Cover Story
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Cover Story
Sanjay Edwin Balasundaram is Founder and Chief Story Teller at www.keenowl.com. Award-winning KeenOwl Books have helped parents and caregivers teach life skills, share family values and traditions, and build character in young children through personalised life-lesson stories. Their books were awarded the prestigious USA-based ‘Parenting Choice’ Award Aparna Samuel Balasundaram is a psychotherapist, and Parent and Child Expert with 10 years of experience in the USA. She is the Founder of www.LifeSkillsExperts.com and www.AFlourishing.Me. and confident kids, offer parent coaching, and life skills and teacher training workshops for schools.
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Wellness
All About Allergies Dr. Krishna Mahathi is a paediatrician with post graduate diplomas in the management of allergies and developmental neurology.
Until a few years ago people would give me a quizzical look when I told them that I was a daughter of an allergy specialist. It was hard for them to digest that “allergies” could be taken seriously, let alone be treated. However, I have observed the strain on an individual’s productivity that living with an allergic condition can cause and the variety of ineffective methods used to handle the condition. So, in this article, I would like to let me explain some aspects to understand ‘allergies’ better.
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Parent-Child ActivityEdge
Build a Practice at Home Namita Sinha is the Founder of Yogi Kids, a specialised yoga programme for children in age group five to fifteen years. She teaches yoga to children in schools, group classes, retreats and family yoga programmes. For more information, write to namita@yogikids.in
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Lifeskills Through Games
LIFESKILLS THROUGH
games MAKING TOUGH CHOICES
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Spotlight
SPEECH DISORDERS -
Stammering & Stuttering
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Young parents’ corner
Nurturing Thinking Skills in Young
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Sheetal Kapoor Sheetal Kapoor is Brainologi’s resident expert. She has a master’s degree in child development and over 23 years of experience in the field of education and learning. Her core expertise lies in child-centric age appropriate curriculum, parent counselling and teacher training.