Do you remember what it was like when you were in 10th grade – How did you feel? What was important for you? What concerned you? What were your fears? Your hopes and wishes? As a 10th grader, I was afraid of scoring below 80%, I was concerned I wouldn’t make my parents proud. I […]
Self-Confidence: Why It Matters and How It Develops Throughout Life
What is Self Confidence? Self Confidence is belief in one’s ability to engage or deal successfully/ adequately with the tasks and goals. It is usually the result of overcoming obstacles or working on building/ gaining expertise on a skill. A self-confident person is ready to rise to new challenges seize opportunities deal with difficult situations […]
How to be Self Aware?
Overview/ Descriptor of self-awareness Self-Awareness is a thinking skill in which a child is able to accurately recognize own feelings and behaviour and is able to judge own performance. Self awareness goes beyond the ability to just recognize our feelings. It also involves realising that, those feelings lead to actions which may in turn lead […]
“What will I be?” – Talking to your child about their future
Recently, I was speaking to my senior from college on the phone who has an 11 year old daughter. As we were chatting, the daughter (let us call her Arya) finished her online tuition classes. My senior took a break from our conversation, asked Arya to have her snacks and then sit down to complete […]