Interview

As a home assignment Anaya (my 6yr old) was asked to interview her grand parents about their childhood. How they celebrated birthdays? How they lived? Where they lived. Where would they go on family vacations . What games did they play ? How many siblings they had? Did they have any aspirations then ? Goals…

Rules

Rules, yes rules. But who likes rules?? This was how Sparsh and Anaya reacted when I first introduced them to rules of the house. Limited screen times (never while eating), no fighting, no screaming and finishing meals topped the list. These were followed by 1 hour study and 20 minutes of reading each day. For…

Promise

Last evening while I was reading a book on Pranic Psychotherapy I overheard the following conversation between my bunnies. Anaya : Brother, please help me with these spellings, I will clean your desk in return I promise. Sparsh: Ok, but remember to keep your promise. He helps Anaya with her home assignment and leaves the…

Bored

Mom I am bored! As moms we hear this sentence on numerous occasions each and every day. And what do we do? Give our smartphones or gadgets to them and forget about it. Now the child is happy and no longer bored! While we happily finish off our TV serial and host parties. Tarry a…

Think Happy Thoughts

Remember my post on word games called Quiz ? which spoke of playing brain games with children. Well, this time around in Kolkata I decided to play a few of them with a group of kids. In one of the game I asked them to say one positive and one negative thing about any chosen…

Little Stuff

Kids return home from the first day of school this Monday the 7th of Aug 2017. They return with their bags heavier, their minds busier. Eyes full of excitement, voice filled with numerous stories waiting for an ear to hear them out. But what happens?? ME: “Sparsh, hurry up and get into your kurta pyjama,…