Tag: #happychildrenhappyparents

• Bursting the Myth of the Perfect Parent: Let’s be good enough!!

  There is no way to be a perfect parent, yet many ways to be a good one!! We all have been in situations of emotional meltdown numerous times during our parental journey. Be it an intense reaction to a silly tantrum of our toddler or a heated argument with our teenager over breaking the boundaries,…

  Manasi Sardesai

  July 30, 2026

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  #goodenoughparent, #happiness, #happychildrenhappyparents, #parenting, #perfectparentmyth, children, family, life, mental-health

• 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…

  Manasi Sardesai

  December 28, 2025

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  #happychildrenhappyparents, #lifestylepriorities, #parenting, #positivediscipline, family

• 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…

  Manasi Sardesai

  November 4, 2025

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  #emotions, #happiness, #happychildrenhappyparents, #parentchildrelationship, #parenting, #parentingstyles, #peacefulmind, #positivediscipline, #positiveparenting, #psychology, children, family

• 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…

  Manasi Sardesai

  October 8, 2025

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  #everydaystruggles, #happychildrenhappyparents, #parenting, #peacefulmind, #positivediscipline, #positiveparenting, #problemsolving, family

• 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…

  Manasi Sardesai

  September 25, 2025

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  #childpsychology, #happiness, #happychildrenhappyparents, #happyparenting, #misbehavior, #parenting, #psychology, children, family

• 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…

  Manasi Sardesai

  September 17, 2025

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  #happiness, #happychildrenhappyparents, #parentchildrelationship, #parenting, #positivediscipline, children, discipline, family

• 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…

  Manasi Sardesai

  September 5, 2025

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  #emotions, #happychildrenhappyparents, #healthymind, #parenting, #parentingstyles, #positivediscipline, #psychology, children, family, mental-health