24 Jul · Kamini Lakhani · 2 Comments
How you can teach your child or student respectfully: 5 questions answered.
This is a concept close to my heart. I’ve covered this in earlier blogs too. Every time I think about it or interact with parents, new dimensions of respect come up. Recently, I did a webinar entitled- How to teach your child or student respectfully. While creating the presentation, I looked up the…
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9 Jul · Kamini Lakhani · No Comments
After that… Then what?
I sat amongst a group of RDI Consultants, listening to our wonderful teacher, Dr Steven Gutstein. We were talking about creating authentic, challenging frameworks (activities for children). What if the consultant took the child out for a walk and came across a stream that needed to be crossed. How would the child react? He…
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26 Jun · Kamini Lakhani · 5 Comments
6 Tips To Build Resilience In Your Child
It’s a tough world out there. Recent, painful occurrences have reinforced this belief for me. Human relationships are complex. Understanding and dealing with people is difficult. What appears to the naked eye, often isn’t reality. Add to this the uncertainty due to the pandemic and economic situations being badly hit the world…
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12 Jun · Kamini Lakhani · 2 Comments
Do you struggle to set limits for your autistic child?
Does your child have this uncanny ability to press your buttons- and leave you feeling helpless? Do you wish you could control him better so that there is peace in your house? Do you feel emotionally enmeshed with your child’s distress and can’t untangle yourself? Do you feel that…
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28 May · Kamini Lakhani · No Comments
Your Primary Role As A Parent, During This Pandemic
On my evening walk at the terrace the other day, I was intrigued by a scene in a neighbor’s living room. Yes, Mumbai gives us this opportunity to glance into somebody’s living room in an adjoining building! I could see the mother busy at her kitchen counter. Her daughter (about 9 years old)…
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