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Have you wondered how kids mimic you and reproduce it when least expected!
But I am pleasantly surprised with the subtle learning that my kids have been absorbing from their parents. And tiny stuff that they say or do makes me a proud mom.
I am a conservationist at heart and do not believe in pomp and show to please others at all. I believe we all must live within our limits however we have defined to suit our budget not others!
And it’s not easy to pass it down to the kids.
Some of the things that I have been constantly doing are what I guess every parent must be doing even without realizing the importance of it with respect to the larger picture called our earth!
The most common instruction that was passed down to me was, to put off the lights and fans when we were kids. I realized the importance of it not in terms of only the monthly bill under control, but also about the way it helps in the reduction of the usage of the national electric energy, hence lesser coal needed to generate the power. Lesser coal used means, longer supply of coal in future.:)
Both my kids, today, have learnt it to such an extent that even when they are being carried at night in their sleep from one room to another, they do not forget to remind us that we need to switch off the lights and the fan.
One of the thing that I hate is anyone wasting water. The sound of water falling uselessly drives me mad and then whosoever is the culprit has to listen a sweet little lecture from an amateur environmentalist .
Now that’s one thing I am trying to teach but is not gone into the system of my kids or maids enough. My kids have learnt to turn off the tap but they somehow keep wasting water when they are taking bath. Bath tub was always something that I never approved of due to hygiene reasons, but also due to the huge amount of water that is wasted.
I tried to cut on the shower too but my kids still are too young to be so mature when it’s difficult to make the adults understand this concept. A lot of people I have talked to, just do not get the concept of conserving water. They ask ignorant questions like , ” if we are paying for it why should anyone bother ? or something like , ” there is free water so why should be bother?”
Such people are best to be left alone, because it’s not their fault, it’s the upbringing that never bothered about the environment. That’s one reason why I am determined to teach my kids early about water conservation.
Thankfully we have followed the dry and wet garbage segregation from the time we were in Sydney. So it was never difficult for me to teach my kids what is wet and what is dry garbage and where should they go. Infact they are now so much involved in keeping the city and home clean that at times we are proudly embarrassed! Ironic?
On my elder son’s birthday he made all the kids take back the gift wrappings of the return gift and prizes to their homes.
And recently my younger son was hunting for a bin to throw a chocolate wrapper in an already littered birthday party hall!
Yes, once a while reminders are needed, because after all they are kids.:)
These are some of the tiny contributions from my babies which I know is just a step but will transform into two responsible citizens who value the earth and all the richness of it in the most natural form !
This experiment is my own brain child and has not been scientifically tested or proven. But since I value my logic and gut feeling a lot, I find it 100% safe and it’s efficacy too is excellent.
So what is the experiment?
Well, this was three months back when, the swine flu fear groped all of us. I do not much believe in the multivitamins available in the market, especially after a doctor friend explained to me about the negligent tiny quantity that is present in each tablet.
But being a mother, not boosting my kids with supplements was also not easy on me. So I kept thinking of how my kids can get unadulterated multivitamins. And when it’s anything to do with respect to my kids, all my six senses are at their peak alertness!:)
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I feel guilty and wish I had listened to my elder son’s plea that he did not like the taste of the milk. I would coax him with all kinds of stories. But even though he has stopped drinking milk since last one and half years now, my younger son loves to drink only milk !
I wish I had done this simple test easlier which I do now, then all my guilt would have gone.
I wanted to make paneer out of the excess milk I had at home. It was Amul toned milk. This is 4 days back story!
I first added half lemon juice, but there was no change in the milk. Then added one tablespoon of lemoneez. Still nothing happened. Another two table spoon of lemoneez and the milk refused to curdle!
I was very shocked. I called my husband from another room. Discussed with him and that took around 5 more minutes. When we reached back to the kitchen, the milk had changed its consistency only where lemoneez was added. It looked like a rubbery white lump. So I mixed the whole thing in the milk with a spoon and gave a vigourous stir. And guess what, there was no change in the rest of the milk!
Next I tried the same testing with Chitale milk. That too refused to curdle back !
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I wish anyone reading this page, tries it randomly if not everyday, to drink pure milk and not the poisioned, adultrated milk.
