do
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Summer Learning Loss In Your Child What You Can Do

Summer Learning Loss In Your Child What You Can Do

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May-June 2018
An Exceptional Library At Trio World Academy
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An Exceptional Library At Trio World Academy

The right environment is important for children’s skills to flower. As educators and parents, we are always looking for examples of well designed spaces to appreciate and emulate. We restart our Education Showcase series in this issue, featuring Trio World Academy.The ParentEdge editorial team interviewed Naveen K.M., the Managing Director of Trio World Academy, Bangalore. He is an MBA graduate and one of the youngest ‘edupreneurs’ in the country.

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Nov/Dec 2017
Boarding Schools in India
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Boarding Schools in India

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.

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January - February 2017
What Is Good Parenting?
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What Is Good Parenting?

The role of a parent – nurture versus nature.

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January - February 2017
Girls & Stem - Bridging The Gap
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Girls & Stem - Bridging The Gap

Stem (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths) subjects and activities are in vogue.

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March - April 2019
Children And The Environment
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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.

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July-August 2018
Build A Yoga Practice At Home
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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

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July-August 2018
Lifeskills Through Games Making Tough Choices
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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.

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July-August 2018
Teach Your Child - How To Organise The Study Space
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Teach Your Child - How To Organise The Study Space

Sanjit Satapathy is the Country Business Leader for Consumer Business, 3M India Ltd. Since 1998, Sanjit has held various roles in Sales and Marketing.

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July - August 2019
How To Prepare For College Life
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How To Prepare For College Life

Dr. Ali Khwaja is the Founder of Banjara Academy, a unique institution committed to improving the quality of life. Dr. Khwaja writes books and columns, and is regularly invited to conduct workshops and lectures at prestigious national institutions, schools, and colleges.

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July/August 2017
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8 Types Of Intelligence

Which ones are your child's? Identify and develop them!

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July/August 2017
Listening To Children
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Listening To Children

Dr. Jaishri Ramakrishnan is a consultant psychologist with over three decades of experience. She has conducted several seminars, workshops and training programmes on parenting, handling children with special needs, and stress management.

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July/August 2017