Does your child get ready at turtle speed when their school bus is waiting outside? They never seem to get a sense of hurry no matter how rushed you feel. Well, there is a good reason for this. It’s because young kids usually don’t have a sense of time and they don’t know how to…
Does it drive you crazy when your kids complain for the umpteenth time that “Mom, I am bored”? Or is it just me? I wish there was a magic wand that could solve this problem! I don’t know why kids think being bored is not their problem, but their mom’s. Whatever! We are moms, and…
All of us express love differently. In the same way, we like to experience love differently too. Sometimes, the love we have for people fail to reach them, because we all speak different love languages. Hence it is important to understand what the love language of our children or partner is, to keep the relationships…
Out of the many skills and lessons that parents are required to teach kids, body safety is one of the most important ones. We should teach children that their bodies belong to them and that no one else has the right to touch them or ask them to touch someone else’s private parts without permission…
Intrinsic motivation is not a single concept. It is a complex and multifaceted construct that has been studied for decades by psychologists and education experts. Intrinsic motivation can be defined as an interest in something, such as science or animals, that happens naturally and the individual pursues it without being told to do so. It…
Self-regulation is one of the key skills we can teach kids for the betterment of their emotional development. Emotional self-regulation is the ability to control one’s behavior and emotional reactions in a manner that is not destructive or socially acceptable. And usually, young kids and (even many adults) lack the skills to emotionally regulate themselves…
For parents, one of their responsibilities is to teach kids to respect people. Be it adults, or their peers, children need some training to respect boundaries, privacy, and the needs of others. And this is one of the reasons why I love positive parenting so much. Because it actually considers the needs of children and…
“I wish I didn’t have feelings, I am tired of this”, my daughter burst out of the room saying this. Sometimes, I feel bad for my highly sensitive child. As a highly sensitive person, I know exactly what she is going through. Sensitive people feel everything deeply. Much deeper than how other people would do….
We have all been there. The days on which we wondered if we could be free from the never-ending day-to-day chores of motherhood and live carefree. Motherhood brings with it a lot of burdens we could not have imagined before entering it. And once you become a mother, there is no turning back or can…
LIST OF GOOD MANNERS ALL KIDS MUST LEARN Good manners are a polite and courteous way of interacting with other people. Teaching basic good manners in childhood is essential to make kids grow up to become courteous, kind, and well-behaved adults who are good to be around. One of the important things parents must do…