Something funny happened on International Women’s Day, which was just last week, and it amused me so much that I had to write about it. On the morning of 8th March, as I was driving to drop off my teen son to his school, he was clearly deliberating whether to address his mom as ‘feminine’ or […]

Justice N Kirubakaran of the Madras High Court has observed that single parenting could be dangerous for the society. According to an article in India Today, he reckoned that a child needs the affection of both mother and father, and one cannot compensate for another. He said, “Behavioural changes triggered in a child from lack […]

Be it in restaurants, movie theatres or on aeroplanes, crying kids have time and again proved to be a threat to the general public’s well-being. God forbid if parents with toddlers in tow ever decide to leave their house and set their foot in a public space. As a child, no matter if he or […]

In a society where all it takes is one wrong influence to set a child on the wrong path, “Am I raising my child, right?” is a question which most parents ask themselves. All we want is to keep our children on the right track in this big bad world. But does it even bear any […]

When your child makes a 12-foot-long scarf for you on your birthday, you better wear it, even if you are Jennifer Garner. Recently, the actor posted on Instagram, a photograph of herself wearing an “unusual” scarf. It is a birthday gift to the actor from her nine-year-old daughter, and has received a wink and a […]

As the dynamics in Indian households are slowly shifting away from gender bias, the traditional father-daughter equation is also evolving. The change is visible across all classes and cultures, and though it is yet to outgrow the shadow of our patriarchal hierarchy, it is heart-warming to see fathers willingly making an effort to infuse compassion […]

If you think co-parenting after a split rarely happens, log on to Facebook and checkout this heartwarming picture of Maelyn and her four parents, which endorses mutual happiness rather than resentments in a family. Looks like we went viral on twitter too ❤ love my family https://t.co/zx1aVQnkzU — Emilee Player (@emileeplayer12) April 18, 2017 How y'all feel […]