Handling the teens of today is considered as easy as handling a hot potato with bare hands. Not an easy thing to do, especially if you think of the additional stress that gets added on with technology and all the well-meaning advice that is doled by aunts, relatives and the media at large.
It brings to the fore a vital question- Does it really need to be as tough as its often made out to be or can it be a rewarding and fulfilling experience for both the parties involved? Read More
All of us have experienced the ‘mugging’ phenomenon when it came to multiplication tables. We religiously rattled off the tables until they could be easily mumbled off even in deep sleep. So what exactly did we do and why?
In-famously called as Rote learning (or ‘cramming’ or ‘learning by-heart’) is a method of learning that involves memorizing a fact by repetitive reading until it is completely memorized. This technique does not involve a full understanding of the facts and often ends up getting stored in your memory sans an association i.e. the new facts are not related to the existing stored knowledge. Read More
There’s good, passive, la authoritative, permissive and many other styles of parenting. More often than not, preset standards about parenting styles are a labelled methodology defining the modus-operandi of this much talked-about word called ‘parenting’.
What style are you?
Labels aside, parenting is a daily affair and the dynamics pretty much change time to time. Children grow, needs change, times change and its natural that so do the parents and their beliefs adjust apropos to the situation and the circumstances. These however are modifications that happen over a period of time. The base, which we define as foundation parenting is something that begins from infancy and remains a benchmark against which we mark our successes and failures as a parent. Read More
Our children are taught to use computers at a very early age. This, understandably, is a good step in primary education as the world around us would cease to operate if this device were to be abandoned. Tablets and phones have replaced the TV as the way of pacifying and keeping the children entertained. Recent figures have revealed that one in three toddlers use a gadget before they can even begin to talk! At times, it seems like technology is overtaking us and we as parents can only merely watch helplessly as bystanders.
So this brings to the fore a very pertinent question: Read More
Actions speak louder than words and this holds true for none other than Dr. Kalam. Simplicity, punctuality, the power of dreaming big and a zeal to learn are just some of the traits that define the man that he was. His life served to impart a valuable lesson that held good for every facet of life. However, the most priceless gift that Dr Kalam left behind was the never ending quest of learning. Read More
Vedanta suggests four yogas:
The word yoga signifies the union of the individual soul with the Cosmic Soul. Read More
The river does not drink its own water, nor does the tree eat its own fruit. They live for other Similarly, from time to time great souls are born whose lives are lived for the good of others. They bring peace and happiness to mankind. Having themselves crossed the dreadful ocean of maya (relative existence); they help others to cross without any selfish motive. The Divine Power of Its own accord wants to help you; you don’t have to coax. But you do have to use your will to demand as His child and to behave as His child. Read More
All of us, together, are surging through the most profound revolution in human history. Its impact is personal, national, global and in many ways, unlimited. Yes, it is the impact of technology. This new networked age makes it urgent to rethink entirely what we mean by education, learning, teaching and schooling. For education is changing more than it has since the invention of the printing press over 500 years ago, as now the world is your classroom and learning is lifelong. Already two billion students spend four-fifths of their working hours outside school, in an iPod, YouTube, Google, Wikipedia, etc.
It’s Personal: where information and learning programs can be personalized. And you can share your own talents and skills with millions- for both fun and income. Read More
How would you like to see –highly capable children and yet tiny by age, doing unbelievable intellectual feats, right here in Pune – in your own house – is it too good to be true? Not at all – welcome to “The school with a Difference –Victorious Kidss Educares – where you get a guarantee that your child will excel and will be brilliant, irrespective of the background and earlier education. Rabindranath Tagore had said, “Every child comes with the message, that God is not yet tired of men”. Tagore meant that every child is created perfect – made in the images of God. Does this guidance, to make them blossom to their full potential, means pressurizing a child? Certainly not – Parents who truly love their children, give them the gift of love, skills and abilities, they grow up to be more caring, loving and risk takers than those who have not been given these opportunities. Read More
We are so much a product of our own education that sometimes in teaching our children we unwittingly make the same mistakes that were the cause of so much suffering for us.
The school system arranges for kids to fail. We can all remember the big red “X’s” on all the wrong answers. Correct answers often received no mention at all. Tests were given with the intention of exposing our ignorance rather than discovering our knowledge. Read More
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