ParentsWorld November 2022

Motivating children to eat healthy

PW invited parents of Shiksha Valley School, Dibrugarh (Assam) to share their insights on how they persuade their children to enjoy eating vegetables and healthy food

Obesity among children and associated diseases are increasing at an alarming rate countrywide. To teach our children — Disha (class VI) and Tejas (class III) — the importance of nutritious […]

Helping children remain rooted in family culture

PW invited parents of Daly College, Indore to share insights on how they help their children remain rooted in their family’s culture

We make special efforts to weave elements of our culture into my son Advik (class V)’s daily routine by encouraging him to spend time with his grandparents and extended family members, including having meals […]

Leisure & Travel

Cultural treasures of Tuscany

A holiday destination which offers an enlightening insight into European culture, particularly of the Renaissance age, is this sunny wine-growing and cultural heart of Italy

Among the numerous hitherto exotic tourism destinations favoured by the fast-expanding middle- and upper-income groups is Tuscany, the sunny, wine-growing and cultural heart of Italy — a holiday destination which offers […]

Tarotscopes: Forecast for July 15-August 15

Tarotscopes: Forecast for November 15-December 15

Chandana Chavan is a Bangalore-based tarot card reader with over 15 years of experience and special interest in parenting. Instagram:@mystic.muse.tarot

Forecast for October 15-November 15

Aries: Knight of Cups
Offer your child the freedom to make her own choices with the belief that she will make the right decisions. Your child is entering an emotional phase and […]

Chickpea treats

Chickpeas are rich in carbohydrates, protein and fats, ideal nutrients for growing children who need energy for school and sports. Try out these chickpea treats, writes Ramiya Saktivel

Health benefits. This legume is rich in folic acid, copper, selenium, potassium, iron, zinc, phosphorus, magnesium and thiamine which boost brain health. It also contains soluble fibre, that […]

Boost your child’s stamina

Parents need to take special care to improve children’s stamina by providing a nutritious balanced diet, encouraging physical activity and carefully monitoring their BMI (body mass index), writes Kabir Mondal

With children’s daily schedules packed, if not overloaded, with school, after-school tuitions and sundry extra-curricular activities, they need plenty of energy and stamina. Parents need to […]

Turning point with peripheria

A sudden reversal of fortune in a fictional story is known as peripeteia, writes Roopa Banerjee

One has lost count of the number of times when in a film or book an unexpected event changed and/or reversed the course of a story midway. This sudden reversal of fortune in a story is known as peripeteia.

Liberally used […]

Bonfire of Greed

-Lakshmi Narayan

This is the story of a honest and hardworking maid servant who was poor and struggling. She worked in many rich homes. Many were kind to her, but there was always a thick line drawn between what she could have and what they could.

For instance, they didn’t share their party food of biryani and […]

Raise a great communicator

Nisha Daniel

Nurturing your child to love (English) language and become an effective communicator is one of the best gifts you could bestow upon her. Strong linguistic skills are an asset and the passport to success in academics, higher education and workplaces. Here are some simple tips to develop your child’s communication skills.

Watch your words

When you […]

Heart to Heart

Hello Parents! Heard enough about quality time? Forget psychologists and educationists who cry themselves hoarse about how children need quality time. If you are an average busy stressed-out parent, it will help you to learn that investing quality time in your children will benefit you just as much as them. Perhaps this is a good […]

4 useful parenting apps

The virtual world is swamped with hundreds of parenting apps providing advice, information and
support on a wide range of parenting issues, writes Cynthia John. Our Top 4 picks:

Baby Monitor 3G

This app helps parents supervise infants when they are away from home and hearth. All you need to do is place a cell phone with […]

Can my asthmatic daughter play sports?

My seven-year-old daughter suffers from asthma. Is it okay for her to play sports, especially athletics?
— Shyama Dutta, Mumbai
Children and adolescents with asthma can play sports as long as the illness is well-managed and under control.
However endurance sports should be avoided. Also skip outdoor workouts when pollen or mold counts are high […]

Men and Women have Biological Clocks

Kamlesh D. Patel, aka Daaji, is president of the Shri Ram Chandra Mission (SRCM, estb.1945) and fourth spiritual master of the mission’s patented Sahaj Marg or Heartfulness meditation system. Heartfulness meditation is practised by over 4 million people in 160 countries worldwide. Books published by SRCM have been translated into 20 languages. Through a special […]

Protecting tweens from sexual abuse

Parents need to take special care to guide, educate and protect tweens from sexual abuse and cyber bullying, write Shubhashree Karmakar & Veena Joshi

The ‘tween’ or ‘pre-teen’ phase is a bittersweet transitional period for children as they prepare to transition from childhood to adolescence. During this period they struggle to cope with onset of puberty-related […]

Importance of sleep in early childhood

It’s critical for parents to understand the importance of sufficient sleep for children’s early physical and brain development, writes Mini P.

Adequate and restful sleep is critical in early childhood as it’s during sleep that children’s bodies grow and develop. It’s during sleep that the body heals and repairs the heart and blood vessels and crucial […]

Unlocking children’s inherent creativity

There is rising awareness within government, educators and parents about the importance of equipping India’s generation next with creativity and innovation skills to enable them to succeed in the 21st century VUCA world, writes Ramiya Sakthivel, Cynthia John & Mini P.

Even if belatedly, there is rising awareness within government, educators and parents about the importance […]

Mailbox

School lunchbox recipes, please

Nutritionist Vasanthi Senthilvel’s column on foods which boost brain development in children was informative and useful (PW October). My daughter is three years old and I understand the importance of providing her the right diet to boost physical and cognitive development.

I also liked your banana recipes. My grandmother always recommended bananas with […]

Letter from managing editor

In his famous Minute on Indian Education (1835), British Raj era educationist Thomas Babington Macaulay articulated the objective of India’s then new English language education system was to fashion “a class who may be interpreters between us and the millions whom we govern” i.e, a system which would churn out obedient clerks ever-ready to serve […]

Career Focus

Certified financial planners

The financial planning profession has been rated the No.1 job in USA by Jobs America Almanac. The CFP (certified financial planner) certificate is one of most prestigious and preferred qualifications in financial planning globally, described by the Wall Street Journal as the ‘gold standard, says Ranjeet Mudholkar, principal advisor and director of the Financial Planning […]