Episodes

  • Raise the praise?
    Dec 15 2023

    It’s so lovely to praise our kids when they do something. But how often have we stopped to think that overpraise may be doing more harm than good! Sometimes we feel that the problem is we don’t praise our kids enough. But it might surprise you to know that the bigger problem really isn’t lack of praise but overpraising!

    Is there a right way to praise?

    Hop on to my musings to get you thinking about – when praising my kids, is there a line to draw? A better way to do it?

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    22 mins
  • Kids . . . They are all ears!
    Dec 8 2023

    We often talk to our friends or family about our kids - praising them or discuss their shortcomings. It’s great to get advise or perspective and all these trusted people are a great board to bounce our thoughts on. But how aware are we of how much is being heard by our kids? And more importantly, what the repercussions are on their personality?

    Simple, innocuous statements like - she’s just like her father, always forgetting things OR I can always count on him to eat his food the fastest - has a bearing on their behaviour. In fact, they could even start behaving in the manner that you’ve described them - only after hearing you! Are we aware of this?

    Hop on to my musings to get you thinking about - we should be careful about what we say for our kids are all ears!

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    18 mins
  • Failure . . . your best friend?
    Dec 1 2023

    We all prep and push our kids on the right path to success but how often do we prep our kids for failure. How cognisant are we that to get to success we must firmly tread on the road of failure? A very common mistake made by us parents is to shield our kids from failure or blame other factors for their failure.


    Change your mindset and approach towards failure - make it the green light instead of the perceived red light - to ensure that our kids are ready for all the challenges of tomorrow


    Hop on to my musings to get you thinking about - is befriending failure the right path to success?!

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    23 mins
  • Taste failure . . but with sincerity!
    Nov 24 2023

    Talking with my 11 year helped me getter better perspective on how I’m stressing him out and how I can change for the better! Of course, as always, it’s great to be privy to his thought process, logic and approach to failure and success!


    While I maintain that failure is not bad at all, I also maintain that it’s important to have approached the task with a 100% sincerity and giving your all. Only then can you learn from what went wrong and can you take the next step towards your eventual goal and success


    Hop on to my musings to get you thinking about - is failing with sincerity a great thing?!

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    21 mins
  • Let them fail . . . to succeed!
    Nov 17 2023

    What started as getting perspective from my 16 year old, in the midst of her 10th grade board exams, turned into a very interesting and insightful session for the both of us - on her fears of failure and her approach to things in life

    Do we prep our kids for failure? Or are we always hovering and managing their lives as parents worried about their future?? Here’s my thought - failure breeds success - but only if our kids have the right attitude when they fail. And how do they get that - only if they are allowed to fail!


    Hop on to my musings to get you thinking about - is failure the right path to success?!

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    21 mins
  • Screen time - Have we met our nemesis?!
    Nov 10 2023

    Restricting or putting checks on our kids screen time may win us a battle or 2 but ultimately, I assure you, you will not win the war!! It’s in their DNA to figure out workarounds and to get what they want from a screen, even after you’ve put all the locks in place . . .

    So do we embrace this monster? Is it even a monster or a god sent? A beautiful nemesis for us parents!?


    Hop on to my musings on with my 16 yr. old and her thoughts about it along with finding out what finally got my wife speechless!!

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    23 mins
  • Screen time - For better or worse?!
    Nov 3 2023

    We can see my 11 yr old on the screen and the way it has piqued his curiosity and the number of new things he’s developed an interest in . . . yet . . . with too much time on the screen he becomes cranky, personality changes and he robotically starts ignoring everything else!

    So is the screen good? Or is it bad? How can we master the balancing act?!!


    Hop on to my musings on with my 11 yr. old and his thoughts about it

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    22 mins
  • Family time - Are you getting enough?
    Mar 19 2023

    Holidays, dinners or just sitting in a room with your kids - does just the act of doing this qualify as ‘family time’?

    Very often you might notice a family out for dinner, faces immersed in their cell phones. Yes, family time but is it really? Would you give more importance to quality or quantity? And how can we increase both the quotients?

    Hop on to my musings to get some insights into what I do and more importantly, what my kids opinion are about it!

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