The Parentune Expert Panel was a part of the recently held World Children Expo (WCE ’13) where they undertook a unique workshop, “Raising happy children”. Parentune café and workshops are in li...

Rahul and Maya are a young educated couple and parents of 6-year-old Aahaan and 4-year-old Saanchi. Rahul works full time in a corporate job while Maya is an entrepreneur taking care of her online ret...

There is a huge emotional attachment that most of us have for fruit juice. The mention of the words ‘fruit juice’ conjures up an image of a glass full of health and thus, we encourage our little o...

There was a time when life in a regular home had limited gadget influence, it was either a single Telephone line or a Television… yes those were simpler times. Cut to current times, nowadays our chi...

Birth of a baby is nothing less than a beautiful miracle that almost all parents wait for in exhilaration and sweet anticipation though majority keep their fingers cross praying that everything goes w...

  This is the current recommended immunization Calendar 2012; for a child between 15 months to 12 Years by the Indian Academy of Pediatrics.           15...

One evening, as I was preparing dinner, I heard my almost 3 year old son who was then playing with histoys say “Stupid! Shut up!” I couldn’t quite believe what I just heard. I asked him what he ...

  This is the current recommended immunization Calendar 2012; for an Infant between 6 weeks to 12 months by the Indian Academy of Pediatrics.       6 Weeks: Polio: All ...

Malaria is a very common but a deadly infection prevalent in warm, tropical areas of the world. Malaria spreads through a parasite called Plasmodium, which is carried by the female Anopheles mosquitoe...

  In the previous part of the Blog i had mentioned the first 6 ideas that i had to be done with my 7 year old during her summer vacations. In this Blog i am listing the balance 6 fun ideas that ...

“I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees,Fluttering and dancing in the ...

In my routine day, I get to see patients of all ages and sizes suffering from various problems related to vision. When it comes to children, I am especially concerned not just about how to treat the v...

"What do i do?" "Now, what do i do?" "I am bored !! ..." These are some of the things that i heard from my daughter on a regular basis as she spent her 15 day break from school. This was a bre...

Teenage is a critical and crucial time of a child’s life. This is the time when a child is exploring the range of his/ her capabilities, evolving towards adulthood and challenging the preset norms t...

Summers are a welcome change after the bitter winter. The cold and sniffles of the winter season are replaced first by the awesome spring and soon after we face the wrath of the unmerciful sun.  ...