Archive for July, 2010

July 12th, 2010

Kids and Holidays…

Parents welcome holidays with gusto!

Holidays mean a lot of things to many people. To some it means no early morning rush. And holiday’s  mean- well double the work. Holidays are when we invariably work the most. Cleaning the mess endlessly, conjuring snacks round the clock, and tearing apart the siblings from a fight, outings …well the list can get really long. Most parents with young children would agree that the greatest challenge is to keep the kids occupied. Some tried and tested techniques….. read more »

July 12th, 2010

Parent Child Bonding

Children are the same- yesterday, today and tomorrow. A point to ponder I would say.

We as kids remember being CARE-FREE. Without any worry or fear. Our environment was secure and we were in our comfort zones. We knew all the kids in the neighborhood and our parents knew each other. We didn’t know what violence meant and or kidnapping was. We climbed trees and played gully cricket with boys on the street. We didn’t know stress. All we knew was to have pure fun.

Some kids today are CARE-LESS – don’t care about the consequence of their actions. There is a lot of insecurity, peer pressures, expectations, fear…

Happy Homes make happy societies and happy societies make happy Nations. Happiness is where heart is and heart is where love is. And where is love?

Love is lost. Where and how? This is probably one question we must ask ourselves. Here are some bonding tips with children… read more »

July 11th, 2010

Love – A Powerful Emotion

Love –the most powerful emotion, which perhaps remains unparalleled.

Think of this- if there was love brewing in the hearts and minds of Pakistanis and Indians or between US and Iraq or even between every single person alive then what would the world look like? Imagine if all the terrorists had love for all mankind, just as they loved themselves- would our world be any different? If all the criminals, prisoners’ and trouble makers were filled with only love and compassion for others would we able to create another “heaven on earth?” Well sounds too farfetched? Fathom this- if all the daughter’s in laws loved their mother’s-in-laws and all the mother’s in laws adored their daughter’s in laws, we would create magic (I got your attention didn’t I?) read more »

July 11th, 2010

Perfect Parent

As a mother of 2 young children I often took short trips, “the guilt trips”.

I have realized as parents we always strive to be “perfect”. And it is this trait which sends us on a guilt trip every once in a while. I was being too hard on myself as a mother always correcting myself, always looking for ways to be “the perfect mother”. Very ambitious, very very ambitious indeed. No offense meant to the “perfect parents”. I am not. I am only human. read more »

July 11th, 2010

Comparing kids

We as parents compare our children against the others. I guess for most of us it comes naturally. We see that little something missing in our children which we so clearly see in others. That little more boldness, or smartness, or a better academic performance, the list can get endless. The fact is our children are made the way they are. Whether we like it or not that’s the fact. We can only try and get them to realize their true potential and build their confidence. read more »

July 10th, 2010

The Parenting Challenge

We are accountable to ourselves on our life and the way we want to shape it. To some extent we can still get away if things do go wrong in our lives. We have just us to answer. The big question arises when we are given others lives to shape and mould. It’s called responsibility. We can make or break some one’s life, probably more precious than ours. The life of our children.

Welcome to parenthood – probably one of the greatest challenges of life.
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