And within a fraction of a second they will tell you it’s their mom who is BAD !
Earlier I used to be hurt. I would get even mad at them and make them sit and understand how I am a good mom. Poor me.
As if they want to know that from ME ! Don’t they have their own judgement?
Now its been a couple of years now since I have given up on making them register that I am a good mom, like their good papa !
But occasionally I itch to find out if any small feeling towards me has changed. So, I asked my sons again the same question but in a different way. ( MBA degree has not gone waste ) And this was while watching the movie “Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic” just after the parents of the four kids pass away in the movie.
First I asked my elder son, making sure the younger one was not around.
I asked him ” What if something like this happened to me, would you like it?”
My elder one is very sensitive and hugged me instantly. Then without looking at me he , ” Thank God papa will be there. But mumma I will not like it without you!” Well I was sad and happy.
Then I called my younger son. I asked him the same question.
He said with a big smile, ” Bad mummas should !”.
I asked him why does he think that I am a bad mom.
“Because you scold me, you make me eat food, you put soap on my head, you make me sleep early, you shout when I shout and you love bhaiya more than me ” … Phew !!!
Well this was asking for more than I was prepared ! Meanwhile my elder son had entered into the room again. He said ” If mumma doesn’t scold us, we will become bad boys. And then other people will scold us and hit us when we are alone. And when we grow up like papa, no one will talk to us.” Now I bless my son for understanding my role so well.
I really do not know how much was my younger one satisfied by this answer, but he just left to play.
As usual I started looking for him after 8:00 pm in my society. All the watchmen I asked, said he was nowhere to be seen for quite some time! My heart sank !…read more …
They are always fighting for the same stuff, be it the TV remote or the laptop, or their transformers or even the same set of crayons !!!
So my younger son suggested that we goto Mc Donald’s. Before I could answer, my older one told the younger one that because of swine flu its closed down. Then I found him showing the McDonald’s empty entrance from our window.
This is how their conversation went.
” There are swine flu’s there so we can not goto the Mc Donald’s today.”
“Bhaiya if we go there , swine flu will kill us?”
“yes”
“What if we wear our jacket and then go and kill the swine flu, then we can go to McD.”
“Yes we can try that. Mumma is superwoman, we will send her there at night. She will kill all the swine flu.”
“ok, come lets ask mom.”
“Mumma will you go tonight and kill the swine flu in the McDonald, you can wear your special dress.”
” Ok, I will have to first get one special injection, which will make me stronger, then I can go and fight all the swine flu virus.”
“Do you know what is a virus?”
“yes, friends of bacteria!”
“why should we be scared of virus?”
“Because they make us sick.”
“Where do they live?”
“They live in dirty places.”
“How do they come to us?”
“They come to us through cold water, nosey, cough, sneeze and dirty hands, mouth and legs.”
“And also if we do not brush our teeth.”
“What do the virus do in your body?”
“They kill our body parts.”
“How do we kill virus.”
“By injection and medicines.”
“Good”
“Do you know how that injection is made?”
“No”
“The doctor uncle takes out little blood from a person who has fever because of the swine flu virus.”
“One bucket?”
“No, one small syringe”
“Then that blood is mixed with lots of water”
“To bathe the virus”
“No, to make it weak”
“Then the doctor takes little virus-water that has some weak swine flu virus and puts it in your body through an injection.”
“Ok”
“When our body police sees one weak virus, they make more police who have to fight this weak swine flu virus. They wear caps too. And all cap has swine flu police written on them !”
“wow”
“Then whenever any strong swine flu virus comes inside your body, all the police with swine flu cap jump and kill the virus !”
” Well, it’s the name of the mother of Jesus Christ.
Do you know about him?”
” No”.
“Hmm”.
” Ok what is our surname?”
“Singh”
“You have 48 kids in your class, and each has a different surname, right? “
” No, mom, there are three singhs”
“Ok, so you have 45 other surnames and 3 singhs” ” Now do they all live in one house?”
“No”
” Ok now where do you and all your friends live”
” In houses in Pune.”
