Tag: #parenting
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Criticism- Constructive or Damaging
As bosses, parents, teachers, we tend to forget that we were once at the receiving end and through mistakes we learnt and grew. Let’s ape those who shaped us to become confident and successful and not those who through negative criticism broke us!
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Vietnam Diaries 6…The Last Leg- Hanoi and Halong Bay…
We took a flight from Hue to Hanoi after bidding farewell to our guide Lucky. At Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, David was waiting for us. David was our guide in the Capital city and rightly so- he was flexible, informative and extremely fluent in English. Hanoi, like all places in Vietnam had wide, good roads…
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This Far…No Further…Say “NO”
This post is not for you if you are an under-performer at work. This post is not for those of you who can conveniently say “No” without a second thought, be it to your boss, your family or your friends. This blog is exclusively for those who take ownership for everything that happens around them and believe that…
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A Mother’s Promise
via Daily Prompt: Promises I started this poem when my children were little when one was three and the other was one…I have completed it now while they are in their teens and preteens. The feelings are different.They are at an age when they argue, rebel and roll their eyes but are yet to reach the age when they will…
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Nostalgia -Going Back to the Roots…
Mangalore is a coastal city in the southwest of India. Coconut trees, paddy fields, buffalo races, temples, beaches, a life that moves at it’s own pace is what makes this place so different from the other cities in India. It was the only place I visited year after year, every summer holiday because it was where grandma…