Ep.33 Importance of learning in your mother tongue! Dr. Meenal Paranjpe ft.

Should children go to English medium schools or regional language schools where children will learn in their mother tongue? This question haunts every parent! What are the benefits of learning in your mother tongue? What is the best medium of instruction for a child in primary school and why? Let's…

Ep.32 What does education mean for you? ft. Dr. Meenal Paranjpe

Every parent is looking for a so-called “GOOD SCHOOL” for their child. Today, when a parent thinks about "which school should I put" my child in, they have many options in front of them . Decision making can be overwhelming. What criteria should they use to make a decision? Let’s ask these and more…

Ep.31 Keep updating your “parenting software”!

There is no right or wrong way to parent a child and what works in parenting differs from person to person and family to family. But there are some universal parenting principles that we cannot deny. It is important to keep updating our “parenting software” and keep it dynamic and ever-evolving. ब…

Ep. 30 Facing the Reality of Adoptive Parenting ft Dr. Meera Oke

Why is it important to share the “fact of adoption” and how to tell kids at an appropriate age that they were adopted? How can parents deal with self-doubts? Both kids and parents experience a sense of ambiguous loss in the process of adoption. How can they deal with that? These and many more quest…

Ep.29. Getting Ready to be an Adoptive Parent ft Dr. Meera Oke

What sort of preparation do prospective adoptive parents need to do? Why and how to talk about adoption with family and friends without being defensive? What it means to be totally accepting of the adoption decision before the baby comes home. Let’s answer these and some more questions with our gue…

Ep.28 Adoptive Parenthood

Adoption can be a difficult decision to make and even a harder one to carry out. People adopt for varied reasons, and why, when, how, whom to adopt and who can adopt depends on a number of factors. This week, let’s spotlight this topic as we talk to Dr.Meera Oke who is an expert on the topic. N…

Ep. 27“Desi vs Western”, and “Old Vs New”

Quite often parents are confused when parenting is happening in a culture quite different from the one they might have themselves been brought up in. In this debate over “Desi vs Western”, or “Old Vs New” , there is a need to consider the context [our own and our children’s needs, our resources, or…

Ep. 26 Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater!

Many of our traditional parenting customs have a strong scientific basis. Many customs we follow have been followed for generations sometimes blindly and so have lost the logic or scientific outlook behind them. As a part of conscious parenting our young educated parents can definitely try and revi…

Ep. 25 Striking the Balance: Indian Vs. Western Parenting ft. Dr. Sunita Kulkarni

We will not compare or judge traditional Indian parenting and western parenting practices. We will try to imbibe good things from both. Let us see in this episode how we can develop our own unique parent-child relationship by learning the mechanisms to maintain this balance of Western parenting alo…

Ep.24 Saying "I love you" To Our Kids

कभी-कभी हम माता-पिता बच्चों के प्रति अपना प्यार, शब्दों में व्यक्त करना भूल जाते हैं ।अपने बच्चों को "I love you" कहना उनके समग्र विकास के लिये बहुत आवश्यक है और इस संदेश को अपने छोटों तक पहुंचाने के लिए आप कई अलग-अलग चीजें कह सकते हैं और कर सकते हैं. आइये इस Valentine’s Day के शुभ अवसर पर आदत डाल …