When you are a parent, whether you have just become a parent or you have older children, you may have some struggles. One struggle that is common among parents is a loss of confidence. Many parents will lose confidence in themselves because they don’t feel like they know what to do with children. … [Read more...]
How to Reduce Parenting Stress in 3 Easy Steps
Do you feel as though you are constantly dealing with stress as a parent? Maybe you feel as though you just can’t catch a break and want to do something about it. Either way, now is the time for you to do something positive for yourself. If you take steps now then you should find that you are able … [Read more...]
5 Tips to Legacy Journal Like a Pro
Before we even know it, we turn around and our kid is 4. We turn around again, they’re 13. We turn around again, they have graduated high school. But what if we could hand them a journal of all of life’s most precious moments when we send them off onto their new journey? Journaling may seem like an … [Read more...]
Are You Ready to Become a New Parent?
Did you know some parents regret having children? People report they felt pressured to have kids. If you want to learn if you’re ready for parenthood, we can help. In this guide, we’ll go over important questions to ask. The questions will help you determine if you're ready to be a new … [Read more...]
Breaking Bad Habits and Encouraging Good Habits in Children
Habits, both are good and bad, are patterns of behaviour which we actively learn. By INFLUENCE and EXAMPLE, Parents can affect the habits children acquire in childhood. Whether we like it or not, we are largely creatures of habit. In many ways this is just as well, for habits are like small … [Read more...]
How Motherhood Changed Me Thrice Over!
"Love in Your Heart Was Not Meant There to Stay, Love is Not Love Until You Give it Away'!" Moms will know what I am talking about. You do not know how much love you have inside of you, until those special people arrive in your life. And when they claim more than their share of love that you are … [Read more...]
My Parenting Mantra – Respect Your Child’s Individuality
Respect is very important for me in my life. It is essential for me to give and receive respect from everyone who I truly care about. That includes my husband and my kids. And that forms the basis of my parenting mantra - Respect the individuality of your child. Parenting Mantras Parenting is … [Read more...]
5 Ways to Enjoy Your Children’s Summer Vacation
Moms are forever in two minds about their children's summer vacations. On one hand, there is a break from crazy, busy mornings when you have to send the kids off to school. But on the other hand, those few hours of peace and me-time are gone. They kids are home all day! God knows how much I love my … [Read more...]
5 Ideas to Stop Guilty Conscience Spending
Working parents often tend to make up for their absence by guilty conscience spending. They feel bad about not being able to spend more time with their kids and end up buying expensive presents for them. I can myself relate to this. It is so easy to bribe a child with a costly new toy instead of … [Read more...]
Bengaluru Mass Molestation Raises Parenting Concerns
The shock, disgust and fear that the incident triggered in me was followed by a resolve. A resolve to not only to educate my pre-teen daughter (yes, she was foremost in my thoughts) on her personal safety, but also to do my part to not contribute to the 'toxic masculinity'. Working on the cure is … [Read more...]