Dear working mom,
DO NOT let this guilt trip you. Some children can cry like this even when you take a bathroom break. Human children are designed to grow up with other children their age. This enhances language, self help and social skills.
Make use of good day care facility.
This photo has the potential to become part of social skills training for adolescents.
Saying "no" and still continuing relationship is a valuable skill for every child and young person out there.
I have followed this for years -
1. No highway driving between 9pm and 5am
2. Do not cross 100km/hr even when allowed
3. When in doubt - slow down.
It is not about what my car is capable of (night driving, 200km/hr, etc). It is about my reflexes and my safety.
My yearly reminder to Indian Parents.
Medical entrance examination #NEET has no age bar. Fulfil your own dream of a career in medicine yourself. It is possible. You can do it. Come on.
A marriage invitation arrived on whatsapp today.
Nothing new about it.
Except the story behind it.
1997-99 i was treating psychiatry resident for a young man who had recently been confirmed on job as armed railway police.
He developed Schizophrenia (paranoid type) .
If Shvaji Maharaj did not exist, India would have been trampled under fanatic Aurangzeb.
Shivaji Maharaj and Maratha empire that he founded digested the Halahal called Aurangzeb and ended Mughal empire.
You need to know this if you live in Modern India.
One orphanage that i am associated with has finally taken the step to stop all "birthday feasts" happening there as charity from outside families. there were cakes and sweets almost everyday.
Excellent step.
kids can now go back to some normal healthy everyday food.
I am a practicing doctor. Oxytocin is NOT BANNED by government. Production and distribution is now regulated to prevent misuse in dairy.
DELETE your tweet.
Our beloved government has banned Oxytocin, a drug which prevents post pregnancy bleeding in women. Because cows are apparently mistreated with this drug. thewire.in/health/now-the…
Duty doctor has 36hr duty.
No room to rest.
No security.
She is raped and murdered at her workplace.
Does not make any difference to anyone in the position of responsibility.
This is what it has come to in India.
Just let that sink in.