Why toy libraries are sustainable and cost-effective for parents

Why toy libraries are sustainable and cost-effective for parents

In mid-2020, Bengaluru-based Vikram Madhusudhan found his home, and that of his friends’, cluttered with toys but their children glued to screens. The father of a 2.5-year-old son then, he decided to quit his job as a quality manager at Boeing to pursue his entrepreneurial aspirations in the child-learning space. Two years later, Vikram with […]

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Rani Mukerji’s film ‘Mrs. Chatterjee vs. Norway’ has rekindled the East vs. West parenting debate 

Rani Mukerji’s film ‘Mrs. Chatterjee vs. Norway’ has rekindled the East vs. West parenting debate 

In the recent film Mrs. Chatterjee vs. Norway, actor Rani Mukerji — who plays Debika Chatterjee, a young mother of two living in Norway — is closely tracked by child welfare officials in Stavanger for weeks. She is then declared an unfit mother. Parenting practices she holds dear — bed-sharing, feeding by hand, keeping her children close […]

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Study: 11% of Class 3 kids lack basic maths skills, 37% have limited skills

Study: 11% of Class 3 kids lack basic maths skills, 37% have limited skills

A NATIONWIDE study carried out by the Centre in March has found that 37 per cent of students enrolled in Class III have “limited” foundational numeracy skills, such as identifying numbers, while 11 per cent “lack the most basic knowledge and skills”. With a sample size of 86,000 students in 10,000 schools, the study — […]

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