The attitude that you have about money will inevitably affect your children’s views on it. Just try this simple experiment – take your children to the store, show them something that they want but is way too expensive to purchase, and observe their attitudes on it when denying purchasing that specific thing. Are they mad?…
Self-esteem is what makes children feel capable in their abilities. It’s also key to trying new things, making friends, and even facing challenges. Children with healthy self-esteem grow into adults who like themselves and enjoy their own company. As parents, we can begin instilling this important quality early on. Research from the University of Washington…
The world pandemic has effects we have never imagined before. It affects not only the economy of a country, but also the satisfaction, motivation, and productivity of its inhabitants. When you spend months closed in, not being allowed to meet face-to-face with your colleagues, play, and tell jokes, you kind of lose your motivation. The…
by Dr. Shanthi Thomas Are you a mother who has been criticized for the way you bring up your children? If yes, you have been a victim of mum-shaming. The phenomenon called mum-shaming is the public judgement and criticism of mothers for the way they are raising their children. Though mum-shaming is not an exclusively…
by Dr. Shanthi Thomas It is the end of term holidays and tomorrow is school reopening. Your 10 year old is in tears, in bed, and says ‘I don’t want to go to school tomorrow’. Or if tomorrow there is a test, he says ‘I feel there is a lump in my chest, I have…
As lockdown has entered into four months of crippling the usual day-to-day activities, people are finding it exceedingly difficult to bring forth ways for making themselves entertained. Whereas keeping the little ones busy and entertained at the same time with their endless supply of directionless energy is an exponentially tricky task. If your job is…
When adults choose furniture for their own rooms, everything is pretty simple: they want high-quality and pretty stuff. For some of us, sole high quality is completely enough. But when it comes to picking kids’ furniture, some parents feel lost and frustrated, especially if they are first-time parents. They have to look beyond cuteness, playfulness,…
If it is your baby’s first birthday coming on, you have my hearty congratulations for a full year with such an adorable baby. The first birthday is traditionally a well-celebrated one – and for the right reasons. This means that you have to get a beautiful first birthday gift for your baby, and you are…
Nature vs. nurture. It’s a continuing discussion. We know that certain physical features are inherited; and most scientists agree that some emotional/psychological characteristics are inherited too – or at least a susceptibility for them (e.g., addiction, schizophrenia, etc.). Nurture, of course, refers to all that occurs in a child’s life from the time of conception…
by Dr. Shanthi Thomas At some point or the other, many of us can be caught lazing around, not doing anything particular and wasting time. Laziness is the disinclination to engage in any activity, despite having the ability to do it. There are fancy names for a person who is lazy, such as ‘slacker’, ‘bludger’…
Childhood is a very important period as far as the brain development of your child is concerned. It has to be understood that the brain makes it connections with the majority of cells in an individual before he or she turns the age of 10. In this article, we will take a look at the…
by Dr. Shanthi Thomas The typical teenager talks very little with her parents. She is in her room most or all the time, and get closer to her friends than to the family. Sometimes these behaviors get so out of hand that parents have to resort to learning life hacks for parenting rebellious teens. However,…
