Why It is Important to Raise Compassionate Children
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Why It is Important to Raise Compassionate Children

There is an urgent need for compassion in the world as a resource. It’s evident everywhere; looming news of possible wars, trolls on social media, abject inequality in standards of living, the swell of mental health problems. How does something as basic as kindness get neglected to this extent?
I’ll See You at Happy Hours, Mum and Dad
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I’ll See You at Happy Hours, Mum and Dad

Our parents have come a long way: They can accept live-in relationships and unconventional career choices. But for Indian children, especially daughters, drinking with our parents remains the last taboo, the last frontier to be breached.
Why You Should Let Your Children Make Mistakes
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Why You Should Let Your Children Make Mistakes

When I see my daughter making the same mistakes I made at her age, I long to rush in and take over the reins of her life. But I remember how I dug in my heels, how rebellious I felt when my parents tried to do this with me, and I hold back. Sometimes, you just have to let your children make mistakes, even mistakes that you know for certain will break their hearts and leave them in pain.