The whole thing triggered about a couple of months back when we took my daughter for shopping. We finalized a nice yoga pants for her, the only thing was to try it on her. So I took her hand and accompanied her to a changing …
(This blog was first published at my parenting blog at MyCity4Kids) The day my daughter was born, the comparison started. Her forehead was compared to my husband; her nose was compared to mine. As time passed by, her activities were scrutinized and were connected with …
There were a lot of events that led up to this project. Teachers’ Day is around the corner, so Little B wanted to make something for her darling teacher at school. I was toying with the idea of making handmade business cards for myself. And …
This is about the time when I really really really wanted Little B to learn skating but I didn’t have a clue about it myself. I tried so very hard to put her in a skating class, but just couldn’t find any near my place. …
Children’s storybooks have always intrigued me. They’ll have merely 50 words, merely 10 pages and will be based on merely one simple idea. And yet. Just read Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. When I read it to Little B she enjoys it …
Reblogged from I Don’t Like Teaching Moral Lessons, There I Said It at MyCity4Kids.com. I hate teaching any sort of moral lesson to my daughter. I absolutely don’t see any purpose that moral lessons can serve in the life of a 4-year-old child. My problem …
Do insects repel you? Well, see A Bug’s Life and you will change your mind. My daughter has already fallen in love with them. She finds them beautiful. Being just 4 years old, she doesn’t yet get the feeling of yuck or disgust that we grownups …
I was a science student and yet science never excited me. I did not care what is reacting or what is transforming, for me it was all ‘school work’ and nothing more. However, ever since Little B has started tugging me with her constant “why,” …
Wonder why kids want to buy so many toys? It is not because they just want to hoard stuff. It is because they genuinely like a lot of things. Don’t tell them “you already have this at home” because for them a red rocket is …
We all know how much children like collecting trash! Well, do you know this trash collection can be a great way to teach them to love mother nature!