Category Archives: Parenting
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
Technology: helping kids in using the technology wisely during the lockdown
With this letter, the word PARENT comes to an end. From the lockdown perspective, which is the theme behind this series, I can think of only one word starting with T : Technology. Recently, I wrote a post on online learning. In that, I have pointed out the benefits of online certifications and how you… Read More
Noticing them or being noticed by them..It is a part of parenting
I have been thinking about what to write for letter N., But then my daughter came in and wanted to show me something. She was expecting my 100% attention. She wanted me to notice what she was doing. And while seeing her, I noticed her change of expressions. There I got it. N for Noticing.… Read More