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Mindful Coloring, Drawing for Kids: How to Practice?

November 15, 2024

Artistic activities like drawing or coloring can become mindfulness practices by focusing on the creation process—paying attention to each stroke of the pencil or crayon. This type of activity helps children...

Gratitude Practice for Kids – Powerful and Beneficial

October 1, 2024

Gratitude practice is a powerful aspect of mindfulness. Encouraging children to reflect on what they are thankful for can foster positivity, emotional well-being, and resilience. Gratitude practice doesn’t need to...

Guided Imagery Meditation for Kids- Best Calming Hack

September 29, 2024

Guided imagery meditation is one of the best calming hacks for kids. Ask me why? Imagine if your child could go on a magical journey anytime they wanted—no need to...

Mindful Eating Practices for Kids -Experience Food and Focus

September 27, 2024

Mindful eating involves paying close attention to the eating experience—focusing on the taste, texture, smell, and appearance of food. It helps children develop a deeper appreciation for their meals, encouraging...

Mindful Walking Practices for Kids – Easy, Engaging and Fun

September 25, 2024

Mindful walking is a fun and engaging practice for kids. It encourages them to focus on each step, paying attention to how their feet touch the ground and how their...

Mindful Listening Practice for Kids – Easy and Useful

September 24, 2024

Mindful listening practice involves paying close attention to sounds in the environment. Encouraging children to focus on sounds teaches them to be present and enhances their sensory awareness. This will...

Mindful Breathing Practices for Kids – Fun and Helpful

September 23, 2024

As promised we are covering some of the fun and helpful mindful breathing exercises for kids in this post. If you have not read the precursor to this post where...

Mindfulness for Kids: Techniques to Nurture Calm & Focus

September 21, 2024

Before we delve into our topic about mindfulness for kids, let us understand what the term itself means. To set the record straight, it is beneficial for anyone and everyone,...

Know the Emotional Challenges Faced by Kids – Informative

September 10, 2024

As a caregiver you must have noticed that as children grow, their emotional challenges change size, shape, features and even duration. Today's fast-paced world can make it tough for kids...

Bullying – How to Protect Children and Handle the Behavior?

June 4, 2024

Bullying is a topic that is vast and difficult to understand, identify and handle. The best we can do is guide our kids right so they do not indulge in...

Importance of Emotional Regulation and How to Nurture it

May 27, 2024

An APA article that I came across took me back to the topic of emotional regulation. It highlights the importance of teaching children how to manage their emotions effectively. It...

Attachment – Who does my Kid Love More – Mom or Dad?

May 2, 2024

Who do you love more – mom or dad? Is this not a question on attachment that we must have all heard as kids? I definitely did, almost at every...

What is Your Parenting Style? – Why is it Important?

March 5, 2024

Let us explore what might be the most effective parenting style that has been defined, well-understood and researched. Parenting is a journey that comes with its own set of challenges...

How do More Rightly Informed Parents Help Child Development?

February 5, 2024

Were we informed parents at any time? – Let us see. When I was expecting my baby, all everyone told me about was: what kind of clothes or accessories to...

How does Outdoor Time Improve Eye Development of Kids?

December 20, 2023

This is an account from COVID days about how lack of outdoor time impacted my kiddo’s eyesight. I noticed that my child was constantly blinking her eyes as if they...

What is the Most Common Parenting Mistake and How to Fix it?

November 28, 2023

What is the most common and worst parenting mistake, and how do we rectify it? A book and a video that I saw recently happened to talk about how important...

“Again!” – Toddlers Love to Repeat – Know Why

September 8, 2023

Can we say that toddlers are in the “Again” stage? Why not? Toddlers love to repeat, be it songs, books, stories, videos, jokes, games, anything that makes them feel happy...

Babies Cry More Around Moms – Why? – Moms are Important!

August 7, 2023

Ever wondered why babies cry more around moms? Does your newborn cry when you pick them up, or did they do that when they were newborns or infants? Do your...

Eating Disorders in Children & Teens 101 – How to Support?

January 12, 2023

Eating disorders (EDs) are complex medical and psychiatric illnesses that are generally characterized by an unhealthy relationship with food and/or body image. The root causes might be several though. Firstly,...

Teen Sexuality – How to Guide your Child Right?

December 8, 2022

Teen sexuality is a topic that gets spoken in hushed voices – Why? Let us get rid of this stigma right away. As a parent there is a lot you...

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children – How to Support?

November 1, 2022

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder that can happen in children and adults. It is characterized by obsessions which increase anxiety; and by compulsions which decrease anxiety temporarily. Read...

Depression in Children and Youth – Understand, Love, Support

October 11, 2022

Depression is often thought of as a health issue in adults only. Firstly, let us understand that depression is an equally prevalent issue in children also, especially adolescents. As is...

Social Anxiety in Children – Causes, Signs – Help with Love

October 4, 2022

Social anxiety in children is often misunderstood for shyness, being introverted, etc. As parents, teachers or caretakers it is very important for us to understand the causes and to spot...

Preschoolers Love Pretend Play – How do they think?

September 26, 2022

Preschool age is a time when children are learning to see and understand how things work. They are learning to think more logically. Preschoolers love pretend play. Their perspectives and...

Aggressiveness and Anger in Children – How to Manage Better?

August 24, 2022

Aggressiveness and anger in children is a rather tricky topic. We did a survey recently to understand the most common and difficult to manage issues when it comes to managing...

Infants Love to Eat Everything – Myths and Facts

July 14, 2022

Why do infants love to eat everything? A lot of myths and facts have been doing the rounds around this topic. Let us try to debug and understand some of...

Peek-a-boo, Love, Trust and Development!

July 7, 2022

There is a deep connection between peek-a-boo, love, trust and sensorimotor development. We love to play peek-a-boo with kids. We love the cute reactions, panic, surprise, rolling eyes and cuteness...

Kids’ Screen Time? – How to Control & Easy Hacks

July 4, 2022

I had to do a research on current trends among today’s children as part of the psychology course that I am pursuing. While I kept pondering about what topic to...

Children’s Mental Development and Growth –Who Can Help Best?

June 1, 2022

Children’s mental development and growth are topics that do not get discussed generally, unless there is a problem. Physical development is what takes up most of the discussion space. It...

Nurture Assertiveness in Children – for their better future

May 13, 2022

How do you nurture assertiveness in children? Firstly, let us understand assertiveness and its significance. Assertiveness is a communication skill. Like any other skill it gets better with practice. Generally...

Parenting & Self-esteem in Children: Pure Love Only Builds

April 23, 2022

Healthy self-esteem is what makes you optimistic and confident. It helps you handle pressure, have a relaxed attitude and have the desire to learn. In addition it helps you believe...

Family Planning – How to Evaluate your Readiness?

March 24, 2022

Thinking about having a child or starting family planning? Wondering what to consider, how to evaluate and decide? Please read on. Factors to Consider for Family Planning: Are you Physically...

The Impact Of Art On Child Development Is Big!

March 20, 2022

The impact of art on child development is big, yes, really very big. It does not just aid in physical and mental development, but also aids in proper expression of...

Kids Love Play Dough – this Mess Helps in Child Development

March 17, 2022

Play dough and child development have a significant connection. Let us see how. Kids love play dough. My kid loves it so much that she takes the dough that I...

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