One day, as I was traveling with my daughter she said, “ Everyone celebrates Halloween for chocolates”. I asked her “ Are you sure, that it is “everyone” ?”. She immediately corrected herself and said, “ No, I meant, most people like celebrating Halloween for chocolates.” I felt amazed at…

One day, I witnessed another beautiful conversation between a grade 1 student and the teacher, as I was volunteering in their class. The teacher noticed that the kid was wearing a sock with Car prints on one foot and Dinosaurs print on another foot. …

A kid breaks the CCTV in an apartment lift, and the parents and the kid are called upon and shamed in front of the association for the child’s act. The apartment’s association circulates the footage, which invites varied comments from the other families. “How do these parents raise their kids?”…

The other day, I was at the park with my 6-year-old daughter. There were some youngsters who might have been in their 20s, who wanted to swing and they did try. However, immediately came a security guard and said “ ये बच्चे के वास्ते है ”, which translates to “This…

Scenario 1 Me(the parent): Leela, look at all the mess you have created. FIRST, YOU SHOULD finish cleaning up. Only then you can go out and play. Scenario 2 Leela(the child): GET ME MY SHOES. Me(the parent): Hey that’s not how you speak to adults or anyone. That’s a demand…

Have you noticed that we as adults somehow, ask much fewer questions? Children are so full of curiosity and questions, but what happens as part of growing up, that erodes this ability in us? Have you ever wondered? I have to take references from the book, Atlas of the Heart…

Albert Einstein said Logic can take you from A to B, whereas Imagination can take you anywhere. Imagination is something we all value and have high regard for. …

Valuing to see what makes us different or our weaknesses, as Strengths and to be accepting of them, is not easy. Neither as an individual nor as a parent. Unconsciously, there is a set standard of traits that are seen as strengths and weaknesses. …

Part 1: As a child, I have grown up accepting the fact, that adults have a right to scold or spank a child, to teach that child the right or better way to behave. However, as an adult, due to awareness through reading and my own experience of how I feel when…