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The Malady of Summer Holidays
I’ve noticed that there’s a strange and inexplicable condition that happens to kids, especially mine over the summer holidays. They become deaf, louder, motor movements mimic being like marionettes with their strings cut or like mini Boomerang videos. Polar opposites … Continue reading
Posted in challenges, entertainment, family, funny ha-ha, good times, home, how in the world, in this day and age, Indulgence, kids at play, Life, Love, matter of fact, MLM, modern families, mother and child, music, parenting, raising kids, rants, SAHM, what kids want, what women want, WTF
Tagged expectation vs. reality, little boy, little joys, mother and child, rants, summer fun, summer holidays, summer vacation, what kids want
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How To Talk So Kids Will Listen
This is going into the category of a bloglet viz it’ll be brief. There’s a book my husband bought me once the brat started pre-primary…it’s called How To Talk So Kids Will Listen And Listen So Kids Will Talk. Since the book … Continue reading
Posted in challenges, cognitive dissonance, family, funny ha-ha, home, how in the world, in this day and age, Indulgence, Life, life's lessons, matter of fact, MLM, modern families, mother and child, musing, parenting, people, raising kids, Red, SAHM, what women want
Tagged acceptance, adjustment, balancing act, changes, children, confusion, discipline, endurance, expectation vs. reality, fatigue, growing older, growing pains, MLM, musing, raising a child, realizations, Red, tiger mom, wistful
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Oh Snap!
The brat has his little friends. They can be quite a handful from time to time. One of them came over a little while ago and was practically nose-to-nose with the not-small t.v set. When I asked her to move … Continue reading
Posted in home, how in the world, in this day and age, Indulgence, Learning, Life, life's lessons, matter of fact, modern families, musing, parenting, raising kids, SAHM, what kids want, what women want
Tagged adjustment, children, confusion, discipline, expectation vs. reality, how to talk so kids will listen, kids, raising a child, realizations, repartees, retorts, tiger mom
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Making Digital Media Your Friend
I started my kid out on digital media way too early in life. And I still regret it. But I absolutely CANNOT deny how wonder it has been for me as a mother and how helpful it is when I … Continue reading
Posted in challenges, cognitive dissonance, education, entertainment, fresh hits, good times, in this day and age, Indulgence, Learning, Life, life's lessons, matter of fact, MLM, mother and child, musing, parenting, raising kids, SAHM, self-awareness, self-improvement, what kids want, what women want
Tagged digital media, edutainment, expectation vs. reality, how kids learn, idiot box, parenting decisions, shows that teach, t.v shows, wild kratts
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What I Learnt From My Kid’s School
Courtesy Facebook’s memories I get to know about how and what I was thinking not only on a time a specific time in the past but also how I was feeling. And when I wrote this post I was a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the past, challenges, cognitive dissonance, education, health, how in the world, in this day and age, Learning, Life, matter of fact, MLM, mother and child, musing, parenting, people, raising kids, SAHM, self-awareness, self-improvement, the human mind, what kids want, what women want
Tagged acceptance, achievements, adjustment, affection, balancing act, changes, children, confusion, contentment, discipline, emotion, expectation vs. reality, grade school kid, growing older, growing pains, growing up, hindsight, kids, MLM, musing, nostalgia, raising a child, realizations, teachers, teaching a child, tiger mom
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Movie Review: Rustom
It’s good to watch movies. Good or bad. Gives one an idea about the kind of things film makers are thinking about and if they do have the pulse of their audience. With Rustom they succeeded in breaking out of … Continue reading
Posted in Bollywood, current events, entertainment, fresh hits, movie reviews, movies, SAHM
Tagged akshay kumar, baser instincts, creative licence, entertainment, expectation vs. reality, hindi movie, human nature, inspired by real life events, love triangles, Nanavati scandal, Rustom film
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To Lynch Or Not To Lynch
Let me start by saying that I’ve usually felt that Salman Khan is akin to a horse’s ass. He isn’t that good an actor and the only thing I can say in his favor is that at his age, keeping … Continue reading
