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This is a sponsored post for Kellogg's Chocos #Khuljaye Bachpan Campaign and was first published on MyCity4Kids.com My little one likes many different things, but Dinosaurs are his absolute favourite! This October, while planning the celebrations for the International Dinosaur Month with my little one, I was inspired to note the completely unexpected ways in which his fascination for these amazing creatures has helped me over the years! Dinosaurs were the biggest and the fiercest animals to ever walk the earth! They were also the strangest and the most magnificent animals that roamed the earth much before we humans inhabited it. They came in all types and sizes – herbivores, carnivores, huge scary ones; tiny, bird-like, chicken-sized ones – the list is limitless! Fascinating children and adults for centuries, these majestic creatures once lived on our planet and were rendered extinct some 65 million years ago. But even today, these wonderful creatures cont...

Mia came home with a long face. All afternoon she stayed in her room and even at dinner, she was very quiet. And as soon as dinner was done, she was up, excusing herself from the table. "I ‘am having a headache," she said. "Can I please go up to my room?" We were all surprised and perplexed to see our happy-go-lucky Mia so gloomy and down. Fearing the worst, I first offered a prayer to my favourite deity, and then went up to her room to see if I could get my darling daughter to talk to me...                                                            ******* I found Mia at her desk. Tapping away at the computer as usual. The minute she saw me, Mia made it clear she didn’t want me there.  "What happened Mia," I asked, "you seem to be very moody today. What's wrong?"  "You forgot today was the selection for de...

This is a sponsored post for MooShake's #MilkJustGotSooper Campaign and was first published on MyCity4Kids.com  We Indians are a remarkable mix of the old and the new, the traditional and the modern. Our culture teaches the young to respect the old and the modern to stay connected with the traditional. There is always the new, but it doesn’t replace the old – in our culture, it co-exists.  Emails might have become the norm, for instance, but we still prefer to visit our elders or at least call or Skype them regularly. Our attire might have changed, but we still wear ‘respectable’ clothing when in the presence of our elders.  Ma  and  Baba  might have become ‘Mom’ and ‘Dad’, but most children still sleep in their parents’ bed. Food, and the ways we cook, might have seen a lot of changes, but when it comes to festivals and weddings, we still prefer to cook the traditional recipes that have been in the family for generations! Our mothers raised...

I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company: I gazed—and gazed—but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils. - William Wordsworth

This is a sponsored post for Kellogg's Chocos #Khuljaye Bachpan Campaign and was first published on MyCity4Kids.com  Children can teach us so much! A baby teaches us that we can be happy for no reason at all. A toddler teaches us that no matter how many times you fall down, all you have to do is get back up again! A pre-schooler teaches us that it is very easy to make new friendships if we are tolerant towards others. A middle schooler teaches us that hobbies can give immense pleasure. A teenager teaches us that life is all about new experiences and accepting the unusual. Children can teach us all this and much more, if only we let them. But we are so busy, trying to  make them see the world through our eyes  that we sometimes fail to  see the world through theirs! Every time we talk of parenting, or parenting styles; we only talk about  how to raise your children to do this,  or  not to do this,  or  be this,  or  not...