Q & A with Principal

Question 1: Romika Wadehra Please explain that without creating any pressure on the child, how can we make the child understand the importance of the loss of marks due to sheer carelessness in exams? Carelessness in exams can become a habit and children do not grow out of it unless a conscious effort is made

Helping children prepare for Examinations

Exams! The word as defined by the dictionary means “an important test of your knowledge, especially one that you take at school or university.” But ask any child or for that matter even a parent what it means, and the answer will probably translate to ‘unparalleled stress!’ While examinations maybe meant for the sake of

Tackle the difficulties of parenting teenagers!

I keep meeting parents and teachers regularly who have to deal with teenagers on a daily basis and I feel that they don’t do justice to them as they all become so judgmental about their actions. They ill-treat the teenagers and at times I am shocked to see their reactions to a normal teenage outburst or an argument. They simply

Patriotic Kids of Today

I wish to begin this blog by relating an incident that took place last year on the 14th of August. An incident that made me feel like a proud mother. My 5 year old son was working on a school craft project in which he had created the national flag with vegetable prints. As soon

Encouraging sports and recognizing potential

Over the last week we have had discussions on how sports is extremely important in a child’s overall development and how parents can help strike a balance between sports, academics and other aspects of a child’s life. We are sure that if we did a vote by raise of hands, each of you would raise

Happy Rakshabandhan

I woke up to my morning cup of coffee and had just settled down to read the papers, when my 3 year old son jumped out of bed like a jack in the box, screaming, “Mama is it time yet?” You see, he had been excited the whole week to receive a gift for the

Memorable moments shared with your parents or why being a parent is so special to you – Parents Speak Up

Heartiest congratulations to Savita Mokashi, Amita Sharda, Sandhi Sharma Sandhir (Ajay Sandhir), Sagarika Sadhukhan, Pauru Vaid, Jaishree Gurnani, Romika Wadehra. Their comments on the topic – ‘Memorable moments shared with your parents or why being a parent is so special to you’ have been selected as the best comments to get featured on our blog.

How to become friends with my child

My daughter, all of 10 years old, had always been the little angel every parent dreams of. Always ranking top in her class, obedient to the bone, keeping us abreast with everything that was going on in her life, and for that matter, even her friend’s life. It was perfect, that is, until recently! Off

Igenius Father’s Day Winners

Heartiest congratulations to Nivedita Rana, Khushboo Agarwal, Bhupinder Dhillon, Vandana Parashar, Aparna Thakur, Smitha Pai, Vineet Banthia, Payal Saha, Samita Sood and Niti Gupta Mehrotra. Their comments on the topic – ‘My Dad! My World!’ have been selected as the best comments to get featured on our blog. We request them to please mail us

Innovative Recycling Ideas – Parents Speak Up

Heartiest congratulations to Sonia Sodah, Nila Murali and Hitesh Harigovind for winning igenius goodies contest. Their comments on the topic – ‘Innovative recycling ideas for children’ got the maximum number of likes during the contest duration. We request them to please mail us their complete postal address to connect@igenius.org so that the attractive igenius goodies