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The Truth Behind Himalaya Total Care Baby Pants – A Review By SimpleIndianMom

Himalaya Total Care Baby Pants When it comes to products for children especially infants one thing I would want to know is how soft they are to the skin and what they have to safeguard the baby’s skin. For me baby happiness is a measure of any new product I would want to use on […] Read more…

21/09/2017 by menaka bharathi | 2 Comments

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How To Improve Concentration In Children With Yoga And Mindfulness

How to improve concentration in children – this is one question every parent is worried about these days. With the rise of technology, children are distracted more than they were a decade ago. Their concentration level is at the lowest level than ever thought of. Thus, for children to grow into healthy adults, they need […] Read more…

20/09/2017 by menaka bharathi | 62 Comments

Choosing a Career For Your Kids - The Dilemma Of Guiding Or Helping

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Choosing Career For Your Child – The Dilemma Of Guiding Or Helping

Choosing a Career for your child is tricky these days, the confusion prevails as to whether you need to just let your kid choose his own career or you need to guide him/her or you need to go through all the process of choosing a career. Thenmathi Leelavathy – winner of content contest on overparenting […] Read more…

10/08/2017 by menaka bharathi | 9 Comments

The Blue Whale Suicide I An Open Letter To Indian Parents I Why You Should Wake Up Now

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The Blue Whale Suicide I An Open Letter To Indian Parents I Why You Need Wake Up Now

I have been meaning to write about the Blue Whale Suicide incident that was in mainstream media a few days earlier. And this prompt for day 4 from #WTFOF – Write a letter seemed the right way to do it and so parents – here is an open letter to you all. As parents we […] Read more…

09/08/2017 by menaka bharathi | 44 Comments

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What Is Mindful Parenting I How You Should Plan A Day With Your Kid

Mindful Parenting – Mindful Parenting is being mindfully present with the children without judging. True, judging makes you worried, angry, tired and even overwhelmed. ‘I am taking part in The Write Tribe Festival of Words #6‘ and today’s prompt is to Feature a day your life or someone else’s life. We Indians are worried more about the […] Read more…

08/08/2017 by menaka bharathi | 8 Comments

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Mind Mapping – Using Mindful Guidance To Guide Your Child

When I came across the prompt of the day in #WTFOW I was totally into thinking which map to feature because the prompt of the day 3 is to Feature a map to a real or virtual destination. Well, I was apprehensive of whether I need to decide upon a destination or not. That doubt […] Read more…

07/08/2017 by menaka bharathi | 4 Comments

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Grit The New Quotient You Should Look Out For Success In Your Child #WTFOW

I am taking part in The Write Tribe Festival of Words #6‘ and this is my post for Day 1 in response to the prompt ‘Write about a treasure you have’. I have been a person with dreams, and those dreams are the ones that make me go from one day to another. In fact I have knowing […] Read more…

05/08/2017 by menaka bharathi | 20 Comments

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Overparenting- the New Age Emotional Atyachar for our Kids

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…

02/07/2017 by menaka bharathi | 18 Comments

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The Pros And Cons Of Overparenting

Overparenting Is – To be excessively involved in the day-to-day life of one’s child, typically in the desire to shield them from difficult situations or help them to succeed. As parents, we all have that innate desire to protect and provide for our kids. Yet, at some point we must ask ourselves, are we doing […] Read more…

02/07/2017 by menaka bharathi | 3 Comments

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HOW TO STOP OVERPARENTING ?

I would like to start with a famous Tamil quote “alavukku minjiinal amirthamum nanju.” It means that even good things becomes poisonous if it goes beyond limits. So does over parenting. We have all evolved with time and circumstances in case of parenting too. What was once given to a dozen children in a family: […] Read more…

01/07/2017 by Niharika Ajai | 1 Comment

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ARE YOU OVERPARENTING ?

At times you do not know if what you are doing is parenting or overparenting, here is a mom with some questions and answers for the same Yesterday night while we were going out for walk after dinner,my son took his favorite teddy with him.We don’t want him to take that as it was too […] Read more…

29/06/2017 by Niharika Ajai | 2 Comments

Helicopter Parent - No I am Just Being Overprotective

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Helicopter Parent? No, I Am Just Being Cautious!

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…

29/06/2017 by menaka bharathi | 6 Comments

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Overparenting – 10 Tips to Stop Overparenting

Parenting is a skill.But what about overparenting! Here is the second post for the contest! There is a fine line between the two which parents should understand clearly. Overparenting is being so worried about the safety or success of your children that you do too many things for them and prevent them from being independent. […] Read more…

29/06/2017 by menaka bharathi | 0 comment

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OverParenting – Don’t be My Check List Mummy

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…

29/06/2017 by menaka bharathi | 39 Comments

mindfulness of emotions - 5 yoga poses to control anger

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Mindfulness Of Emotions – 5 Easy To Do Yoga Poses to Control Anger

Often people lose their cool, mostly due to the everyday stressful life. However, it is important that you know what the advantages of mindfulness of emotions offers you. You might wonder how anger which is a negative aspect related to brain a positive aspect such as exercise which is physical – can actually help […] Read more…

15/05/2017 by menaka bharathi | 26 Comments

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Children and Dresses – The Most Expensive Affair Ever

Have you given a thought of how much you pay for the children’s dresses? Well I often do. Every time I go shopping especially for dresses for my children, I feel awed at the price tags. However, you just can’t avoid buying clothes, can you? Although I call myself a frugal person, when it comes […] Read more…

13/05/2017 by menaka bharathi | 2 Comments

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7 Seemingly Healthy Ideas That Can Prove To Be Dangerous

We all want to be healthy and for that reason, most of us will make at least some effort to improve our lifestyles and diets so that we can reduce our chances of illness or pain and can also extend our lives as long as possible. This is why it’s particularly unfortunate when we […] Read more…

09/05/2017 by Niharika Ajai | 23 Comments

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Understanding A Child’s Emotional Traits Through Graphology

The increasingly fast pace of life that we have developed has both its advantages as well disadvantages. The fast pace offers us exposure, growth and allows more agility. However, this life also brings along its own set of challenges. While stress is increasing, there is an apparent challenge faced by young parents when it comes […] Read more…

10/04/2017 by Niharika Ajai | 2 Comments

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Himalaya Baby Care Nourishing Soap

Recently came across Himalaya’s nourishing baby soap and thought would share my views with you all. One of the essentials baby products the parents need to buy as soon as the baby is born is soap. But the question also arises whether these baby products are not laden with chemicals? This is the reason why […] Read more…

07/04/2017 by menaka bharathi | 0 comment

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7 Indoor Games For Kids You Should Buy To Keep Them Engaged and Indoors This Summer

Indoor games is something we need to think of these days! Summer has become hotter and the school timings in April are going to be too short. Oh yeah! some schools even close down till the temprature is manageable. What do we do to engage the kids? Yes! I can almost hear you telling that. […] Read more…

30/03/2017 by Niharika Ajai | 2 Comments