Life is not a bed of roses but mothers definitely make it one. In the second episode of the series “Real Mom Real Stories” in association with “The Champa Tree”, we have Ayesha N who went through a stressful period in her life but did not let it affect her child in any way. Let’s listen to her the story of the renowned chef Ayesha. She has successfully paved her way through a stressful divorce and is raising her beautiful daughter, Samara, as a single parent. 

When asked about the secret mantra to balance both her professional life and mom's life, she shared that with time she has stopped putting pressure on herself. Her secret mantra is communication. She talks and communicates with her daughter a lot. She gives her daughter a scenario of her busy schedule and makes her understand it. She also involves her daughter in whatever she does. Be it making a batter or cooking together or helping out in the kitchen, she involves her daughter in everything. Her tip to happy balancing is communication & involvement. She further shares the stressful phase of her life when she had to part ways with her husband. As a single mom and wanting the best for her child, she started researching a lot, came across various therapists to understand the best way to tackle separation ensuring that the kid is not impacted negatively. She jots down a few important points that every parent should keep in mind:

• Be open- Let your child be familiar with the situation and understand the meaning of divorce. Make everything feel normal- Make your child feel normal. Make him/her understand that no matter what, kids are always going to be the center of the universe for their parents. 
• Make your child feel secure

Listen to her advise other parents on separation and talk more about her lovely daughter and the surprises she received from her.

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We kick start our series of “Real Moms Real Stories” with such a mother who took the leap of faith and started something that had risks of its own. But she managed to touch the hearts of many with her creativity and grace. During the conversation, Ms. Anupama Dalmia shared her very thoughts on motherhood and stated that motherhood changes a person in a lot of ways. It helps women discover how strong she is and what is she capable of.  Apart from that it also helps in being a better version of ourselves. Motherhood is an ongoing process, the changes and learnings are constant. 

She advised all the mothers out there to pursue what they want to do no matter what. One can change their career at any point in time, no matter what people say. “Derive your strength from the supporting section of your circle.” Anupama is a writer, a social influencer, an entrepreneur, a creative writing mentor, and a choreographer. Her passion for each of the things she does boosts energy in her to go much forward and be self-driven. She is able to embrace herself completely without any motherhood guilt. Society always expects mothers to be sacrificial. Someone who would leave everything for the sake of children and be after them. Kids don’t need sacrificial mothers. They just need mothers who love them, can spend time with them, and guide them through life. Anupama told that she might not spend 24 hours with her daughter but her daughter is definitely her priority. “Let go off the motherhood guilt!”

Listen to Anupama talk more about motherhood and the importance of the creative field in kids’ life. The entire podcast of “Real Moms Real Stories” is in the “Parenting & Childhood” section of the Free Chimes Radio mobile apps – available in Google and Apple App stores. 

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We have reached episode 6 of "Chiming with Supermom Bloggers" series where we talk to Minakshi Bajpai of the acclaimed blog 'MommysTimeline.com'. She is one of the effective and gifted mom bloggers of India. In this skull session, she talks about how "Physical activity is a great way for the family during pandemic". We as a whole have experienced a 180-degree shift from our customary life activities because of this pandemic in the flicker of an eye. At first, kids were deeply affected by the unusual routine, however, now with time, they have adjusted the way of life of online classes, video calls, and recess at home with family. Minakshi accepts that even though this circumstance of the pandemic is unpleasant, yet it is likewise a surprisingly beneficial turn of events for each one of those expert guardians who never get sufficient time with their children.

 "Make hay while the sun shines!"

 For guardians, keeping kids active and simultaneously working from home has become monotonous. Since youngsters can't go out and play, we ought to indulge them in physical exercises at home and make it a piece of day to day schedule. Our expert mommy blogger shared her little practice routine which she and her family normally follow while exercising together. She recommends that doing simple and easy activities like skipping, hopping, spot-running and other physical activities will even make it easier for children to exercise along with you and when as a family you do something, it keeps the energy level consistent. Aside from physical exercises, youngsters can get another diversion to explore themselves and be occupied in leisure activities like singing, dancing, painting, writing, reading, rehearsing musical instruments, and learning a new subject like coding. Kids can even assist in family errands and it is the most gainful approach to show them household duties.

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Chimes Radio brings one more episode of “Chiming With Supermom Bloggers” where we discuss parenting and motherhood. In this episode, we have Vaishali S Sharma of “The Champa Tree”, our supermom blogger of the week. Our expert mommy shares her views on how parenting has changed over the years - from the 80s’ to 90s’ to the present 2020, there has been a vast shift. Earlier people used to live in a joint family but now families are dispersed into nuclear families. And as we all know, things change through generations. About the impact of Covid-19 on children, she say “The little ones stay in a scary world where they hear about the virus but hardly understand.” She suggests that this period is the perfect time to teach children about various things apart from bookish knowledge and regular subjects. This is the time to teach children life lessons and virtues like kindness, love, gratefulness, the meaning of family time, sharing beautiful moments, teaching household activities, etc. As parents, we now have the liberty to spend more time and interact with our children. So, people should take advantage of this situation and “encourage and motivate the kids”.

