“Mother hovers over me like a helicopter,” complains a teen in Dr. Haim Ginott’s best-selling book, Between Parent & Teenager. In this sentence lies the origin of the metaphor of the parent as a helicopter; ...
In a first in the country, an indigenous superpower drone has been designed by a research group at IIT Kharagpur. The drone has been named BHIM, after the Mahabharata warrior, Bheem. The drone has been ...
Sibling rivalry is any feeling of jealousy, competition or enmity towards one’s sibling(s). It may or may not be mutual. For parents, any form of it in any extent can be very challenging to deal ...
All of us start making transactions even before we are conscious of it. Generally, the most utilised liquid resource in the world is cash. It is earned in exchange for something or the other. Children ...
In the competitive world, it is necessary for students to study hard and score well in examinations. However, another equally important factor is study break. Many students believe that studying continuously for long would be ...
Toddlers’ proficiency in fine motor skills holds the key to success in their future life. Fine motor skills refer to the appropriate use of hands. A kid’s hand should be firm and well-coordinated so that ...
“I hear and I forget; I see and I remember; I do and I understand.” Confucius This quote mirrors the benefits of hands-on learning. Time and again, it has been proved that the hands-on ...
“I hear and I forget I see and I remember I do and I understand” – Chinese proverb Some time back, I was teaching my nephew a geometric problem based on cubes and cuboid. Although ...
A common debate, in both the academic and business circles, is about the value of formal business education in comparison with that of real-world experience. While there are both staunch supporters and detractors of B-school ...
Over the years, learning has evolved to help people understand better and remember longer. The following are various steps of learning evolution. Learning by hearing: Ancient India had the Gurukul system, where lessons were spoken ...