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‘Allow your child her fantasy world’

| March 18, 2013 | 0 Comments

Dr Diana Monteiro My daughter is 4. She keeps talking to an imaginary friend. Is this common in children or is there something to worry? In terms of social and emotional development, for children to have imaginary friends as a part of their ‘play life’ is not uncommon. Play is an important part of a [...]

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Make them a part of the process

Make them a part of the process

| May 21, 2012 | 0 Comments

Dr Diana Monteiro I have a 13-year-old daughter and my husband and I want to have a second child. How can we make her a part of the whole process and minimise any jealousy or feeling of unwantedness from cropping up? Children who are raised as a single child often report wishing they had a [...]

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Compulsion or interest?

Compulsion or interest?

| May 7, 2012 | 1 Comment

Sukriti Sen and Pruthvi Ramesh feedback@postnoon.com Gone are those days when parents asserted that their kids become doctors or engineers. The tide is changing and so are the courses that universities now offer. Their focus is to cater to students’ interests rather than abide by the rule book. Where initially obtaining a B.Com degree was [...]

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Home sciences,  the road not taken

Home sciences, the road not taken

| February 20, 2012 | 2 Comments

If you want to have a diverse variety of subjects as part of your under-graduation course, then College of Home Science is the right place for you Maryam Sultana feedback@postnoon.com Located in the Secreta­riat, the Home Sciences College has a charm of its own. Home Science, has come to be known as a subject synonymous [...]

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Ability to love takes root early

Ability to love takes root early

| December 16, 2011 | 0 Comments

The ability to trust, love, and resolve conflict with loved ones starts in childhood — way earlier than you may think. That is one message of a new review of the literature in Current Directions in Psychological Scien­ce, a journal of the Ass­o­ciation for Psy­cho­logical Science. “Your interpersonal experiences with your mother during the first [...]

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