Now that the summer time is officially over, it’s time for your child to get back with the school life and studying. But this could be difficult, especially if you had cut slack to your children during vacations. It’s not that simple but it’s totally worth it. it’s your job to guide your child to […]
Maybe it’s time that we talk about the real, updated facts and don’t rely on the older ones that tell us to sleep for 8 hours at least. The reality is: sleep is a very subjective phenomenon—it’s rather genetic. So if you can get away through the entire day with just a few hours of […]
Social media has always been one challenging platform for the parents to tackle. A decade ago, parents biggest challenge was to deal with their kids’ gaming spree that could go all day long. But now, it’s different, it’s social media in place of games, and the risks are even more. Social media networks all our […]
Pokemon Go has taken the internet by storm with it’s little monsters and lots of hunting. Though, it’s not the only app that has become such a big hit since we have seen smartphones, but there has been a few major difference in the success of Pokemon Go, and the rest. For starters, Pokemon Go […]
Earlier this year, something very tragic happened when Tovanna Holton, a 15-year old girl took her own life, because some bullies shared a nude video of her through Snapchat. Not long before Holton passed away, she talked to her mother about the video and how one of her friends posted it on the social media. […]
Teenage is a tough time for our kids. It’s a time when they are finding conformity in everything that they come across. And if there is something that threatens their status quo, bullies and harassers are created. It’s one way for the teens to gain confidence and strength by intimidating other around them. Bullying is […]
Search your own childhood memories and you will come across incidents at school where you or someone you knew was either bullied or bullied someone else, it was a bad thing and it is common and it still is, except the venue has changed. Although, cases of bullying still occur but are somewhat restricted due […]
Recently, I have had a conversation with parents who were complaining about their kids’ inability to control/regulate emotions, to adapt and be flexible to any change of plans on their request. Some teens simply get overwhelmed under such circumstance, while others may burst into tantrums, arguments and and absolute resentment and disagreement. When you do […]
One very important and contemporaneous issue of this time and age is teens getting comfortable with social media to meet and date new people, and eventually putting themselves in danger, inadvertently. Online dating and friendships aren’t that cool, and safe, as kid may presume apparently. This doesn’t only encourage teens to move into short-term relationships, […]
It’s not strange if our kids lie to us, after all, every one of us does, at least, in some way tell a lie. However, the intensity and repercussions of lies differ. As a parent, we may have told our toddler kids that “Uncle Freddy is watching you”, to encourage them to sleep, or how […]