 

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Celebrating motherhood further, Chimes Radio is out with its fourth episode of “Chiming with Super Mom Bloggers” series, and this time we have Ms. Devishobha R. of Kidskintha with us on how “Screen time impacts the sense of balance in kids”. Devishobha, a very humble person herself, recommends everyone to always be connected to their roots, adopt humility, and stay grounded, no matter how successful they become in life. ​

 

She believes passing on this same message and ideologies to our children is very important in present times. Talking about the problems and imbalance in daily life caused due to Covid-19, Devishoba suggested that parents can help children to cope up with this situation by giving them quality time and their attention. Children are missing out on a lot of things and also social interactions, therefore, as parents, it is very necessary to talk to them and interact on one to one level. Devishobha says “It is very easy to go deep down the digital tunnel and live in digital gadgets but it is also important to make connections”. As a parenting tip, she recommends treating this time at the home as a blessing and not isolating yourself from kids.

 

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​In the third episode of “Chiming with Super-Mom Bloggers”, we have Ms. Jhilmil Bhansali of “Mommy in me” sharing her views on how to strike a balance between work and parenting responsibilities during the pandemic and how “Planning ensures work from home parents to spend time with kids”. During the discussion with RJ Manika, she shares some handy tips from her own personal experiences on how to find that balance. Her other parenting tips revolve around ensuring parents get to spend some quality time with children and engage them in age-appropriate tasks.

 

Jhilmil also emphasizes on the need to limit the device usage – not just for kids but for both parents as well as children. One very handy suggestion from her is to encourage kids to get involved in activities on their own which allows parents to catch up with the office work in the meantime. She recommends defining a fixed boundary of work and fix some time posts after which no office work could be entertained. Advance planning for weekends with kids activities like baking, reading, painting and others is also on to suggestion list for other parents.

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​​In the second episode of "Chiming with Super-Mom Bloggers”, we had Ms. Reshma Krishnamurthy of Mums & Stories as our expert mom of the week. As a freelance writer, Reshma brought forward stories and experiences of different mothers in her blog.

 

​While talking about “Importance of Life Skills in kids post-pandemic”, Reshma shared her views on how the pressure and even fear of exams have now reduced on the children due to pandemic.

 

She opined that “Parents need to be more positive minded and do what’s efficient for their kids”. Before COVID-19, the Indian family lifestyle has heavily dependent on house helps but this has changed completely. What has come to the fore is the need to teach these essentials skills like cleaning, organizing, and washing from an early age to the children, so they grow on to become independent and self-sufficient. “A lot of things in life are boring but you cannot shed away from responsibilities, so life skills are far more important than academics”, Reshma claimed while sharing her best parenting tips for bringing up kids whether pre-schoolers or teenagers. 

 

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​In the very first episode of "Chiming with Super-Mom Bloggers”, Chimes Radio invited Ms. Anupriya Choudhary of Mommy Tincture as our expert guest.

 

​During the discussion, the budding author and talented blogger shared her opinions and views on bringing up kids in today’s world.  Without doubt, there has been a rapid change in the children’s lifestyles today compared to that of the previous generations. ​

 

 While earlier it used to revolve around friends, activities and games, their life is now getting squeezed with the advancement of technology and everything being available in our palms "www.onyourpalms". Looking into the current pandemic scenario, children spend most of their time either attending online classes or completing their homework. Anupriya strongly believes that the content kids consume through radio, television or internet should be thoroughly monitored by their parents.

 

Further in the conversation, we delve into “Benefits of free play in enhancing kids creativity”. She emphasizes that the amount of free time kids get should not be devoted to mobile phones or any other digital screens. She suggests that parents should rather find time in their busy schedules and spend it with kids. "Spend some quality time and then encourage your kids to be of their own". Parents need to let kids be independent and do whatever activity brings joy to them. It is very important to give kids this freedom to boost their creativity.  

 

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Every word and picture speaks volumes about the imagination of the writer. And when words and syllables come together and take the reader’s on an emotional overdrive, we surely call it creative writing. Especially in kids, creative writing can be a great way to understand their deep-seated emotions and feelings. In other words, it is a unique way to get a glimpse into the emotional intelligence, maturity, and the thought process of a developing child.   Creative writing is now a very demanding carrier prospect, especially in the entertainment sector. If your child got that flair of creative writing then this podcast will surely help in nurturing that talent.   In this special podcast, we talk to Ms Vijayshree of ‘Bellas N Bambinos’ who has been running Creative Writing workshops in Delhi and Gurgaon for young kids for ages now. In the discussion, we try to understand what creative writing means in young kids, its advantages and what cues can parents look out for to establish if their kids have a flair for it.    Hope your enjoy this podcast and benefit from it.   www.chimesradio.com FB: https://www.facebook.com/chimesradio/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vrchimesradio/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChimesRadio

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“The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great things”- Geroge. C. Lichtenburg    Human tendencies are the basic development of survival. It helps us to understand and adapt to the surrounding. We human beings have a certain set of tendencies that exist right from our birth and develops with time. In this special podcast, our very own RJ Nitin talks about various human tendencies that we start developing as a newborn baby and we keep working on them throughout our childhood.    The five human tendencies which are covered in this podcast are: Exploration, Orientation, Imagination, Manipulation, and Communication. So if you are keen to understand why your kids act the way they do - be it touching various objects, developing a sense of direction or expressing their imagination in the form of painting or expressing in form of gestures or body language - check this podcast on human behavior.    www.chimesradio.com  FB: https://www.facebook.com/chimesradio/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vrchimesradio/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChimesRadio 

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