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Remember Roger Bannister and the 4-minute mile?

“Experts” used to believe that running a mile in under 4 minutes was impossible. No one had ever done it before, doctors thought the human body couldn’t sustain that level of strain, and it was kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy. People believed it was impossible and therefore it was impossible. Imagine being told that your […]

Uncomfortable feelings

What happens when we face uncomfortable feelings like sadness, anger, or dislike? What happens when we see our loved ones facing these uncomfortable feelings? What happens when we think that their uncomfortable feelings are so trivial? It is a common scenario for parents and all these things are intermingled in any simple incident of parenting […]

Revisiting Parenting Paradigm

Nothing else can explain messed up teenagers ,stressed adults better. I use to wonder as why/how do I choose my reactions to my child’s acting out ! Well , it seems to be deep embodiment of childhood conditioning ,extrapolated by social and institutional conditioning . Of all the conditioning ,a child has to go through […]

ART to ponder

Points to ponder Why do we parents enroll children in drawing classes? “He loves to draw and paint and wanted to join.” “She is good in drawing, so to enhance her skills”. “He was sitting idle at home, watching TV , at least learn something” “He loved one class and wants to continue” “She brings […]

BEAUTIFUL BURGER

“Look at my drawing “beamed my friend’s 5 year old girl, holding colored picture of burger with lettuce and tomatoes shapes and colors. Instant reaction to that good-looking burger was “wow “and I knew we have another masterpiece going on fridge. It’s not that her painting wasn’t amazing or I doubt her skill or potential, […]

WONDERING ……….

What happens in parenting ,which shifts our love for child’s learning to our fear of his future, fear generated by comparison . Where does this shift happens when the child and parent ,their love and connection for each other is same . When does the connection shifts to fear of our child will be left […]