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62 articles about parenting.
· dyslexia · parenting
How to get a child assessed for dyslexia in India, the UAE, and Singapore: who does formal testing, what it involves, at what age, and a faster first step.
· dyslexia · parenting
Dyslexia and ADHD can look identical in a classroom. How to tell them apart, why they are so often confused, and who can properly assess your child for each.
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How dyslexia shows up differently at age 5, 7, 10, and in teens, from letter confusion to hidden compensating. Age-by-age signs from a dyslexia therapist.
· learning · parenting
One-size-fits-all teaching fails children with learning challenges. How to find your child's profile, tailor strategies, and build the home that fits them.
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Teens express identity through appearance, art, digital life and activism. How to read it, why it fluctuates, and eight ways to keep the channels healthy.
· parenting · activities
Children express feelings long before they can explain them: through crying, play, art and sensory exploration. The emotional stages by age, and how to help.
· parenting · learning
Education, mental health, playtime, peer influence and family life all look different for today's kids. What changed, and how parents can help children cope.
· learning · parenting
Praise is one of the five most effective classroom practices, and it matters most for struggling learners. How to use positive reinforcement well daily.
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The five hygiene habits every child needs: food, hand, body, health and oral. Plus six parent tips, from germ games to charts, that make cleanliness stick.
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Personal space is a safety lesson as much as a social one. The four distance zones, why consent over hugs matters, and five ways to teach boundaries at home.
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Patience can be taught, starting with one-minute waits and turn-taking games. Why it matters for school, stress and friendships, and five ways to build it.
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Friendship runs on learnable skills: empathy, communication, apologising, handling emotions. Five ways parents help, from role-playing hellos to playdates.
· learning · parenting
Ten parent strategies that turn learning into something a child wants: games, real-life connections, reading nooks, curiosity, choice and your own example.
· parenting · school
Back-to-school jitters are normal and usually fade in weeks. The red flags that say otherwise, plus practical ways to ease separation and social anxiety.
· storytime · parenting
The craft of a great storytime: right books, a cozy spot, voice modulation, pacing, pauses, props and post-story talk. Small techniques, big difference.
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Storytime builds early literacy, empathy, listening and parent-child bonds, and research links it to toddlers' social and emotional growth. Here is why.
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Self-worth is a child's inner sense of being good enough, separate from grades or wins. What shapes it, the signs it is low, and six ways parents can build it.
· parenting · learning
Creative thinking builds resilience, confidence and problem solving. The 5 E's parents can practise at home, plus five tools from mind maps to thinking hats.
· activities · parenting
Screen-free ways to keep kids happy on a trip: storybooks, activity books, word games, puzzles and memory games, plus making the travel itself educational.
· activities · parenting
Quality family time needs no grand planning: game nights, movie evenings, impromptu outings, shared dinners and family art all build bonds that protect kids.
· reading · parenting
The science of reading is the research on how reading is really learned. What it says, the eight facts parents should know, and home activities that apply it.
· learning · parenting
Clarity, cohesiveness, completeness, correctness and conciseness: the checklist that turns a child's jumbled thoughts into speech people want to hear.
· parenting · learning
Time management starts with teaching the value of time itself. Five parent strategies plus a calendar system for students, from to-do lists to daily habits.
· parenting · learning
Kids share when it is their choice: research is clear on that. Six gentle ways to grow sharing, from turn-taking games to respecting their possessions.
· parenting · learning
Empathy shows up as early as 12 months and grows with practice: name your feelings, honour theirs, use books and films, create chances to help, praise it.
· learning · parenting
Children with strong social skills are twice as likely to reach higher education. What social skills include, why they slipped post-Covid, and why they matter.
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An estimated 50 million children in India live with mental health issues, and parents are the first line of support. Five ways to be the parent they turn to.
· parenting · school
Changing schools is a big move for a child. How to build excitement, brief the teachers, practise the routine and watch the first weeks for warning signs.
· parenting · school
Use the holidays to get your child ready for the next grade: preview new subjects, revise the basics, build soft skills and restart routines before day one.
· writing · parenting
The wrong pencil trains the wrong habits. How to pick pencils by softness, thickness, length and shape, and how to choose the first pen when the time comes.
· reading · parenting
Age-by-age signs that a child's pre-reading skills need attention, from late talking at three to trouble blending sounds at five, and when to seek help.
