Tag: #parentchildrelationship

• The Teenage Brain: What’s going on in there??

  “The scariest part of raising teenagers is remembering the stupid things you did as a teenager.” From invading my privacy to guarding his own, from asking for my opinion on silly things to declaring, “oh Mom, you won’t understand…!!”, from being perfectly predictable to throwing completely unpredictable tantrums……. You guessed it right!! I am mom…

  Manasi Sardesai

  August 17, 2026

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  #adolescentbrain, #adolescentparenting, #happyparenthappychild, #happyparenting, #neuroplasticity, #parentchildrelationship, #parenting, #psychology, #teenageparenting, mental-health, mindfulness, neuroscience

• 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

• 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

• 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…

  Manasi Sardesai

  September 11, 2025

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  #emotions, #happiness, #happyparenthappychild, #parentchildrelationship, #parenting, #positivediscipline, #psychology, children, family

• Do we really need to “learn” parenting??

  Behind every child who believes in themselves is a parent who believed in them first!! In this age of information overload where we are everyday bombarded with lots of information about everything right from what to eat, what to wear, how to behave, so on and so forth, we are mostly confused about even those…

  Manasi Sardesai

  August 16, 2025

  #parenting

  #awareness, #emotions, #happyparenting, #parentchildrelationship, #parenting, #psychology, children, family, life, mental-health