Child Sexual Abuse - Don't ignore children's negative talk about adults around them.
Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) is more common than most people acknowledge. Contrary to common belief, both boys and girls are subject to it...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- May 4
- 2 min
How to comfort children when they have nightmares.
Whether children or adults it is possible for everyone to have nightmares. In this context we think of nightmares as bad dreams, dreams...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- May 2
- 2 min
Disciplining children is tough love
The term tough love may seem self-contradictory but it is a reality and has a place in parenting. Parents are authoritative figures in a...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- Apr 30
- 3 min
Should I send my children abroad for studies?
Some parents are extremely enthusiastic about sending their children abroad for studies. In fact, it may have become a family culture in...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- Apr 29
- 2 min
Sandwiched between two generations
The older generation, those above 65-70 are almost not answerable to anyone or at best they have to account for their behaviour only to...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- Apr 4
- 2 min
"My adult children cannot get along with each other, what do I do?"
The dream of every parent is a happy family where the spouses get along with each other and the children get along with the parents and...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- Mar 12
- 2 min
Seeking external validation is necessary for us.
“My son is 12 years old and he still seeks validation for his actions from us and friends” “My husband at 40 still asks his elder brother...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- Feb 25
- 2 min
“I thought Life Skills was only for children to learn”
At the conclusion of the course one of the participants said something very significant, “I had the belief that learning Life Skills was...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- Feb 22
- 2 min
Have you learnt this important skill - Asking for help?
There are many skills we need to learn to survive and thrive in our lives. Asking for help is a skill that is underrated. In fact many...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- Dec 6, 2022
- 2 min
Why be embarrassed by the emotions of our loved ones?
It was the gathering of relatives and halfway through it, the father got into an argument with a relative the argument became heated for...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- Oct 1, 2022
- 1 min
Adults getting frustrated with the wrong problems of children
One of the main reasons why some children do not score well in Maths is that they are poor in language skills. You might wonder what is...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- Sep 29, 2022
- 2 min
Some questions to ask children when they come from school or when you are introduced to them.
The questions we ask people when we meet them show what we give importance to in their lives. What do we value in other people’s lives?...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- Sep 24, 2022
- 2 min
Children calling elders by their first names
Some people are shocked when they hear children in some households call elders by their first names. In most homes, the parents are often...
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Sarita Talwai
- Sep 16, 2022
- 2 min
Comparisons Kill
Odious. Parents wield many weapons against their children. Sharp laced comments, insidious barbs, emotional blackmail or the deadly...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- Aug 22, 2022
- 2 min
Should parents discuss the negative aspects of their children with others?
Recently, while sitting in a cafe sipping coffee, could not help but overhear four mothers discussing their children. Three of the...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- Jul 28, 2022
- 2 min
Do children need to be ‘productive’ all the time?
“Whenever I watch Japanese Anime which I love, my mom says, I am wasting my time. She says, I should watch National Geographic and I...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- May 27, 2022
- 3 min
Protecting people we love all the time or teaching them to protect themselves?
“I don’t want to take cash, can you transfer the money online to my account?” I asked a friend recently. “I will ask my dad to do it,”...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- May 19, 2022
- 2 min
Rote learning is not child abuse
Rote learning is getting a lot of bad press these days. Many schools and institutions advertise, ‘No rote learning’ without really...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- May 18, 2022
- 4 min
Daily arguments over fans/lights switched on in empty rooms
Disproportionate responses to people’s behaviour around us cause a lot of unpleasantness. When we are on the other side don’t we feel for...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
- May 17, 2022
- 2 min
Board Games - Bonding Better with Family Members
There is a saying, Families that eat together stay together. In many families, although sadly on the decline, eating together one time a...
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