Do you “keep tabs” on each of your children? Does keeping information about your children sound a bit aloof? Is it about trust or giving a child a safe framework to navigate? When parents tell me that I want to trust my child and give him full control of his screen. And when the same […]
Do you remember the last meaningful one-to-one conversation ?
Let me ask you: Do you retrieve your child’ latest report card details? If yes, then how does it compare to the one before or was it you comparing with someone else’s report card? What was your child’s sentiments about the report card, what was his foremost concern? Remember the last meaningful one-to-one conversation you […]
What’s the worst thing that could happen?
We, parents, are a pro in visualization of the worst possible thing that could happen to our children and we do it with tons of worrying, anxiety, and fear attached to it. Almost every parent worries, to the extent of fear, about the future of their child and gets embroiled in negative visualization where a […]
How not to condition yourself with ” SHOULD & HAVE TO” ?
Have you ever felt the “SHOULD’S & HAVE TO” Syndrome? I should do it this way. I should always answer, right. I should be smart. I should not make a fool of myself by asking. You have to do it, that’s the only way. A large part of our critical self-talk, which emerges from this […]
How to gift positive self -belief to your child
Do you decide how much your child should eat, sleep, play, or study? If your child chooses a dress for a party – do you override her decision – especially with “I say so, or I know more than you “. A typical scene in a restaurant is when the child is asked what will […]
How To Know Your Emotions Better
Every emotion we feel is because of the thought we have. Emotions then trigger action and behavior. You can’t feel angry without a thought attached to the incident (which is neutral). It is always a thought attached and which thought is assigned to which incident is coming from our belief system and conditioning. It is […]
How not to be an outdated PARENT ?
Are you an updated or outdated PARENT? We, parents, struggle to keep up to our child’s thought process, especially during their tweens and teenage years. Partly because of the internet, screen time, friends, academics take over. And more so ever their hormonal changes take over, and we find it challenging to find time and context […]
How to strengthen trust with your teenager ,so they share emotions with you
“He doesn’t share with me .If he would have shared , we would have helped him out. We have been so open and free with him and have never put any pressure or restriction on him , then why is he not sharing with us “-Parents asked me during session with their teenager. Teenager has […]
How to imbibe success skill of ideation in your child
Meet Sara, a academically brilliant student ,takes pride in her work and her results and achievements ,makes her parents proud. Her achievements left no doubt of her success in future . But when Sara was asked in our CREATIVITY workshop ,to design and create new water bottle and give 10 ideas to start with , […]
How unmotivated teenager bloomed to confident high-school graduate?
“We did it “an excited voice on the phone of the father of a teenager echoed in my ears. She has scored brilliantly in her high school final exams, got accepted to all 5 colleges of her choice and the whole family was feeling so proud. CO-CREATION OF EMOTIONAL MESS I still remember the first […]