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Reading with Kids

“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”― Dr. Seuss Nowadays i'm reading lot's of Dr Seuss with my 8 year old  . His teacher wants him to read more of 'scholastic ' series and this guy all on 'wimpy kid dairy' or Dr Seuss or anything on lego's. I feel good he is reading ,but not so glad as he is not reading what he is supposed...

On the edge

'Waiting for something to happen' - is a the most grilling experience. have you ever experienced this -Sometimes there will be lot of uncertainty and nothing will be clear ,but you have a feeling that you don't belong here ,and then you come up with something and turn things upside down. when you feel you are off the edge,suddenly everything settles...

satyameva jayathe

I was watching 'satyameva jayathe'  featuring  Amir khan . This week discusion was on 'Dowry'.  Hmmm thats very sad to watch that.  In one case it seems parents have given dowry upto Rs 20 -25 lacs ,and that girl has to endure tourture in her in-laws house. Why? why is that so? why she didn't went back to her parents house? what...

Optimism

I 'm regular on ted talks . watch this Tali sharot's - the optimism bias you will start debating on this topic. There is a fine difference between optimism and over confidence. Kids best example of this,  its summer and our apprtment overlooks the pool. My 2 year old see's so many adults in the pool ,swimming. She thinks she can swims,she even...

Happy mothers day!

Happy mothers day to all those great momi...

conspiracy theory

“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist no i'm not conspiring anything. I believe in those above lines. we get what we wish for, yes that's true. most of the time we don't focus of what we want ,instead we keep focusing on what we don't want or what can go wrong. That's...

work from home

I often hear my friends wishing they had option of work from home .I used it when my daughter was a small baby. it was my savior those days. I was at home after she was born for 6 months and then took work from home option for another 6 months. if i didn't had that option i would have taken break. for those 6 months ,I still used to go to work place...

waiting for sunshine

I meant it literally. Its been close to year i moved to this rainforest area( ok ,portland) from sunny Hyderabad. we came here last june ,it was summer at that time ,with long green trails for walk and large trees it looked like a heaven on earth for first 3 months. After 3 months  ,from start of sept it started raining . rain ,rain everyday!...

CSA awareness month

I just came to know that April is Childhood Sexual Awareness month .I don't know that there are so many resources. check out more at http://csaawarenessmonth.com/ Any new school or daycare etc i used to check how secure it is. Are other workers allowed near kids? In school bus is my kid the last drop. How is the driver ,who is the escort etc.  With...