* dealing with my toddler
These days I found a new way to discipline my toddler girl. When she doesn’t want to do something and I feel she should, I come up with two options and ask her to pick one. For example when she doesn’t...
View ArticleParenting tips in Prothom-Alo
Found some good parenting tips published in today’s Prothom Alo. It is a bangla newspaper so I am just providing the links for our readers. Take a look here.
View ArticleFeeding Battles: No one wins
Imagine a day you are not having a good appetite, two people hold you tight and put a spoonful of your not-so-favorite food in your mouth, and they continue this for half an hour! Sounds ridiculous,...
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Video Games, Television and Music and their Effect on our Children
In our school district for last couple of weeks we have been discussing about violence and how is affecting our students. One of the major concerns is how TV, music and specially video games are very...
View ArticleTeaching Empathy to our Children
As I walked into the preschool classroom I see two boys in the block area building a structure. To respect the privacy of the children, I will call them A and B. The boys are about four years old....
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* solace: a network for parents
Our recent discussions on Thoughts on Divorce at the blog brought out many poignant issues, and one of them was substance abuse among the younger generation. We wanted to highlight the work of Solace“...
View Article* is preschool important for my child?
For last couple of months I had many parents asking me whether preschool is necessary before kindergarten and if so how does preschool help their child and what age should they send their child to...
View Article* popular bangla rhymes: how appropriate they are?
From Our Archive: Since my little girl was born I made a pledge that I will make sure she can learn Bangla language and culture very well even though she will be growing up in the US. Now as a 3-yr...
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