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"What goes into a child's mind is more important than what goes into her body."


Teachers' Day Contest: How Technology Is Changing Childhood
Today, we live in the age of media and technology – the age where media is more powerful and dominating like never before. We adults have become completely addicted to media and usage of gadgets. It is a well-known fact that young ones tend to follow us and learn from what we do. This has created a curiosity in young children and toddlers to explore the gadgets and media. Nowadays, many parents take pride in saying that their child is able to use gadgets at a very young age,

The UnFair(y) Tales: Part I (Haste Makes Waste and Rapunzel)
I’ve been reading some children’s stories again thanks to my daughter N. And what strikes me so hard now in my adulthood is how biased against women these stories are. What skewed role models they create. And how stereotypical they are, all under the guise of innocent fun. Let me illustrate. You have read “Haste makes Waste.” In my version, a farmer lives happily with his wife and infant/ toddler son. He finds a baby mongoose in the wild and brings it home saying it will make