Dealing with self-reliant (read: headstrong) kids
As parents, you look forward to having kids who embody some of your and your partner’s good qualities. If the kid is really obnoxious and he or she deliberately-completely-on-purpose chooses to...
View ArticleReading and resolutions
Happy New Year and welcome to the first post of 2015 on Indian American Mom! As is customary, and usually always slated for defeat, most of us start off the new year with resolutions that we came...
View ArticlePeople of America: an Asian mom
Now, before I even begin, I want to underline the point that this was a single person whom I was talking to. This person is by no means an advocate or representative of her community! However, what...
View ArticleRespecting my kids’ privacy
There was a time when the blog had been dedicated entirely to cute and funny anecdotes about my boys! I loved writing about them and from the comments, I know that everyone who read them thought they...
View ArticlePeople of America – Arches National Park, Utah
This week, my family is on Spring break at southern Utah. We’re visiting Zion, Bryce, and Arches National Park. I don’t think a few photos would do justice to the magnificence of these parks. I can...
View ArticleNurturing Sibling Relationships – a #1000Speak post
Conversations like these that I posted on Facebook are now the new normal in our household: Little a to Big A: You’re so dumb, you would shave your eyebrows! Big A to Little a: You’re so dumb, if...
View ArticleTen things I’m thankful for #TToT
I’m finally joining in Lizzi’s wonderful blog hop where she invites peeps to list 10 things in their week that they are thankful for! Do you know that this week is the 100th week of this bloghop?! That...
View ArticleVirtual hugs and all!
I’ve been blogging for over two years now (I’m a person who never remembers dates and anniversaries! I’m so happy Facebook reminds me!), so I have been fortunate enough to receive the Liebster Award...
View ArticleSleep, baby, sleep
Hi there!! Did you miss me?! Wait…don’t answer that! I prefer to stay in Dreamsville where thousands of readers are waiting anxiously for the next post! Speaking of which, today’s post is right up your...
View ArticleCompassion for a dolphin #1000Speak
I’m seriously late with my post, but I’m trying not to miss a single #1000Speak moment, so better late than never! Little a is a hoarder of stuffed animals. He has a number of bed buddies now and the...
View ArticleChanging personalities
My department is conducting a fun and, possibly insightful, personality survey. The idea is to find out our different personalities and to use it in a brainstorming session of how to get along as a...
View ArticleParenting older kids
I’m very excited to have been invited by Shailaja to write a post for her blog! After wracking my brain for several weeks over what the best topic to write on would be, I heeded her suggestion to make...
View ArticleAccepting our imperfect parenting with compassion #1000Speak
I did struggle a lot with this the #1000Speak July topic of Acceptance simply because I couldn’t think of a suitable topic to write about! It’s great to have a bloggy group to powwow ideas when one of...
View ArticleListening to kids with compassion #1000Speak
As I mentioned last blog post, Little a and I are going for walks. Of course, now he’s become this social animal, having corralled a group of friends of similar ages in the neighborhood, our...
View Article“Who cares?!” The beauty of nonchalance and being different
“Oh dear!” said the dental assistant with a laugh, “I got you a pink toothbrush by mistake! Would you like me to get you a different one?” Little a, all of 7 years old looked down at his little packet...
View ArticleCompassion for a tween #1000Speak
Dear Tween Son, I haven’t decided exactly when to show you this letter. It will be based on your mood, which is so easily reflected on your face. You’re still the little boy whose mood is dark, cloudy...
View ArticleIndian Americans and school grades
Grades! Or, rather our obsession with ‘A’s is well exemplified by a recent conversation I had with Big A. A little background: Big A is very strong is Math (duh! Typical Asian stereotype! I know!)....
View ArticleParenting then, now, and in the future
“Who’s that?”, asked Little a, “as we drove past someone walking on the street who waved to us. “Is that Miguel?” “No, that’s Miguel’s wife, Elisa”, I said. “Oh ho ho ho! I thought Miguel was a...
View ArticleSchool and life lessons
Big A’s first week of school was rocky because apparently his Advanced English teacher had given them a book report to do over the summer vacation that we were unaware of! Since she was to be his new...
View ArticleThe college preparedness experiment
We’re now doing this really scary experiment – experimenting with our child’s future and his college preparedness. The norm among everyone we personally know and what I read online is that to prepare a...
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