One of the fundamental parent's roles is to protect a child from unnecessary, unhealthy, and harmful experiences. That would include too much sensory stimulation like screen exposure, inappropriate content in literature and on screens, eating fast food, degrading association of aggressive and sinful individuals, and...
When children are young, I do not prefer to analyze spiritual stories and philosophy with them. Young children learn the best through hands-on activities, storytelling, and play. Their intellect is not yet developed to analyze complex subjects. As my children transition from lower grades to...
It's the beginning of the month of Kartik, a sweet time to spend with children doing special services for the Lord, like making and offering ghee lamps and singing the Damodarashtaka song. Children like this time of the year when we all sit together with...
Our vision of education When people hear that we homeschool our children, at first they are stuck with wonder. How is it possible that children can learn anything without school? Well, there is a significant percentage of families in the world who have homeschooled their children...
For our family, summertime means spending time in the garden and on the bank of the river Tisa. We have a piece of land (1200 square feet) where we grow our vegetables, with quite a few fruit trees here and there. Before starting to grow...
In our endeavors to give our children Krishna consciousness, we should pay attention to the child's needs according to its temperament, interests, and developmental stage. It's important to know that young children have sensitive senses, an undeveloped ability to think abstractly, and a great need...
For the auspicious day of the appearance of Lord Nrisimhadeva, I want to share with you a simplified version of Prahlad - Nrisimhadev story, suitable for tiny children. There are no details about killing Hiranyakashipu and attempts to kill Prahlada mentioned. It focuses on Prahlada's...
One of my favorite stories for children from Caitanya-Lila is the story of little Nimai and the dog. I find it relevant for young children because it is very near to their experience of loving pets. At the same time, it reveals the fundamental truth...
Tomorrow we celebrate the appearance day of Lord Nityananda, who is among the topmost important divine personalities in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of bhakti-yoga. Lord Nityananda is an incarnation of Lord Balarama, a divine brother of Lord Krishna, and has all transcendental qualities of Lord...
Tomorrow is the Vasanth Panchami festival. Although it is not celebrated widely in ISKCON temples in the west, our ten-year stay in India, Mayapur, has brought me into the habit of celebrating this festival in one way or another. In India, this day is considered...