The other day I came across pamphlets offering handwriting classes for children….no, not calligraphy or cursive writing, just plain & simple handwriting classes. I was taken aback! Last week I overheard a group of mothers discussing how their kids are not active and lack willingness to play outdoors. I felt helpless and scared at the […] Read more…

Here is a first person account of how overparenting affected the husband wife relationship. NOTHING can sink a relation like differences over parenting. Sometimes the areas of disagreement are stark and dramatic, leading to blowups and out-and-out breaks. Most of the time they are subtle and unstated, a matter of dark looks and long-simmering resentments, […] Read more…

Read this different take on overparenting and helicopter parenting by another mom – Roopika! Mommy Shaming is the new age abuse that moms are subjected to nowadays, quite often. It doesn’t take much time to be judgemental about another mother. We all do so and have been subject to this as well. But at times […] Read more…

This is the first Post for the Simple Indian Moms (facebook group) contest and our focus is on overparenting.   “Your children are not your children. They are sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you. And though they are with you yet they belong not to […] Read more…