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VOICE YOUR VIEWS: INDULGENT PARENTS, SPOILT KIDS?
Help in studies
Parents should offer a mix of lenience and strictness, say readers


Lavish

Indulgent parents do not spoil their children. However, being lavish with children in all their actions will most certainly spoil a kid’s life.

Parents must be friendly, but at the same time, they should make the children ...


No respect

Children whose parents are indulgent rarely learn respect for others, and have difficulty controlling their behaviour. We must recognise the child’s need and interpret his behaviour from his perspective, not our own. ...


Bad habits

If parents ignore the activities of their kids, then they are spoilt by friends and learn many bad habits such as smoking, drinking, using drugs, gambling, stealing etc.

M.L. Rangarajan

Thadagam Road R.S. Puram ...


Yielding to demands

Parents play a pivotal role in moulding children. Parents yielding to the unnecessary demands of children will be harmful to the latter. However, the denial should be convincing.

K. Jimmy Lawrence

Tiruvalluvar Nagar ...


Quality time

Parents who have limited time with their children do not want to lay any inhibitions on their fancy needs. This develops negative behaviour such as arrogance, stubbornness etc., which ultimately spoils the kids. If parents set aside some time ...


Guidance

Excessive lenience

Parents’ indulgence need not always the spoil kids. The problem arises only when freedom and excessive lenience is taken advantage of by the children.

G. Anusha

Final B.Com Sri Ramalinga Sowdambigai College of ...


Not aware

A few parents are indulgent, and are not aware of the children’s mindset. This not only spoils the children, but also affects their grand children.

R.M. JAYADEEPA

I M.Sc Bioinformatics G.R.D College of Science ...


Compromise

Nowadays children demand more from their parents: clothes, electronics, foods and other luxuries. It’s up to the parents to not over-indulge them, and be firm when needed.

Compromise on both sides would save arguments and fights. ...


Their childhood

A few parents are indulgent. They think that their child must get everything that they missed out on in their childhood. Parents who have no time to spend with their children also grant all the child’s wishes. Freedom to some extent is ...
Beauty And Wellness

Small wonders!
A booklet and CD to help parents discover the genius in their child
Profiles

Want to play Gandhi
Ashutosh Rana believes the portrayal of each villain is different
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Of short films, and a discussion
A chance to meet the Mirugam team, courtesy Kalam


A role to model
Pankaj Kapur plays a dacoit-turned-social activist in Halla Bol
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Beyond fusion
Anoushka Shankar about her latest album
Mercury rising
rock revisited Weather Report succeeded from gypsy strains to electric jazz
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Ready for rosemary?
Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis is a woody, perennial herb with fragrant, evergreen needle-like leaves. Rosemary has been found to be a stimulant and a mild analgesic, and is used to treat headaches and poor circulation. (For a tonic ...
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The Lola sextuplets
Lola Kutty’s five sisters are all set to take over television
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