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Gouri Dange

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ARTICLES BY GOURI DANGE

Find a distraction-free environment for your child. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

Can you work if your child needs attention?

4 min read . 13 Feb 2016

Leave the room, casually, if your child behaves badly. Photo: Alamy

The aggression counter

4 min read . 16 Jan 2016

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The 12-year-old critic

2 min read . 20 Jun 2015

Create a positive atmosphere for the child.

Make a new beginning

2 min read . 30 May 2015

Rewarding or punishing a child can both prove ineffective. Photo: Thinkstock

Cleaning up the mess

2 min read . 02 May 2015

Once they get to know him, some of them will become friends, regardless of short, tall, small, etc

Understanding one another

4 min read . 29 Apr 2015

Sit together with the counsellor to clear the air. Photo: Thinkstock

Don’t alienate your child

2 min read . 04 Apr 2015

A commitment to play

1 min read . 28 Feb 2015

Find different age-appropriate ways to communicate with your child and her friends about the issue.

The special needs juggernaut

2 min read . 10 Feb 2015

Rethink how you communicate with your daughter. Photo: Thinkstock

The warm approach

4 min read . 24 Jan 2015

Make the child understand that being rude and sarcastic is not smart or funny. Photo: Thinkstock

The rude answer

2 min read . 27 Dec 2014

Start the boyfriend conversation early. Photo: Thinkstock

Don’t be dismissive

2 min read . 20 Dec 2014

Denying problems at home is a great disservice to a child.

Don’t clean up facts

2 min read . 13 Dec 2014

It’s important that non-teaching staffs feel the responsibility as well as the nobility of their tasks.

Counsel staff on child-abuse issues

2 min read . 25 Nov 2014

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Staying safe in school

2 min read . 24 Nov 2014

While assuring her that you are happy that she feels like dressing well and keeping up with fashion, talk to her about how to find a balance. Photo: Thinkstock

Parenting | The male gaze

2 min read . 29 Oct 2014

For any grown person, the best childhood memories, however wealthy they were, are of little things, like a freewheeling chat with an aunt and uncle who genuinely listen and enjoy a child’s company.

Memories are not about expensive gifts

2 min read . 15 Oct 2014

Smartphone with its constant, beeps, hoots, bells and whistles, is a disturbance and a distraction.

Smartphone protocol for your child

2 min read . 08 Oct 2014

Try talking to them about the ugly power of words.

Sibling rivalry

4 min read . 13 Sep 2014

Children deal poorly with break-ups between parents.

Separation anxiety

2 min read . 08 Sep 2014

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