Author: Alpana
This School Year Is Different. How to keep your child motivated for virtual learning?
What gives kids the drive to do things? Often, it’s the prospect of succeeding—or if not succeeding then at least improving. The more kids feel competent at a task, the more likely they are to enjoy the activity and want to get better at it. Success builds motivation, which leads to more success. Earlier, the… Read More
Explaining what India is to my American Indian kids? Is it just another country or much more than that?
Talking about India always makes me nostalgic. I can go on and on. Why? I have been living outside India for 15 years. Looking at the current situation, I don’t know when I would be able to meet my parents. I guess the nostalgia that I feel while thinking or talking about India made me… Read More
ZEE5 Club Pack: 6 Reasons Why ZEE5 Club Pack Is the Best Subscription Plan for Family Entertainment
With our new normal routine, the ways of entertainment have changed. Earlier, when our favorite stars movie used to release, we would go to watch them in theatre. But everything got changed in the last five months. Now, it is not the heat that is stopping us from stepping out. But it is the new… Read More
Pandemic lessons: my simple yet valuable lessons learned during the pandemic
Sometimes, it makes me wonder how quickly we adjust to a particular situation. We all want good things to happen in our lives. We want favorable circumstances. But even with some not so great conditions initially, we crib, we get upset, we get frustrated, but, somehow, we adjust. Can we give any better example than… Read More