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Positive parenting builds on strengths, empathy and firm, kind boundaries. What the research shows, how to practise it daily, and the toxic-positivity trap.
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Ten minutes of focused attention a day builds a child's trust, mental health and even grades. Why connection matters and nine simple ways to make it daily.
· learning · parenting
Focused, sustained, selective, divided and alternating: the five types of attention, what each looks like in a child, and why the distinction guides help.
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Telling a child 'don't worry' teaches them that feeling scared is wrong. Why worry is useful information, and what to say instead to build real coping skills.
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Bullied children usually blame themselves and suffer alone. Eleven ways parents can spot the signs, rebuild confidence and help a child stand up safely.
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Indian children face the world's highest online risk, and 22% experience cyberbullying. What it looks like, where it happens and ten ways to protect them.
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Bullying is learned behaviour, most bullies stop when a peer steps in, and children with disabilities are targeted most. Five facts every parent should know.
· parenting · activities
Children are not born responsible; they learn it in small jobs at home. What responsibility actually means, why it matters, and five ways to build it early.
· activities · parenting
Mindfulness improves children's focus, academics and stress levels, and it can be taught through simple breath games like teddy bear breathing. A how-to.
· learning · parenting
Watched together, children's movies build visualisation, analysis and values. Why co-viewing is the key, and how family movie night becomes a learning ritual.
· dyslexia · parenting
A dyslexia diagnosis raises hard questions for a child. Eight practical pointers for explaining what dyslexia means, kindly and honestly, without shame.
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77% of Indian parents spank their children, and 72% feel guilty right after. What brain research says spanking really does to kids, and what to do instead.
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Children carry mental stress just as adults do: exams, bullying, family strain, peer pressure. The warning signs and six ways parents can help them cope.
· activities · parenting
Free play, where the child leads and the adult follows, builds self-regulation, creativity and decision making. What it looks like and how to encourage it.
· reading · parenting
Reading interest often drops around age nine. Ten books that fight the 'decline by nine', from Wimpy Kid to Ruskin Bond, plus the milestones to watch for.
· reading · parenting
Comprehension turns words into thoughts. What research says about why it breaks down, and what to do before, during and after reading to strengthen it.
· reading · parenting
Occasional misreads are normal; constant guessing is not. How to tell the difference, correct storybook reading gently, and know when to seek expert help.
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62 percent of kids say their parents are too distracted to listen. What active listening looks like, the CDC's five skills, and the SOLER method explained.
· learning · parenting
Homework focus is built, not demanded: planned goals, brain breaks every 20 to 30 minutes, a dedicated study space, subject switching and honest rewards.
· dyslexia · parenting
Dyslexia runs in families: a child with a dyslexic parent has roughly a 49 percent chance of having it too. Here is what that means and how to help early.
· activities · parenting
Books are not the only path to early literacy. Talk, play, sing, write and do: five everyday activities that build a toddler's language before reading starts.
· learning · parenting
Corrective feedback redirects a mistake into learning without shame. The five forms it takes, why it works, and how to deliver it calmly and effectively.
· reading · parenting
Ten books for the 12-to-16 transition years, from graphic novels about anxiety to Booker winners, plus the reading milestones a 12-year-old should reach.
· parenting · learning
We spend 45 percent of our time listening, and do it poorly. How to raise a child who truly listens: eye contact, no interrupting, and the FACT technique.
· learning · parenting
Online classes strain focus, doubt-clearing and writing speed, hardest for struggling learners. How parents can work with teachers and help from home.
· school · parenting
Research says grade retention rarely fixes the real problem. The academic and emotional questions to ask first, and what usually works better than repeating.
· learning · parenting
When your child asks what a word means, the way you answer builds their vocabulary. Eight simple habits, from dictionary hunts to drawing the meaning.
· learning · parenting
Learning difficulties leave clues well before Grade 3. The early signs parents and teachers can watch for in preschool and UKG children, from a therapist.
· activities · parenting
A 2-year-old's attention span is four to six minutes, and it grows with practice. Age-by-age norms plus five simple activities that stretch focus early.
· reading · parenting
Once a child starts reading, fluency is the next hill: automatic words, meaning intact. Five ways to nurture it, plus the books that pull children along.
· reading · parenting
Babies read to from 8 months grew their vocabularies 40 percent versus 16 without. Why to start by 3 months, which books to pick, and how to read to a baby.
