When my 6-year-old daughter started Grade 1 this year, something changed. The curious and imaginative child I had known was coming home with teachers’ complaints about her lack of focus, difficulty reading and writing, and clumsy coordination. It was a 

How do you go about teaching kids money skills so that they have a healthy relationship with their finances? Ask most parents this, and they’ll mention role-playing games to teach kids about money concepts like buying, saving and sharing, or the 

I first came across the idea of a money biography when I enrolled in a financial wellness program in Bangalore. I wasn’t really sure if I was suitable for such a program – I was a mom who had been 

A few months ago, I was waiting for my 5-year-old daughter to finish drama class when I overheard a few parents discussing why picture books are unnecessary. Pictures, they said, are props that distract children from learning how to read