ParentsWorld October 2022

Encouraging children to bond with extended family

PW invited parents of The Emerald Heights International School, Indore to share their insights on how they encourage their children to bond with extended family members

Our daughter Radhika (class XII) is the first grandchild of the family and is particularly fond of her grandparents and paternal aunt. 2021 was a crucial year for her as […]

Tarotscopes: Forecast for July 15-August 15

Tarotscopes: Forecast for October 15-November 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: 5 of swords
Your child may be cracking under pressure. Give her moral support and boost her confidence. If she is preparing for competitive exams, she is likely to fare well. […]

Exchange words with hypallage

A hypallage is a figure of speech in which the syntactic relationship between two words is interchanged, resulting in unspoken personification of an inanimate or abstract noun, writes Roopa Banerjee

Every time you are wished ‘Good Morning,’ you are hearing a hypallage. A morning has no feelings, good or bad, but it is you who says […]

Short Story: Broken wings

Lakshmi Narayan

There was once an angel, beautiful beyond compare, with teeth like white marble, hair like black coal, eyes a deerlike amber, skin the colour of honey and wings of shimmering gold. She was so wondrous to behold that all who saw her fell in love with her.

Then one day, she fell down from the […]

Five international dishes to try

Restaurants serving multinational cuisine are sprouting countrywide. They help your family savour foreign delicacies in your own city. It’s a good way to wean kids off junk food and fast food joints. Here are international cuisines you could try at home, writes Anitha Bennet

Fajita
A Fajita is a staple of Mexican menus. Typically it consists […]

Reaching out to teach

Annie Besant Jon

Do you know a child who wants to learn but can’t afford school? Or a child who has a hard time doing her homework because her parents are illiterate? Your family could help such children! It’s a good way to teach your children the joy of helping others.

Helping an underprivileged child to learn […]

Heart to Heart

Cynthia John

Hello Parents!
I recently met a mother who is waging regular battles with her daughter. Her 14-year old daughter wants to go out with friends, hang out at malls and visit friends, like most teenagers.

But given the deteriorating law and order situation countrywide, her parents refuse to allow her to go anywhere unaccompanied. Her […]

Transform your parenting style

PW recommends three books to enable parents to upgrade their parenting style to bring out the best in children, writes Poornima Dilip

Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting (The Peaceful Parent Series)
By Dr. Laura Markham | Publisher: Tarcher Perigee | Price: Rs.899

Is it possible to parent without yelling, punishing or […]

Infants develop sense of taste in utero

Infants develop sense of taste in utero

What pregnant women consume influences babies’ taste preferences after birth and potentially have implications for establishing healthy eating habits, says a study published in Psychological Science (September).

Researchers of Durham University’s Fetal and Neonatal Research Lab, UK, examined 4D ultrasound scans of 100 pregnant women to draw inferences on how […]

Letter from managing editor

The ever expanding menu of after-school tuitions, co-curricular and sports education programmes available to children can be too much of a good thing. Although it presents 21st century children with unprecedented opportunities to learn new skills which could transform into Plan B careers, it often prompts FOMO (fear of missing out) parents to sign them […]

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Suggest educative apps
Thank you for a very informative essay on why parents should focus on ‘screen quality’ instead of ‘screen time’.
Technology is here to stay. We cannot deny its presence. Our children depend on technology for completion of their schoolwork. Therefore, we must encourage them to access digital content which is informative, also […]

Helping children cope in new environments

PW invited parents of JBCN International School, Oshiwara, Mumbai to share insights on how they help children feel confident in a new setting

Born in 2020 when the global pandemic hit India, my daughter Sophia (pre nursery) barely interacted with the outside world until she was two years old. Over time, she started meeting new people […]

Child anger management issues

My seven-year-old son has anger management issues. Sometimes when he is very angry, he bangs his head against walls. Please help!
— Sheela Roy, Chennai
You need to ascertain the root causes of your son’s anger. Does he get frustrated when his demands are not met? Is he imitating or role modelling adult behaviour? Is […]

Private equity professionals

Contrary to conventional wisdom, venture capital firms aren’t run by wealthy financiers who magnanimously fund start-ups, but by professionals who study, analyse and assess capital mobilisation proposals submitted by entrepreneurs

If you believe you have the ability to spot a good business opportunity and aspire to fund the dreams of entrepreneurs who can create jobs and […]

My daughter is unable to sleep at night. Help!

Dr. Akash Paul

My eight-year-old daughter is unable to sleep for long hours at night. How can I improve her sleep?
— Smita Dasgupta, Bengaluru

To improve her sleep, you need to restrict strenuous physical activity one-two hours before bedtime, and stop her consumption of caffeine and aerated sugary drinks. Also limit television watching, playing video games […]

How parents’ internet addiction can fuel their children’s & what to do about it

Teenagers are often accused of being addicted to their mobile devices, but new research shows they’re often just modelling their parents’ behaviour.

Of course, we all use digital devices for work, for fun, and for socialising – but too much screen time can be harmful. There is such a thing as “digital addiction” and it’s characterised […]

10 foods to boost children’s brain development

Vasanthi Senthilvel

According to latest neuroscience research, 90 percent of a child’s brain develops by age five. At birth, a newborn’s brain is about one-quarter the size of that of an adult. By age three, it grows to about 80 percent and by five years, it is 90 percent of adult size.

This rapid brain development in […]

Leisure & Travel

Odisha: Where Emperor Ashoka once converted and reigned

Contemporary Odisha offers visitors nature in all its glory with beaches, rivers, waterfalls, hills, forests and tribal life plus a rich tradition of architecture, monuments and sculptural art

Odisha (formerly Orissa) is most well known for being the epicentre of the ancient Kingdom of Kalinga. Emperor Ashoka, king of Magadh, invaded Kalinga in 261 BCE and […]

Don’t overload children with co-curricular activities

While it is the obligation of parents to discover and enable children’s multiple intelligences, they also have a duty of care to ensure that children don’t experience stress and anxiety while managing crammed schedules of co-curricular and sports activities, writes Ramiya Sakthivel, Cynthia John & Mini P.

The maximum learning loss that children experienced during the […]

It’s ‘Come September’ at DPS Mihan

September’s birth flower is the charming ‘Forget-me-not’, and DPS Mihan has carved out a ‘Forget-me-not’ month, this September. The month has been full of activities, of application, accomplishments, and accolades.

Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.

— GK Chesterton

The juggernaut of activities commenced with Nutrition Week to ‘Celebrate a […]