Academic failure
My daughter Deval, 10 years old, studying in the 5th standard finds her studies very difficult. Earlier, she used to score 70-80 % marks and now she is struggling to reach even 60 %. She also failed in one subject in…
Communication with adolescents
My son, Aryan is 14 years old. Since the last one year, our communication seems to have taken a turn for the worse. He feels that I am unable to understand him, however, I feel that he is being more…
Keeping a pretense
Sahil, a 29 year old businessman, lives with his wife and child in a posh locality of Ahmedabad. He gets on fantastically well with his neighbours, with his business clients and with his acquaintances. On 10th October, 2001, the family is…
The criminal mind
Ajay is a 38 year-old builder. He has an outstanding debt of 4 crores. He refuses to pay the money even though he has it. The apartments, which he has built, are damaged every now and then and the tenants…
Work and its problems
Som Patel is a 28-year-old science graduate. He finished his bachelor degree 8 years ago. He tried his hand at post-graduation but left it after 6 months citing lack of interest in further studies. He tried a few jobs here…
School behavior continued
Last week we were looking at the guidelines for teachers towards children. One important point is the attitude towards school reports. When parents are strict, bad reports are a nightmare for the child. Many a child is afraid of taking…
School behavior
My son Raj is 14 years old and there is a constant complain from him that he does not like to go to school. He says that there is nothing worthwhile taught in school these days and that the teachers…
The importance of cooperation in marriage
Rahul is a 30 year-old MBA working as a marketing executive in a bank. His wife Mitali, 28, an interior designer from Bombay works from home. Theirs was an arranged marriage and it is 2 years since then. It is…
9 ways to stay calm
The old advice was to eat good nutritious food, to sleep well and live with discipline, to maintain hygiene, to exercise and maintain fitness, to socialize and enjoy with friends, to reduce stress, to involve yourself in a hobby, to…
Leadership qualities II
We live in a time of paradox, contradiction, opportunity, and above all change. To the fearful, change is threatening because they worry that things may get worse. To the hopeful, change is encouraging because they feel things may get better.…