Tag: family

Happy Vegetarian Thanksgiving With A Fantastic Vegetable Pot Pie Recipe

Happy Vegetarian Thanksgiving With A Fantastic Vegetable Pot Pie Recipe

Thanksgiving is not a festival I grew up celebrating. To tell you frankly, for most of my life, I didn’t even know it existed. However, 2008 was an extremely special year for me. It is when I got married. I know it is very un-feminist 

Encouraging Kids to be Independent – What Child Psychology Has to Say About It?

Encouraging Kids to be Independent – What Child Psychology Has to Say About It?

The whole thing triggered about a couple of months back when we took my daughter for shopping. We finalized a nice yoga pants for her, the only thing was to try it on her. So I took her hand and accompanied her to a changing 

More love for Dr.Seuss – Oh, the Places You’ll Go! book review

More love for Dr.Seuss – Oh, the Places You’ll Go! book review

Recently a friend forwarded me a pic of twins dressed up as the notorious “Thing 1” and “Thing 2” from The Cat in the Hat. She also mentioned, “I saw this pic and thought of you and your daughter.” Well, I felt so happy, almost 

I Don’t Want My Daughter to Become Anything…and Yet Everything

I Don’t Want My Daughter to Become Anything…and Yet Everything

(This blog was first published at my parenting blog at MyCity4Kids) The day my daughter was born, the comparison started. Her forehead was compared to my husband; her nose was compared to mine. As time passed by, her activities were scrutinized and were connected with