ParentsWorld January 2025

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Resolve to break 5 common bad habits this year

In our special New Year cover story, we suggest ways and means for families to quit ubiquitous bad habits and develop new healthy, life-enriching lifestyles – Kiran Balimane & Cynthia John

Traditionally the start of the globally dominant Gregorian calender New Year is the time for making new resolutions and new beginnings. People worldover […]

Good future in learning Japanese

Improved trade relations between Japan and India have created a plethora of career options for those fluent in this language

In this newly emergent global economy where cross-border networking and business alliances are becoming commonplace, and globe trotting for business and pleasure has become routine, there are excellent job opportunities for qualified multilingual professionals, including […]

Help your child gain healthy weight

Dr. Gowri Ravi Chinthalapalli

Dr. Gowri Ravi Chinthalapalli is Consultant — Child Development, Aster CMI Hospital, Bangalore

My 14-month-old son is underweight. How can I help him gain healthy weight?

— Niharika Sinha, Mumbai

It’s important for parents to provide balanced diets including nutrient-rich foods to ensure infants receive adequate calories, vitamins and minerals necessary […]

Parent shaming damages children

Frank Furedi

Frank Furedi is Emeritus Professor of sociology, University of Kent, UK

Intensive parenting has become the latest target of parent shaming. Having been instructed to constantly supervise their children, parents are now being lectured about the dangers of doing just that.

Those who “over-parent” their offspring are being denounced for producing spoiled children, […]

Rethink rewards and punishment parenting

Nikhil Gupta is the Bengaluru-based co-founder of Nurturing Souls (www.nurturingsouls.in) and a parenting coach)

Nikhil Gupta

It’s time to ponder why parents use rewards and punishments, and what impact it has on us and our children

Traditional parenting advocates using rewards and punishments as the best way to instill ‘good behaviour’ and discipline […]

Noise pollution hurts children’s health and learning

Exposure to high levels of noise causes hearing loss; stress and mental health disorders; sleep disturbances, and impairs cognitive functioning – Aruna Raghuram

In India’s crowded cities and towns, noise is omnipresent. Horns of vehicles blaring in thick traffic, sounds of machinery and drilling on construction sites, the rush of trains, trams, and aircraft, ambulance […]

Summiya Yasmeen, talks about fitness, sleep, health

Letter from Managing Editor

Invariably the New Year of all — not merely the Gregorian — calendars fill people with hope, optimism and good cheer. The air of celebration and positivity prompts people to dismiss the failures and bad times of the year past as bygones and set new lifestyle improvement goals for personal fulfilment and happiness. It’s a […]

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Parental dishonesty consequence

Your special essay ‘Do you lie to your children? Think twice’ (PW December) presents a thought-provoking analysis of the consequences of parental dishonesty. It highlights how even benign ‘white lies’ can chip away at trust between parents and children, causing behavioural problems and emotional difficulties in the latter.

This essay serves as an […]

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Post-Covid, children have become rude, says study

After the Covid pandemic, there has been a noticeable spike in classroom incivility with more students texting in class, speaking over teachers, interrupting, yelling at each other, and struggling to pay attention in class, says a new study from Brock University, Ontario (Canada).

The study highlights incremental disruptive behaviour in […]