Tag: #parenting

• 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

  #parenting

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

• 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

  #parenting

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

• आपल्या मुलांना आपण काय द्यायला हवे??

  “मी नेहमीच शिकायला तयार असतो, पण मला नेहमी शिकवलेले आवडत नाही.” विस्टन चर्चिल आजकाल मूल जन्माला येतं त्या क्षणापासूनच खरं तर आपण त्याला/तिला काही न काही देत असतो. अर्थात, आपल्या मुलांना सुरक्षित वातावरण, चांगल्या सोयीसुविधा, चांगलं शिक्षण या गोष्टी देणे हे आपलं कर्तव्यच असतं आणि हे कर्तव्य प्रत्येक पालक आपापल्या परीने पूर्ण करत असतो. किंबहुना…

  Manasi Sardesai

  June 27, 2026

  #marathi, #parenting

  #experentiallearning, #happiness, #happyparenthappychild, #happyparenting, #marathi, #parenting, children

• Healthy Screen Habits for Preschoolers

  “It’s not good enough for us to have generations of kids that look forward to a better version of cell phone with a video in it. They need to look forward to exploration!!“ A lot has been already spoken about the use or rather overuse of smartphones across all generations, so what’s new about this…

  Manasi Sardesai

  March 9, 2026

  #parenting

  #family, #mentalhealthawareness, #parenting, #peacefulmind, #screenaddiction, #screentime, #screenuseawareness, #smartphoneuse, #toddlers, children, mental-health, social-media, technology

• 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…

  Manasi Sardesai

  February 2, 2026

  #marathi

  #labeling, #parenting, #personality, #poorselfesteem, #psychology, selfesteem

• 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

  #parenting

  #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

  #parenting

  #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

  #parenting

  #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

  #parenting

  #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

  #parenting

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