Have you ever looked at your children’s play lives and exclaim how your play was so different from their play? The places you explored, the time you spent playing, the people you played with, the materials you played with and what you played is so different from how your children experience play. And therefore life. Deep down as intelligent and sensitive human beings, we all long to recreate the carefreeness and the freedom of our childhood for our children. Modernity and now the lockdowns have impacted our lifestyles in a way that it seems impossible to take our children to

When you see your child fall, it’s near impossible to keep sitting and not move at all. The gush of worry and pain within the caregiver is real, too. Even if it’s a fall that’s not that bad. We could keep a few things in mind when that happens though. It’s not your fault. Relax. The usual first response is usually of guilt. Maybe you were talking to another parent in the park when your child fell. Maybe you were on a phone call with a friend. Maybe you were just browsing on Amazon. The fall of your child is

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] As parents, we do have an innate sense of what our child’s needs are, at any point in time and it’s a matter of merely tuning into that connection that exists. If we can centre ourselves emotionally any time we want, sure, we would need no external help. It’s not impossible. It’s just incredibly hard. The way life in modernity has been set up; rarely do we experience the luxury of not being overburdened with occupations (home or work related) especially with a newborn or a toddler in the house. What can a

We all know what’s best for us. All we need is appropriate information in the appropriate context. Doesn’t mean that we always end up doing or thinking what’s best for us or our babies. Doesn’t mean that we have no problems or struggles. It means if we decide to calm down, slow down and really look within ourselves; we always hear a voice that has the best solution to any of our ‘problems’. Let’s see this through an example. An expert on breastfeeding may say that: Breast milk is the only milk that should be given to a baby. And

One of the ingredients of a successful, enriching relationship is respect. A lot of that respect in that relationship is felt by the way we communicate with one another. Your relationship with your child (including new-borns, infants, toddlers and grown children) is thankfully, no exception to this. This is another of the aspects of Respectful Parenting as coined by Magda Gerber and brought to us by Janet Lansbury. At the heart of this approach the child is regarded as a Whole Human Being with needs and potential exactly the same as all other fellow human beings of various age groups. Here are some tips to make your communication