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Category: Aware parenting

September 3, 2019 Aware parenting / Children / Musings

Untaught Lessons

I am driving home from my brother’s place. Amma is in the passenger seat beside me. Pattu and Laddu are

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October 22, 2018 Aware parenting / Musings / Parenting

Royal Ramblings

Ammu is curled up in a ball at the end of the sofa. Laddu and Pattu are tossing a balloon

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February 2, 2018 Aware parenting / Musings / Parenthood / Parenting

Parenting: A Guilt Trap?

It was 1:30 PM, that time of the day when I prioritize napping over everything else when the phone rang.

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December 12, 2017 Aware parenting / Musings / Parenting

Never About You

I am almost done with cooking. I look at the kovakkai stir-fry one last time, taking in the crisp discs

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June 21, 2017 About Me / Adoption / Aware parenting / Blogging / Celebrations / Daughters / Desi Adoption / Education / Experience / Family / Feelings / Gratitude / HuffPost / HuffPost Parents / Interview / Mom / Moms for a better world / Mother's Day / Motherhood / Mothering / Musings

BBC Asia Radio Interview 

The alarm went off at 3:00 AM and I stood sipping coffee in the cool back patio of my sister’s

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December 17, 2016 Aware parenting / Musings / Parenting

Parenting – A Do It Yourself Project

I sit at the dark wood table, a good 20 feet from the kitchen watching my children crowd around their

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August 3, 2016 Aware parenting / Children / Musings / Parenting

Little People Observations

“Why do people spit and throw trash on the road Amma? We should teach them not to.” “Why do they

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April 22, 2016 Aware parenting / Musings / Parenthood / Parenting

The Friendship Dynamic

“You have American friends! It is OK for Indians to be friends with Americans?” Pattu is at the kitchen island

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April 17, 2016 Abstract / Aware parenting / Children / Parenting / Personal

Growing Up

“I am off to read my book…” She waves the book in her hand as I look quizically. My maternal

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February 29, 2016 Aware parenting / Kids / Musings / Parenting

Countering Biases

I watch Laddu toddle onto the driveway. The breeze lifts the hair off her neck. The exhilaration on her face

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January 4, 2014 Aware parenting / Children / Daughters / Desi / Musings / Parenthood / Parenting

Parenting conundrums

I put away clothes and tidy up the bedroom picking up stray doll parts and mini bags stuffed with blocks.

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January 1, 2013 Aware parenting / Sexual harassment / Taking a stand

Change starts with YOU

In the quickened steps as darkness falls. In the eyes that look downward rather than upfront. In the empty folder

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