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India’s New Adoption Laws: What They Mean For Adoptive Families

Jun 25th, 2010

India’s New Adoption Laws: What They Mean For Adoptive Families

Adopting Indian couples and their children will hopefully never have to contend with archaic laws again. Ever since the Centre amended one of our most archaic laws, non-Hindu parents will no longer be just guardians and can claim full parenthood. What does this new ruling mean to the adoptive families?

Raising Kids: Don’t Be An Overprotective Parent

Jun 24th, 2010

Raising Kids: Don’t Be An Overprotective Parent

Life is a continuous chain of experiences - some good, some bad, but all help us live a more educated and productive life. Being protective of your children and their safety is important, but children of overprotective parents often wind up missing out on life’s most important experiences and become a misfit in society.

Parenting Without Stress: 5 Tips For Parents

Jun 24th, 2010

Parenting Without Stress: 5 Tips For Parents

We all want to be good parents. We want the best our children, but we also want the parenting experience to be a fulfilling one for us. Here are a few handy tips that will make the role of parenting an exciting one that fills you with enthusiasm and anticipation rather than with dread.

How To Find Gold In Boring Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Meetings

Jun 23rd, 2010

How To Find Gold In Boring Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Meetings

Most parents have no or next to no contact with their child’s teachers, and have no real clue of their child’s school life. Your kid needs a home atmosphere suitable for furthering what he or she has learned at school. PTA meetings are all about giving parents a way of becoming involved in their child’s school activities.

‘My Kid Won’t Get Out of Bed’: Stop the Morning Madness Now

Jun 23rd, 2010

‘My Kid Won’t Get Out of Bed’: Stop the Morning Madness Now

As long as you take responsibility for getting your child out of bed, they will let you do it. In order to create less dramatic mornings, you have to let your child experience the consequences of not getting themselves up and out the door.

Imagery For Kids™: 8 Powerful Healing Tools

Jun 22nd, 2010

Imagery For Kids™: 8 Powerful Healing Tools

In my therapeutic practice with children over the past 25 years, I have found that many of the answers to life's challenges lie within each child - that children can create pictures from their mind's eye to heal their troubles. Through learning and practicing visualization, kids can develop emotional self-care skills to help themselves with a variety of everyday, practical concerns.

Interview With Gopika Kapoor, Author Of Spiritual Parenting

Jun 22nd, 2010

Interview With Gopika Kapoor, Author Of Spiritual Parenting

Do our ancient Indian scriptures have the solutions to the issues facing Indian parents and their kids today? We caught up with Gopika Kapoor, author of Spiritual Parenting, and interviewed her about her book, which is largely based on the principles in spiritual literature like the Bhagwad Geeta. She explains to us how Indian parents can apply these teachings to raise children in these challenging times.

Child Behavior Modification: Rules For Parents

Jun 21st, 2010

Child Behavior Modification: Rules For Parents

Parents are no stranger to unruly behavior, tantrums, defiant behavior conduct disorder or even attention deficit disorder in their children. All of these can cause problems in dealing with your child. But, more often than not, parents can themselves help modify their child's behavior just by following a few simple rules.

Spiritual Parenting By Gopika Kapoor (Excerpt)

Jun 21st, 2010

Spiritual Parenting By Gopika Kapoor (Excerpt)

Maybe we need to redefine our idea of perfect by moving away from the ideal of the super-achieving kid to the idea of the perfect child being the one we’ve got, or rather been blessed with. So what if she doesn’t come home with great grades? To love your child and, more importantly, accept her as she is, and love her more because of who she is, is to truly nurture and nourish.