Anupriya Chowdhary - 365 Days of Gentle Parenting - Mommytincture

We were welcomed to a shower of flower petals. Yes, you read it right - The 6 year old cousin at home, welcomed her cousin brothers with marigold garlands and a shower to yellow orange petals. I wish I could attach a pic or two of them in the act. Before that we had an early morning flight, with actually no time to hang around at the airport. Now that we are home, its time to unpack and given my track record I am going to take forever to do that. To know more about my yet another day of not loosing my shit on my kids, listen to this episode of 365 Days Of Gentle Parenting.

I was lucky to be a part of an esteemed panel discussion today at Beyond the Box , a venture by Anupama Dalmia. The event was called 'Can You Hear Me' and it was a book launch event doubled into a panel discussion with Anjali, a fellow blogger and author moderating the panel. While the other two panels were qualified child psychologists and parenting coaches, I sat there with a nervous smile with a bag full of my own parenting experiences. We had a healthy and enlightening discussion on the subject of 'Empowering our kids' The most funny part of the discussion came up towards the end about how does one deal with their kids being sad or low. Does one let them be or try to cheer them up until they look happy? While the experts had loads full of advice to deal with sad kids, I had to confess that my kids at their age, my kids do not become sad, they only become upset. And thus I have to sometimes try and solve their reasons for being sad, or just let them howl and cry for a while, and if it becomes too much to bear or if I see that it might start to affect their health, I have to become a joker to distract them and cheer them up. Listen to this episode of 365 Days of Gentle Parenting to know more about the discussion

In this episode I talk about how I had a tough time managing my son's expectations from a trip we made to the Pinjore Gardens. I also share some tips and advice on 'How to Keep Sibling Rivalry Away'. A lot depends on how as parents we display behaviors that are neutral and make kids feel safe about their place in the house and in the world. Of all things that I want for my kids, I want them to be self assured and work on their own journey, with no insecurities. 

And we did our #pawrihoraihai trend video! I also read about the 3 Overtly behaviors we parents are inclined to practice. Listen to this episode of 365 Days Of Gentle Parenting for more details.

It's day 13 already and I am patting my back for my consistency at recording the days for the last 13 days. Today was a good day again. Only a very contemplating one. 'I want to feel the joy in motherhood' - is what most stressed mothers have to whine about. Today I talk about how the entire motherhood / parenting journey turns into one unhappy circle of life. I am still to figure how to break out of this circle, but for now the awareness that it is a dreaded path is enough for me.

Life of a mom isn't easy. Obviously everyone knows that. But when you are standing in a public place being watch by dozens of people while your little one refuses to budge from his spot, you do feel like being swallowed by the earth. But I did better and I did well. How? Listen to episode 9 of 365 Days of Gentle Parenting.

I am glad that I have come this far. Today I was on the verge of losing it on my older son for a blunder he made. Yes, it was a genuine blunder. But then I took a pause and asked myself. What's its effect on the larger scheme of things. 'Some attitudinal effect for sure' So I held my horses and waited for an appropriate time to have a conversation. And I had the conversation. Was it successful ? I don't know. But I am definitely doing a happy jig on my ability to have a conversation with the boy.  

In this episode I share some practical tips from my personal experiences on how to get the kids listen to you. What are your tricks under your hand to ensure that your kids listen to you? 

2 good days spent with friends, family and new friends. In this episode I recount an incident that reinstated the significance of free play among children. What are your views about free play for kids as against structured learning ? Do share your thoughts.

I was scheduled to meet a practicing coach for a tete-a-tete via coffeemug.ai , a new professional networking platform that use artificial intelligence to bring you in proximity with professionals who align with your own professional goals. So yes, I met a 50 year old gentleman over meet and he gave me a very valuable parenting lesson. His words are going to stick with me for a long long time. Listen to the full episode to know what he told me about good parenting today.

Well, These were 2 GOOD Days, as far as finding Joy in Motherhood is concerned. I think 1 secret to finding joy in motherhood or parenting for that matter is to not expect perfection. 

So yes, I allowed my kids an hour (and another half maybe) of screen time, because I wanted to sit through a very important fb live yesterday and a feel good zoom meeting today. I am a little guilty, but not beating myself over it. 

What is that one thing, you do as a parent, wherein you do feel guilty, but decide to continue with the practice, because you know its important for your sanity (or sometimes even survival)? 

And yes watch the important live session, I have been dancing over here - https://fb.watch/3KoUG0bUVO/