“Right. And where do dada dadi, nana nani live”
“Delhi”
“Right. We who live in Pune are called Puneites, those who live in Delhi are called Delhites. But is there any difference in any one living in Pune or in Delhi?”
“No”
” Now when we all, Nana, Nani, Mumma, Papa go to Mama’s house in US, we are all called Indians. But Mamas, Mamies, Kriti, Siya and Sanaa are called Americans, because they live in America.”
” Yes”
“Is there any difference in any one who lives in India or America?”
“No”
“Do you know we are Hindus?”
“No”
“Hmm, tell me whose pooja do we do?”
“My friend Ganesha, bal Hanuman, Ghatotkach, Krishna and Ram.”
” And have you seen whose pooja Janak does?”
“Sardar uncle’s.”
” Ok yes, he is Guru Gobind Singh, and so Janak is a Sikh.”
” Whose pooja Aimaan does?”
” I dunno”
” He does pooja of Allah and is a Muslim.”
” Who is Irene aunty’s God ?”
“I don’t know”
“Her god is Jesus Christ, and she is a Christian.”
“Ok!”
“Is there any difference you see in Aimaan, Janak, Irene aunty, and yourself?”
“No and Yes !”
“Is it? Tell me how?”
” No because they all are living things and look same. Yes because we all do pooja of different God’s”.
“So, does that make anything different in any way?”
“No, then what is the use of different religion and god?”
“Like you ask mumma and papa for everything and do what we tell you mostly, same way different gods and religion tell what to do and how to do. Nothing much.”
“Ok”
” Now do you know what is Jesus Christ’s mumma’s name?”
“No”
” Her name is Mary. And because her son is a God to all Christians, she is called St Mary. And your school is
named after her as St Mary’s School. Got it?”
“Yes got it.” But what is Alien’s god called and what are they, hindu or christian? And mumma are Transformers god?”
Shourya was very much interested in learning about space and people who went to the moon.
He one day asked his mother about what do you do to go to the moon.
His mother said “ To become an astronaut, you need to study science, math and english.
You have to use a rocket to go to the moon in the space.
And you have to be trained for one year to walk, work, eat, float and sleep in a special suit wearing an oxygen mask all the time.”
“But mom why do they need an oxygen mask and a special suit?” Asked Shourya.
“Since the space and the moon do not have air like on our earth, they have to wear an oxygen mask so that they can breathe in the space and on moon.
They have to practice working in zero gravity wearing their special suit.” Explained Shourya’ mom.
“Mom! What is gravity?” again Shourya asked.
“Son, o read more… http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html
Its 12:30 pm, I have a meeting that is unavoidable and time bound hence cannot be postponed!
My kids already back from summer camp! All energetic and want my 100% attention like always!
SO the best I cud manage is keep the meeting at my house…..don’t like it much (Interruption …kids…phone…maids….door …friends….uff !) But beggars can’t be choosers! …So Multiprocessing is already happening… All are set to work that will leave me undisturbed for 2 hours!(…as if…in my dream huh! ) …………Meeting over, only 2 calls, and one interruption from my elder child to change over from MSEB to Generator …..that’s some achievement …!!!!!
Am I glad? No I am mighty pleased with my POA (plan of action) and its success !
Now the secret of keeping kids silent…not into Mahabharata mode….not into want attention…plus getting them creatively informed in my absence …. it had better be something I completely trust with my kids….( maids ….no way….can’t trust them…not even day care…)
I was looking for something on Amazon.com when I happened to discover this amazing stuff that changed my life pleasantly and brought a lot of peace to my maternal questioning , precisely 5 years back in Mumbai !
It’s called BABY EINSTIEN! A set of educational CDs / DVDs / VCRs. These one hours videos can manage to keep my kids singing , repeating after the voice over, dancing, learning..not fighting,….what a boon for any mother …!Baby Einstein was conceived by a mother who could not find appropriate educational videos in the US market !
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My friend was a little uncomfortable when my son showed interest in her daughter. Like any curious boy he did not want to leave the room when her daughter was changing.
