Handling DIFFICULT Children Excerpts from the book ‘Your Child is Your Parent’ by Manoj J Lekhi (Amrut Vivek).A lot of parents, in fact, I would say, most parents, are so concerned about their child that they use the term ‘hyperactive’ so very casually to describe their children. “My child is hyperactive” is a refrain we [...]
Emotions and Your child Excerpts from the book ‘Your Child is Your Parent’ by Manoj J Lekhi (Amrut Vivek). The nine rasas (essences of life), called as navrasas, are Veera (courage), Bibhatsa (disgust or discontentment), Bhayanak (fear), Karuna (compassion), Raudra (anger), Adbhuta (wonder), Shringar (romance), Shantam (peace) and Hasya (laughter). All human emotions are variations [...]
Restoring Harmony with Your Child at Bedtime An article from the book ‘Your Child is Your Parent’ by Manoj J Lekhi. In the course of the day, we, parents, too, make many mistakes, knowingly or unknowingly, in handling our children. It is very important to make up for those mistakes with our children before they [...]
Meditation and Your Child An article from the book ‘Your Child is Your Parent’ by Manoj J Lekhi. Every child is born meditative; in fact, the child is always in meditation, when born. Whatismeditation? Meditation means being in the moment totally, not worried about the past or the future. If you observe children, you will see [...]
Using both hemispheres of the Brain Excerpts from the book ‘Super Leader Stratergies.’ by Manoj J Lekhi. Our left brain is the ego. It continues to argue and question. Where as our right brain is God which continues to feel. The right brain is imagination, creativity, spontaneity, all qualities of God and children too. The left brain [...]
Food and your Child Excerpts from the book ‘Your Child is Your Parent’ by Manoj J Lekhi. The one thing that most parents are almost paranoid about when their child is small is his diet, or the food he eats. They are forever worried whether their child is eating enough, even if the child [...]
Criticism is complaining with a sharp edge. It is typically directed at someone with the intent of belittling that person. Some think criticism is an effective way of changing another’s behavior. However, it actually tends to have the opposite effect. Great leaders know that people respond much more favorably to appreciation than criticism .Appreciation [...]
Excerpts from the book ‘Your Child is Your Parent’ by Manoj J Lekhi. How we speak to our child, the words we use while speaking to him or her, plays a very important role in the development of the child. To begin with, we must recognise that by using certain words again and [...]
From ‘NO’ parents to ‘YES’ parents An article from the book ‘Your Child is Your Parent’ by Manoj J Lekhi. The number of times we say ‘no’ or ‘don’t’ to a child is absolutely worth keeping a track of. A better way of going about any such situation would be to first say ‘yes’ instead [...]
Positive Parenting Excerpts from the book ‘Your Child is Your Parent’ by Manoj J Lekhi. Once I happened to be in Hyderabad and was standing on the steps of a hall to attend a seminar. Just then, a lady, a mother, happened to bring her 3-year-old child to the seminar. I saw the child in the [...]
