Helping your child to make new friends

“It looks as if friends are the most important in terms of survival.” This was revealed in a research done by the Centre for Ageing Studies at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia that concluded that a network of good friends is more likely than close family relationships to increase longevity. The research in fact suggests

Memorable moments – Parents Speak Up

We Congratulate and thank Arti Sunil Bhatia, Isha Shah, Seema Saini, Shilpa Parulekar & Sinjini Unni for their entries regarding memorable moments shared with their parents. They have been chosen to get featured on our igenius blog! All of them also wins attractive igenius goodies! Do read and share your views. By Arti Sunil Bhatia:

Importance of friendship in a child's wholesome development

Ever wondered why days that celebrate relationships, be it with you father, mother, teacher or friend is important. It’s because it helps us to celebrate it, remember the person and perhaps give thanks for the cheer, love and warmth they have brought into our lives. With Friendship day around the corner (did you know it

Role of a parent in a child's life

The dictionary defines a parent as the one who begets, gives birth to, or nurtures and raises a child. But does this meaning even begin cover the different roles that you play while donning the parental hat? Probably not! Being a parent, especially in today’s fast paced world, is nothing short of having Superman-like abilities!

Peer Pressure

It exists across ages, races and time zones! Everyone goes through it! No one wants to admit that they are succumbing to it! It can make you bunk your school, buy a new car, make your wife insist on that Louis Vuitton bag! So what are we talking about here? Why, Peer Pressure of course!

Nuclear family Vs. Joint family: Parents Speak Up – III

By Jaishree Venkat: Having experienced both kinds of stays, I prefer nuclear family. I am not saying that we should not live in joint family but there are certain decisions which u would like to take for ur child, but elders may think that we are putting burden to the child but they don’t understand

Nuclear family Vs. Joint family: Parents Speak Up – II

By Preeti Jain: Joint family or a nuclear family, in India, the land of culture and unity, are well manifested in the structure of society, indeed in the smaller unit of a society i.e. family. I live in a joint family where my father in law is the head of the family. Love, care, and

Nuclear family Vs. Joint family: Parents Speak Up – I

By Ranjana Tripathi: Every child is different, and every child has a different upbringing. No two children can have the same types of growing up, even two siblings. So what does that mean? It shows it’s the environment, parent’s involvement and child’s own nature what matters in his behavior and growth. Environment should be stable,

Nuclear family vs Joint Family – A parent’s point of view

When I saw the topic of ‘the kind of family set up and its impact on raising a child’ being discussed, I couldn’t resist but to offer an opinion of my own, at first. But when I got down to actually writing about the subject, I simply couldn’t make up my mind as to which

Bringing up a child in a nuclear family versus a joint family

Ever wondered why Sooraj Barjatiya’s movies in the 90’s were the biggest rage in our country? Or why Ekta Kapoor set her Company’s cash register’s ringing all through the last decade?  There was a singular underlying theme to their success – THE BIG INDIAN JOINT FAMILY! The system of a joint family has existed in