Listen to your child
Imagine a game where one person has many needs, continuously coming up but the person cannot speak or move or do much. The only things the person can do are perhaps squirm, move the arms and legs (that too with
Appreciating the parent
No one can give anyone a template of good parenting done right. The demands of parenting are bound by many contexts like cultural, social, economic, gender, time period, support available, relationship of parents, transgenerational patterns, parents’ childhood experiences and so
A child’s memory
How many of us have many memories of the first 3-4 years of our life? Even if we have some specific memories, we don’t have many. Naturally it is easy for us to believe that children don’t remember much of
Home
What is a home for you? How does it feel ‘at home’? How do you think you want to feel ‘at home’? It can be many specific things but for most people, feeling ‘at home’ means they want to feel
Harmless lies?
Have you lied to your child? Perhaps your child wanted to watch a video on your phone and you told your child that your phone was not with you or the bird took it away? Perhaps your child wanted to switch on
Seeds of people pleasing
“Don’t touch that, the shopkeeper will scold you.” “Don’t do that, that aunty will get mad.” “You drew on the wall, now I am going to tell the watchman uncle that you did this. He will scold you then.” Such dialogues are common
Preparation to eat independently
What happens if you give your child some food on their plate and leave them to eat on their own? Most likely they end up eating very little and playing a lot with the food. How do you find that idea of
For the parents or caregivers who do not give birth (eg fathers)
The process of pregnancy, labour and the birth has much to it than meets the eye. Apart from the visible shifts in the body, many invisible processes take place. The labour involves certain shifts which are traumatic for the body, especially
Natural teethers
Do you feel the urge to remove your child’s hand from their mouth whenever they put it in their mouth? During the first couple of years, this urge comes up innumerable times since the baby puts their hands in their mouths
When a one year old shouts
“Shhhhhh…” “Don’t shout!” “No shouting!” “Look at that other child. Is he shouting? No. Don’t shout.” “Look she is a good girl, she doesn’t shout, she is quiet.” “What’s wrong with you? Why are you shouting?” These are some of the responses some parents give to