The other day, I was talking to my aunty, who lives in India over the phone. She asked me casually, “How do you miss us?”. I paused a moment and then replied, “I do not know. I have never thought about it as I am always busy at work as well as at home”. Our ... [Read more now]
Failure to recognise and understand anger can lead to a variety of problems for pregnant women and their unborn babies. According to APA (American Psychologists Association) documentation, anger is accompanied by physiological and biological changes: when we get angry, our heart rates and blood pressure go up, as do the levels of our energy hormones ... [Read more now]
So many parents cry to me about their children. It is heart breaking to have a child who is suffering from any mental health issue including depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, separation anxiety, or phobias. It is also excruciating to watch a child with ADHD, Autism or learning problems, struggle academically and socially. Parents are ... [Read more now]
Adults today feel very anxious about the safety of children. Not only parents, but grandparents, extended family and strangers worry about children left alone. In principle, it is a caring and responsible attitude. It has been exacerbated by knowledge of child abductions, abuse and neglect. But have we taken it too far? I think so. ... [Read more now]
