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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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