Tag: Parenting

Rising incidents of road rage leave us wondering what has gone wrong with people. But the seeds of aggression are often planted in adults long before they learnt how to drive. It is time for a course correction.

Children need the space to breathe and simply be so that they can discover who they are. As a parent, this realisation completely shaped how I see my autistic son.

The challenge today is not that books, competing as they do with streaming platforms and social media feeds, have become less interesting. They remain just as interesting as ever. Yet the solution is not to declare war on screens. It is to make long and deep reading feel joyful again.

Given how fraught the menstruation-versus-work issue has been lately, we need to tell young women that their monthly cycle is not a monthly disability. It has been a natural rhythm of life for women for ages and continues to be so.

Children thrive when guided with love, not burdened by the weight of their parents' unfulfilled dreams and expectations.

The true measure of parenting is not how obedient a child is today, but how prepared they are for tomorrow.

One must avoid making absolute declarations such as "I will never marry." Life has a way of surprising us.

For children, consistency provides something invaluable: a sense of security. Predictable expectations help them develop self-discipline