You are the world, you are the children, you make a better day

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Children’s Day – this special day is celebrated across India on 14 November every year on the birth anniversary of the first Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru also called ‘Chacha Nehru with the aim of increasing the awareness of the rights, care and education of children.
Nehru was very fond of kids, and always opined that children should be carefully and lovingly nurtured, as they are the future of the nation and the citizens of tomorrow.

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Teenagers – Daily Dilemmas

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A mother of a teenager and an academician – a close observer of teens, their tantrums and their dilemmas – Ma, what to wear – frock or jeans, which stream to take – where to go for partying, which parlor to go to for a hair-do, which project work to embark on first… the list is endless. And they end up taking the road not taken… the other option which we don’t advice. I tell my friend, and she has the same story to tell. Teens are teens everywhere – in any and every part of the world

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Raising Responsible Kids

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Responsibility refers to the act of being accountable for one’s actions.Social responsibility refers to and obligation towards the society at large.Parents have the onus of raising not only responsible, but also socially responsible children.How to teach responsible behavior?Children learn responsibility with every act that they do – doing their homework, keeping their clothes, taking care of the little ones, etc., At a higher level, saying no to bad habits, or helping get grocery, paying bills and the like. Every little act / activity that improves them makes them responsible.Humble beginnings:Parents can give children small chores, and help them learn the art of meeting trivial responsibilities. Children can be taught responsibility starting from self-care. From small beginnings – regular practices like brushing, bathing, dressing up, doing the hair, aligning their

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On Parenting

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What’s new about it? Do we have anything to add to this perennial flow and show of love, affection and care, passing on, relentlessly through generations? Yes, parenthood has no break, no pauses – it is an incessant activity, the beauty of which lies in its ceaselessness, in its bounty, in its eternity.Ask any parent what his/her happiest moment is – pat would come the reply – “the day my bundle of joy came into my life” – the time, one becomes a parent and all other roles take a back stage. The whole world comes to a standstill – all one can hear is the first cry of one’s baby.

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