Her hubby scolded my son and asked him to leave the room! My son came home crying with the complaint. But he never mentioned the exact reason but mentioned that he was not allowed to stay in the toy room, ’cause for him it was the toy room that was more important than his daughter! I talked to my son and made him understand that since they were expecting guests, they did not want the toy room to be dirty and so the uncle had scolded him. Which was enough for the innocent little mind. He left happily to play again. I too forgot the incident as it was a no-brainer.
So I thought of doing a bit of research in helping him learn better and applying the concept than just mugging up.
So I made him read a small story book and asked him to identify all the action words. And wow, he not only did underline them, he came back with a few more!
The next play exercise I did, involved my younger son who is in Nursery.
The younger one had to name any object he saw in the room. And then my older son had to speak out all the action related to that object.
So the first object uttered was “Apple”.
And now both my sons were throwing action words at me, where I was writing them down like a kid taking dictation!
So we had several action words as Verbs that we know . Eg eating, chewing, cutting, peeling and throwing was the last one added by my younger son
Similarly we moved to objects like football, eraser, rubber band, car. The last one was mother !
The notebook has two full pages of action words dedicated to the word “Mother” !
I plan to play today with them with other kids of the society and do a dumb charade of “Verbs”. Let’s see how they enjoy!
I was talking to a friend who lives in Delhi. My sons were playing around me when my younger son heard me mention delhi while I was conversing.
After a while my son wanted to talk to my friend urgently. He took the phone and after a general talk I heard him say … “Bring an orange phone” !!!
“no not red only orange color phone..”
“ok bye..”
Now my friend was quite amused with a very specific request of item being asked by a 4 yr old. But I told him definitely orange was not his favorite color, it was red that he preferred. And never has he shown any keen interest of phones. He is a die hard 4 wheel lover !!!
And that’s when it clicked to me….!!!
The new Airtel advertisement. Yes that was it!
The ad showed a small kid of my son’s age being reprimanded by his mom for being naughty. She had scolded him and not allowed him to play outside with other kids. The kid then sneaks out of the home with something in his hands and goes up on a terrace. He finds a secured place and sits down to reveal an “orange phone ” . He picks up the phone and say ” Papa aap dilli gaye, Mumma ne mujhe daanta. Aap Mumma ko daantna ” . Then he rushed back to his chair where he was asked to chill out by his mom.
His mom comes up and says ” Doodh pe ke baahar khelne ja sakte ho ”
He asks his mom ” Papa ka phone aaya tha ?”
And the mom just smiles…
The kid thinks for sure that his dad had called back and scolded his mom and asked him to send him to play
So there was the clue that we needed… for my son’s special and specific request for “an orange phone” …
Btw he is still waiting … for his “Orange Phone “
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Yesterday I gave him a glass of chilled orange tang. He looked inside the glass, only to find a small red ant floating in the juice. He promptly showed to me the ant in his juice. I dipped a finger and took the ant out, then gave back the glass to him.
He again looked inside the glass but returned it back saying that the juice was dirty now. I knew this would happen so was prepared for the same. So I told him that the ant is very tiny and now its out of his glass, so he can drink it off.
But my son being my son, refused to digest this simple act that removal of the ant out of the glass meant his juice was now clean enough. He had his reason too. He told me what I normally tell my kids once they are back from outside in the home. He said ” Mamma ! this ant must have been walking out side without any shoes. So when it came and got into my juice glass, all the dirt from its legs have washed into the juice ! So all the juice is now dirty too!!!!!”
Needless to say , I had no answer but to make another fresh glass of juice for him
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So when Nov 2007 arrived, I was all geared to get my kid admitted into Delhi Public School, Pune. Its a Co-ed school and CBSE board is followed there. Having done the same board made sense.
The website dpspune.com did not display any information till the first week of November 2007. Then the website mentioned that admissions for all classes except above 1st STD were open.
The forms were available in the office of DPS School, in NIBM road. When I went there sharp at 10:00 am, there was chaos and crowd. I was handed a token numbered 125. The attendant at the gate added to the confusion by telling us that those who have not got the birth certificate will not be given forms. I was furious as it was not mentioned in their site. SO I made my way upto the lady giving away the admission forms. She clarified the confusion and said that only for parents who were submitting the form right there, had to produce all required documents.
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