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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬? 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 '𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬'!
Have you noticed how sometimes the key to solving a behavioural problem lies not in focusing on the problem itself, but in those moments...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Mar 212 min read
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𝐈𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞
There is a delicate balance between caring for your loved ones and smothering them with overprotection. Can excessive care and protection...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Jul 25, 20242 min read
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Teaching loved ones to carry their umbrellas
“I have to enter the kitchen to do something and my wife rushes in asking what I want, what she can do etc. Can’t I do something for...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Aug 1, 20232 min read
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Do children need to be ‘productive’ all the time?
“Whenever I watch Japanese Anime which I love, my mom says, I am wasting my time. She says, I should watch National Geographic and I...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Jul 26, 20232 min read
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Why be embarrassed by the emotions of our loved ones?
It was the gathering of relatives and halfway through it, the father got into an argument with a relative the argument became heated for...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Jul 21, 20232 min read
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Stress is not bad all the time for children
Recently when conversing with a parent, I heard him say, “I don’t want my children to have any kind of stress in their lives.” Many of us...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Jun 30, 20232 min read
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Don’t discourage children from playing with informal toys
“I bought him so many toys, but look at that he plays with rocks, empty carton boxes” the dad complained. The child, seven years old was...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Jun 8, 20232 min read
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If you are sitting with your child to help prepare for the exams...
As a parent, quite a few people take an active interest in their child’s education, especially during exam time. If as a parent you are...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Jun 5, 20233 min read
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Having a ‘chore’ curriculum for children at home.
I grew up with three siblings at home and all the four of us had chores to perform at home from a very young age. It was someone's chore...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Jun 4, 20233 min read
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Parents don’t have to make every moment into a teachable moment and blow away happiness.
I was watching a parent read a bedtime story to a child. The child was enjoying the moment as the parent read the story with a lot of...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Jun 1, 20232 min read
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Child Sexual Abuse - Don't ignore children's negative talk about adults around them.
Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) is more common than most people acknowledge. Contrary to common belief, both boys and girls are subject to it...
Sreedhar Mandyam
May 21, 20232 min read
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How to comfort children when they have nightmares.
Whether children or adults it is possible for everyone to have nightmares. In this context we think of nightmares as bad dreams, dreams...
Sreedhar Mandyam
May 4, 20232 min read
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Disciplining children is tough love
The term tough love may seem self-contradictory but it is a reality and has a place in parenting. Parents are authoritative figures in a...
Sreedhar Mandyam
May 2, 20232 min read
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Should I send my children abroad for studies?
Some parents are extremely enthusiastic about sending their children abroad for studies. In fact, it may have become a family culture in...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Apr 30, 20233 min read
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Sandwiched between two generations
The older generation, those above 65-70 are almost not answerable to anyone or at best they have to account for their behaviour only to...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Apr 29, 20232 min read
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"My adult children cannot get along with each other, what do I do?"
The dream of every parent is a happy family where the spouses get along with each other and the children get along with the parents and...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Apr 4, 20232 min read
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Seeking external validation is necessary for us.
“My son is 12 years old and he still seeks validation for his actions from us and friends” “My husband at 40 still asks his elder brother...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Mar 12, 20232 min read
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“I thought Life Skills was only for children to learn”
At the conclusion of the course one of the participants said something very significant, “I had the belief that learning Life Skills was...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Feb 25, 20232 min read
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Have you learnt this important skill - Asking for help?
There are many skills we need to learn to survive and thrive in our lives. Asking for help is a skill that is underrated. In fact many...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Feb 22, 20232 min read
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Why be embarrassed by the emotions of our loved ones?
It was the gathering of relatives and halfway through it, the father got into an argument with a relative the argument became heated for...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Dec 6, 20222 min read
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