An Exercise in CaringNCERT Issues Guidelines to Schools to Help Address Students’ Mental Health Problems ...One limitation of the recommendation within these guidelines is an unequal power dynamic. Hierarchical structures and a culture of discipline and authority within schools could render such panels moot, given... By Saumya Kalia
Wilde ImplicationsHow ‘Anti‑fandoms’ Become a Tool To Scrutinize, Harass Women ...that anti-fandoms carry deep negativity in their foundation. Related on The Swaddle: Why We Love to Hate‑Watch Things Anti-fandoms then become a tool to discipline women — especially those who... By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Love In the Time of CapitalismHow Modern Society Complicates the Grief of Heartbreak ...25. As psychoanalyst Erich Fromm notes, “the principle underlying capitalistic society and the principle of love are incompatible.” In other words, the organization and discipline of our society according to... By Rohitha Naraharisetty
To Err Is HumanWhy We Repeat Mistakes After We’ve Made Them ...so that we can learn and grow. We lose things so that we can value them more sincerely. Every social reasoning builds on a noble idea of discipline, which in... By Saumya Kalia
Books Behind BarsHow Books, Literature Can Support Indian Prisoners’ Rehabilitation ...Perhaps, the severity of the emotional toll is best articulated by Michel Foucault, who in Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison, wrote, “punishments like imprisonment — mere loss... By Saumya Kalia
Not a Meaty ArgumentHow Restricting Communities’ Access to Food Is a Form of Violence ...in the name of “discipline.” Food is the latest weapon to oppress identities as civil society and politicians alike rush to restrict communities’ access to food. A spate of meat... By Saumya Kalia
Merits of PatriarchyDowry Helps in Marrying ‘Ugly’ Girls Off, Says Nursing Textbook ...and “in bringing the man down from his pedestal, the wife and mother deprived herself, in fact, of the means of discipline.” The blatant misogyny of the question and the... By Saumya Kalia
The Red Panda In The Room‘Turning Red’ Is an Ode to Complex Mother‑Daughter Relationships ...about keeping calm all the time. For those upon whom calmness and discipline are imposed, female excess can look like a curse to be broken. But Turning Red shows how... By Rohitha Naraharisetty
The Great DisruptionElizabeth Holmes’ Conviction Shows the Toxic Side of Glorifying Tech Icons ...Added to that was the fact that Holmes founded it as a teenager, having dropped out from Stanford — and not even from a discipline that is slightly relevant to... By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Imitation GameScience and Religion Are Pretty Different, Actually ...— case in point being when Darwin’s theory of evolution was force-fit to analyze patterns of religious evolution, even though theories are contingent upon discipline-specific assumptions and knowledge; a theory... By Saloni Diwakar
disciplineFirst World Problems: A Playground Bully ...discipline someone else’s kid? Never. No, don’t say “but.” I hear you; they are Rosemary’s babies, and they are terrorizing your little princess. Been there, grinned and bore that. And guess... By Judy Balan
None Of Your Bloody BusinessFrom Riches to Rags: The Evolution of Menstrual Taboos in India ...also a god who said, “the mind of woman brooks not discipline, Her intellect hath little weight,” Chawla quotes the Rig Veda saying, just by the way. Indra is consumed... By Rajvi Desai
all agesThe Myth of Three Meals a Day ...our lives, professional or social, are structured around these meals – as is our childrearing. Of course, many would argue that a lack of discipline, when it comes to food,... By Dr. Aarti Javeri
cultureResponsible Parenting Is More Than Love ...Self-discipline and personal responsibility are best taught through example. A few years ago, this was best paired with ‘benign neglect,’ a talisman term against the tiger mums and other analyzed-to-idiocy... By Genesia Alves
emotional healthMedicating Children for Mental Health Disorders ...and discipline, not only discourage kids from taking their ADHD medication but even forbid them to do so. As a parent, you need to inform others only if it is... By Dr. Pervin Dadachanji
An Olympics For A New Generation ...inspires a generation. It is, after all, a microcosm of what life should be: hard work, determination, will power, training, discipline, teamwork, winning without arrogance and accepting defeat with grace.... By Jatin Sapru
foodPerfecting Parenting (At Least, In Theory…) ...accusatory look that said “How could you have deprived me so for so long?!” She has not looked back since, and, for all of our discipline when they where toddlers,... By Swati Apte
lyingWhy Toddlers Lie — And What To Do About It ...punishing toddlers when they’re caught in a lie. Studies show that it will only cause your child to become better at lying more quickly in an effort to dodge discipline.... By The Swaddle Team
