Tag: #parenting

• What do we really want for our children?

  

  It’s that time of the year in India, when you find students pouring over their books, papers, laptops. I see them with their noses dipped at the building gates awaiting the school bus, in the coffee shop with their ear phones on – to shut the noise out, on park benches amidst cawing crows and…

  Smitha V

  February 16, 2020

  Experiences, Mum’s World

  #children, #exams, #goodpeople, #inspiration, #life, #mothers, #motivation, #parenting, #parents, #people, #reality, #timewithkids, #truth

• My ‘littlest’ fan loves me more than he loves Rusty!

  

  I had gone to pick my younger daughter from school, after lunch with a few friends. It was one of those ‘girls’ day out’ fun afternoons. How we became friends is because we all have a kid studying in the same class. But our kids are not friends’ with each other. We’ve chosen to be…

  Smitha V

  August 29, 2019

  Experiences, Poetry

  #dedicated, #diary, #experience, #kids, #littlefan, #newbook, #newpost, #parenting, #poems, #readers, #reading, #weeklypost, Experiences, My diary, Poetry

• Nutella Stocks are Out!

  

    Its ‘back to school’ again. Last evening, we went to the supermarket to stock our larder with things to put into the children’s lunch boxes – wraps, biscuits, juice boxes, mayonnaise, butter, cheese spread, mortadella, peanut butter…If you’re right now judging my parenting values based on what goes into my kids’ lunchbox, it’s fine.…

  Smitha V

  July 22, 2019

  Experiences

  #back to school, #dailyexperience, #diary, #groceryshopping, #humor, #junkfood, #life, #mothers, #parenting, #truth, Experiences, My diary

• The Homecoming

  

  Time flies. Last week, at this time 5.00 p.m, I was sitting alone, sipping on my tea and watching Cinderella on T.V. with all the latches on the door put; the only sounds being of the sparrows and the grandfather clock in the living room. ‘Mamma don’t leave me. Keep holding me,’ my younger one…

  Smitha V

  May 16, 2019

  Experiences

  #children, #diary, #difficulttrail, #homecoming, #kids, #learning, #life, #lifeateacher, #lifelessons, #mother, #parenting, #parentingdilemma, #returninghome, #schooltrip, #withthearmy, Experiences, My diary

• NaPoWriMo: Day 5- Mom’s Not Listening!

  

    Today’s prompt comes from another poem by Kyle Dargan, called “Diaspora: A Narcolepsy Hymn.” This poem, like “Call and Response,” is inspired by the work of others – in this case, the poet Morgan Parker, and lyrics from songs by Beyoncé and The Notorious B.I.G. The poem also partakes of one of the most difficult…

  Smitha V

  April 5, 2019

  Poetry

  #children, #day5, #freakthefreakout, #funpoem, #life, #mothers, #NaPoWriMo2019, #parenting, #parentingdilemma, #poem, #truth, #victoriajusticesong, #villanellepoetry, Poetry