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आपण खरंच आनंदी आहोत का …??
आनंद हा एक प्रवास आहे, गंतव्यस्थान (लक्ष्य) नाही!! आपल्याला सगळ्यांनाच आनंदी राहायचं असतं आणि म्हणून आपण सतत आनंद शोधत असतो. कधी कधी आपल्याला आपला आनंद सापडतो देखील पण बरेचदा हा खूप कमी वेळ टिकतो आणि मग पुन्हा आपण त्याच आनंदाच्या शोधात अस्वस्थ राहतो. खरं तर आनंद हा खूप व्यक्तीसापेक्ष अनुभव आहे, म्हणजे नेमका कशातून आनंद…
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सरसकट लेबल..!!
“समजून घेण्यापेक्षा लेबल लावणे नेहमीच सोपे असते.” शीर्षक वाचून गडबडलात ना?? म्हणजे ही काय इंग्रजी-मराठी ची खिचडी असं नक्कीच वाटलं असेल. पण इथे लेबल हा शब्द खरंच मी इंग्रजी अर्थानेच वापरला आहे. म्हणजे शाळेत असताना कसं आपण नवीन पुस्तक-वह्यांना कवर घालून त्यावर आपले नाव, वर्ग इत्यादि माहिती असणारे लेबल लावत असू, तसंच आजकाल आपण आपल्या…
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Lifestyle Priorities of Parents: How it affects their children?
“Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations.“ Alfed Adler We, as human beings react to different situations in our life in different ways. These reactions either in the form of thoughts, decisions or behaviors sometimes result in forming a pattern. This pattern is what Jane…
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Encouragement: An effective tool!!
A child needs your love most when he deserves it least!! As we have already discussed in the previous blog post “Why do children misbehave?“, the misbehavior of children is a way of expressing their need to belong. They feel discouraged and are craving for belongingness and significance. Therefore, to redirect the misbehavior to a…
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Finding the Solutions!!
You are either part of the solution, or you are part of the problem!! In the last post, we have already discussed about the reasons behind the misbehavior of children. Taking into consideration, the mistaken beliefs behind the misbehaving child, we can try to find solutions to deal with the misbehavior. Many parents talk about…
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Why do children misbehave?
A misbehaving child is a discouraged child. Rudolf Dreikurs. We, as parents, teachers or adults always complain about the misbehavior of children, be it throwing tantrums, being aggressive, lying, answering back, bullying, attention-seeking, etc. We often don’t understand the reasons behind such behavior and therefore loose our cool as a response to any tantrum thrown…
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Concepts of Positive Discipline
Discipline is helping a child solve a problem; punishment is making a child suffer for having a problem. L.R. Knost In the last post, we discussed some of the major changes that happened in the society and influenced our as well as our children’s lives. In addition to this, one more important factor is the…
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A brief introduction to the changed scenario!!
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new!! Socrates Most of the times, we feel frustrated with our children for not being the “good kids” like the old days (which we think, we were during our childhood). I mean, did we dare…
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The ‘Positive Discipline’ Approach to Parenting
Children do better when they feel better! Jane Nelsen In the last post, I had discussed what exactly it means to learn parenting and why there is a need to learn parenting in this age. This post is in continuation to the same topic. As I am really interested in learning about the growth and…
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आपल्याला पालकत्व “शिकण्याची” खरोखर गरज आहे का??
स्वतःवर विश्वास ठेवणाऱ्या प्रत्येक मुलाच्या मागे एक पालक असतो ज्यांनी प्रथम त्यांच्या मुलावर विश्वास ठेवला असतो. अतिरेकी माहितीच्या या युगात जिथे आपण दररोज काय खावे, काय घालावे, कसे वागावे या सर्व गोष्टींबद्दल भरपूर माहितीचा सतत भडिमार होत असतो, तेथे त्या पैलूंबद्दल देखील आपण बहुतेकदा गोंधळलेले असतो जे अन्यथा आपल्याला खूप नैसर्गिक आणि क्षुल्लक वाटतात. पालकत्व…