“I have potty on my skirt.” I was 10 when I purposely sat on my breakfast and made an excuse to bunk school. While it was a dirty ...
Mother to a five-year-old, Amrita Minocha is essentially a teacher. She teaches GRE/GMAT/IELTS verbal courses, English as a second language (TESOL), and Yoga! An MBA in HR, she enjoys juggling between diverse roles. A hardcore bookworm who aims to pen a book someday, she currently writes GRE verbal samples, activity books for kids, and actively blogs on the Flintobox blog.
10 Tips To Select The Perfect Preschool For Your Child
On a search for the ‘perfect preschool’, Sarrah, a homemaker, changed three preschools before she settled on one for her children!
Does this seem like an indecisive decision?
However, if you probe ...
Handling Choking Hazards In Kids: 6 Tips You’ll Be Thankful For
“Oh my God! Oh my God! Is he choking?” Three years ago, five-year-old Farhan put a coin in his mouth and started choking. His mother kept saying the ...
7 Games To Engage Kids In Public Places That Work Like Crazy
“VIHAAAAAAAAN!” With an ear-splitting scream, I heard a woman call out this name at a departmental store. People around me scurried around the store looking for her three-year-old and finally found ...
10 Ways To Teach Children About Basic First Aid
“Mom, give me some ice.”
Ranvir, 6, and Viraj, 4, hardly ever seem to get along. One can spot them getting on their mother’s nerves on several occasions. “Such is the case ...
How To Teach Your Child About Road Safety
If any traffic is near to me.
Down the road I look as well
And listen for a horn or bell.
There’s something coming, ...
How To Teach Children About Personal Space
Ever had someone stand so close to you that you could almost see the insides of their mouth while they talk?
As civilised people, we need to maintain decorum when ...
Fun Activities to Teach Children to Not Waste Things
“We dig into the trash.”
“Whoa! What?” I asked Maanasee when she said that she and her daughter dig into trash to reduce wastage.
But why?
“We can keep talking about waste and ...
6 Ways to Teach Your Child to Be Kind and Respectful
“I don’t know when ‘Please take me to the park’ became ‘I’m going to the park’,” says Asmita, a mother to an eight-year-old, who is wondering ...
Child Safety: Ways To Make Your House Child-Safe
“There are possible falls, cuts, burning, electric shocks, fire, drowning…”
I want to close my ears shut and not pay attention to this gory list.
However, reality is ...