As a parent, your instant reaction is No! Not at all. Your response is entirely logical and the most expected one! However, we know that humans are more emotional than logical. Attachment comes to us naturally whereas detachment needs to …
It is funny that the world has become a place where even a little child wants peace nowadays. While the child battles to find tranquility between homework, we as adults encounter a mini world war inside us. The mental …
No one becomes bad suddenly. No one becomes wise and good by accident too. In fact, it’s all perfectly good people who cause you maximum pain. At the root of it all is a misunderstanding. Stories that the human mind …
A 15-year-old asked me this question on a Zoom workshop: “I love my friends. But I am ceased with jealousy when they perform better than me. This affects my performance, complicates my friendships, and makes me a quitter.”While I am …
My friends would tempt me with distractions. But I would control myself and sacrifice such things. I dedicated more time to studying difficult topics. I also started early in the morning. – S. Nandhini, Daughter of a monetarily struggling father, …
What’s your attention style relating to your preteen or teen child? Positive unconditional: You pay attention to the ‘being’ of the child. E.g., “I love that you are my daughter.” Positive conditional: You pay attention to a specific task or behaviour that …
Whenever people hear about a parenting workshop, the immediate thought that comes to their mind is, “I don’t need it. I am already doing everything I can.” And they are not wrong! For most people, parenting means providing; providing things, …
A young girl asked this question at Kilakarai this week, “Such power behind your words. What made you into you?” I could only say, “My wounds made me into me. They opened up those parts of me that I would …