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We are all well adapted to home environment by now. Our children have learned to accept their new schools as zoom, Cisco, hang out and the list goes on. How are we embracing the new changes in our life? Being a mother of two, and communicating with like-minded moms, I got to learn a lot during these two months. Initially we were perplexed when we heard schools are coming to our living rooms. As parents, we were so curious to know how all this is actually going to happen. We had our doubts, and confusions. But to our surprise the schools came forward fully equipped and prepared to fight the battle. Salute to the government and all the schools as a team for it. We parents always want the best for our child, which is quite natural, may be that is why we tend to criticize. We are overwhelmed with the pouring worksheets, incessant home works, solid projects and submissions together with home making. I have wrapped up some notions in this article that might help reduce our anxiety. ...

I was watching an ad on YouTube with my kids recently and it got my attention. The ad was about a gadget watch that asked a kid to do chores within a set time limit.  The kid’s parent set it in advance, then the kid marked the action before going to the next one.  Meanwhile, the parent tracked the child on his phone. The child brushes his teeth and the mother, while sitting on the couch in the living room, checks to see if the chores are being done. The related videos that came along were similar, like a mini robot that talks and entertains the child all the time and a bottle of water that helps the parent track the amount of water the child drank.   I don’t know why I found it weird.  Modern or strange? It might be a great tool to make children responsible or entertained, but my personal opinion is that we as humans can replace all these gadgets.   I am sure that there will be a lot more gadgets aiming for children that parents will spend a lot o...