Many people deal with kids in a way that they think they do not understand money…This is very funny and sad. Let us run a checklist on what your kids are learning: – Do your kids realize that everything costs money? The domestic servant, the driver, electricity, using a house (rent), banking, investing – NOTHING […]
A very delicate topic…and an interesting one I guess. Also there cannot be some general rules regarding how relationships get built. However I have heard of fathers on either extremes – those who are great and supportive and those who can leave scars on their kids. For those who have seen Anupama (an old Hindi […]
many people do not know how to tackle this question..I have some very strong views.. many people try to help their children..and actually harm the kids. When a boy takes a car from his father in law, the chances are she will treat him like a driver..need i say anything more? personally it is fine […]
Originally appeared in Moneycontrol…..long back… 7 money lessons to teach your kids Tell your kids, ‘Money is the root cause of all good!’ Of course, the line is from Ayn Rand. We are in a vacation – Winter vacation as it is called in India. But with all this exam, vacation, exam, unit test, one […]
I had got Amar Pandit’s book for Children. Here is my daughter’s understanding of the book. She is in 4th standard, Apeejay School, Nerul, Navi Mumbai..here it is in her own words. I had posted a part of the article earlier too..this is the full one.. Recently my father got a copy of a book […]
“My favorite grandson passed away……” read my sms – my neighbor of 40 years was sending it to me on Jhanmashtami. Hey Krishna what is this..was the only thing I could ask the Lord…this cannot be a birthday cruelty God..then I realised why I was at a loss of words. Orphan, Widow, Widower,…are all words […]
Recently a very senior executive from a Pharmaceutical company came to see me (let us call him Mr. A). He was earning well, had a nice house, drove a nice car, ….to the world he looked successful. However he had 2 major problems – his son (age about 28) and daughter (aged 25) were quite […]