by Pathways Kovai | Sep 9, 2015 | Blog Post
Teen years are the time when they are trying to form identity and fit in with their peers. They face immense pressure from school and family to perform well academically as getting into professional courses is very difficult. They are also worried about disappointing...
by Pathways Kovai | Aug 24, 2015 | Blog Post
There is plenty of science regarding how drinking at a young age affects the development of brain and body. The brain and body of teens are still developing and changing quite markedly at least until the age of twenty-five. Studies have shown that young people...
by Pathways Kovai | Aug 15, 2015 | Blog Post
Recently, sensationalist news in the media highlighted the event when a 17 year old girl was found drunk in public in Coimbatore. The papers had headings such as “Plus-2 girl gets drunk, creates ruckus”, “Drunk Teen Causes Flutter in Coimbatore”, “Coimbatore sees...
by Pathways Kovai | May 9, 2015 | Blog Post
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. Aristotle On May 7 Tamil Nadu government announced the plus two results. Hundreds of students and their families were very happy with the exam outcomes for their children as they scored very high....
by Pathways Kovai | May 1, 2015 | Blog Post
According to new research published this week in Lancet children who are bullied are at greater risk of mental health problems in later life than those who are maltreated by adults. The researchers used data from two longitudinal studies in UK and the US where they...
by Pathways Kovai | Apr 26, 2015 | Blog Post
There is no health without mental health World Health Organization (WHO) Mental health is a way of describing personal, emotional and social wellbeing. WHO defines mental health, as “a state of well-being in which the individual realises his or her own abilities, can...
by Pathways Kovai | Apr 13, 2015 | Blog Post
“Once you accept that your child will be different, not better or worse-just different-that’s the first step.” “Welcome to Holland” is an essay, written in 1987 by Emily Perl Kingsley about having a child with a disability. When her son Jason was born with Down’s...
by Pathways Kovai | Mar 22, 2015 | Blog Post
Every child is a different kind of flower, and all together make this world A Beautiful Garden Anonymous This is my first blog post and I decided to write about one of the fundamental principles of parenting and child rearing “acceptance”. The word acceptance...
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