Dinshaw Avari- Trying my Hand at Blogging!

July 17, 2019 Can we be both to our children? There are so many people who believe so! As a parent, you should be your child’s friend; but, can you be their “ BEST ” friend?   Should you be? At the very heart of this question is the quote mentioned above- and in my opinion to raise your children well you cannot be their BEST FRIEND .   You can be close friends.   To be a good kid entails us, as parents, TO BE PARENTS .   How can we correct our child if we are their best friend?   How can we teach, encourage, feed, advice, “tell”, scold or do so many other things which, as a parent, you can do but as a best friend you cannot or may not be able to? Practically speaking, even between friends it's difficult (though not impossible), to correct your best friend– however, as a parent you don’t have that worry. However, if you are your child’s best friend & vice-versa, won’t you spoil them to maintain that friendship level?   Would ...

March 15, 2019 (Image courtesy "https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwin9JW8qYPhAhWIzaQKHcY_CEAQjhx6BAgBEAM&url=https%3A%2F%2Fboldomatic.com%2Fview%2Fwriter-feed%2Fswag-fiir3&psig=AOvVaw22OoZgoM_sG5bt0ZPQKbzy&ust=1552711021351225")   March 15, 2019  Does one really need to have “common sense” not to throw trash on the road from the car?  What about a car tail-gaiting a motorcycle?  How about when I take my mother in law to the Gym at the hospital and every single time , I open and close the physiotherapy door on my own with no one helping an attendant pushing a wheel chair – not the nurses walking by nor the people sitting inside!?  Hey, how about spitting beetle nut on the side of the stairs? OR, the worst, urinating on the side of the road? Do we really need to be taught common courtesies - isn’t it ingrained in humans since we are born?   NO .   Thinking back, I...