Serene Strokes

Escaping the quicksand of stress

Blossoming every child’s uniqueness

 Imagine a bed of quicksand – an unassuming bed of loose sand and mud mixed with water, seemingly stable at first glance, but deceptively sucks any object deeper. Stress is a similar trap we enter innocently, unaware of the vicious circle, which keeps drowning us deeper.

Comparison is the seed of this lifelong journey.

Every parent becomes a parent for the first time. How do they know if they are doing it right? The obvious question is ‘compared’ to what? They look for validation by seeking help from elders, pediatricians, parenting books, online forums, social media … Growth charts and development milestones are presented as benchmarks, oJering an ‘average’ or ‘median’ standard to measure the child’s progress. The intent is to use it as an indicative guideline, and to raise an alarm for outlier scenarios, in case of a need for medical intervention. Parents, out of good intention and genuine care, become constantly stressed for this ‘normal’ growth of their baby read more…

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