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10 Premium n cashless ways to pamper your kids!

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True happiness for children doesn’t always come from money or material things. Many of us are missing out on simple, meaningful ways to pamper our kids—just as our parents and grandparents did for us. While the world around us remains the same, rapid changes in technology and lifestyle are causing us to lose touch with the basics of living well. As a result, many children now associate pampering with gadgets and luxury items. However, we can help them appreciate a different perspective by focusing on simple, heartfelt gestures.

Here are some ways to nurture and pamper your children beyond material gifts:

•Grandparent Connection: Encourage your kids to spend time with their grandparents. Let them learn from their experiences and enjoy long conversations. This companionship builds confidence and gives children a sense of belonging and support.

•Long Naps: Allow your kids to take long naps occasionally. Amid busy schedules, these restful breaks help them feel refreshed and cared for.

•Favorite Homemade Food: Cook their favorite dishes, especially those with sentimental value from childhood. The personal touch of a home-cooked meal shows love and care, making them feel truly pampered.

•Bedtime Stories and Talks: No matter their age, spend time talking to your children before bed. Share stories, discuss their day, or simply listen. A warm hug or comforting words can help them feel secure and valued.

•Head and Foot Massages: Give your children gentle massages—after a bath or before bed. This personal touch is especially important for young kids and teenagers, fostering a sense of comfort and family connection.

•Exploring New Things Together: Try new activities, games, or shows with your kids. Involve them in learning and let them teach you something new. This builds confidence and strengthens your bond.

•Small Rides Together: Go for short drives with your children, whether they’re young or grown up. Let them sit beside you or even drive if they’re old enough. It’s a great way to share time and explore together.

•Cuddling: Hugs and cuddles from parents make children feel loved and secure. Never underestimate the power of a simple embrace—it’s free and deeply meaningful.

•Laughing Together: Share moments of laughter as a family. Whether it’s recalling funny memories or watching a comedy show, laughing together brings you closer.

•Talking About Their Day: Show genuine interest in your child’s school or work life. Encourage them to share stories about their classmates, teachers, or colleagues. Being the first to hear their news makes them feel important and valued.

These small, thoughtful gestures can help your children feel truly pampered and loved, creating lasting memories and a strong family bond. Happy parenting!

14 Ways to help your parents live longer.

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Daughter hugging Elderly mother

Daughter hugging Elderly mother

Yes now a days when everything is so complicated and commercialized it is our own parents who always turn out to be more open, helping and big heart to extend us first helping hand. Isn’t it?

Recently few weeks back my father in law expired and I felt so helpless in doing lot many things for him because I am not much allowed in family matters being a second wife. In my last India visit he asked for a blood pressure measuring unit but I was very reluctant because I knew that it can create big violent fights in the family being ego hurting issue.

I am writing this article so that if you are missing something from this below list then please start doing it so that your parents can be with you for more time and live longer. It will eventually improve your life quality too.

1- Nuts, Cinnamon and Honey – Make a finest powder of little roasted almonds, walnuts, pistachios, pine seeds with cinnamon and green cardamom. Ask your 50+ years old parents to take it daily every morning two tbsp each person.Ask them to consume honey with warm water on regular basis too. Because of cinnamon it is very useful for diabetic patients too.

2- Extra virgin oils – Ask your parents to use extra virgin olive, mustard or  coconut oil for cooking. If they are using any refine oil ask them to stop it.It may be palm oil in the name of sunflower or peanut oil.

3- House-helps – Hire a full time house help for your parents who can keep house tidy, cook and clean. Let them be less stressed over the daily visitors kind of house helps.Talk to their house helps regularly too.

4- Morning walks and Yoga – Ask your parents to go few miles or at least take a round of the house row every morning as a health ritual. Show them some easiest possible Yoga methods too.

5- Steamed food – Suggest them for more adaptation towards the steamed food rather than oily or deep fried food or consumption of red meat.

6- Smoothies n soups – Ask your parents to consume whole fruit like apples, pears or sepodila (chickoo) with milk or curd n oats by making smoothies.Make sure that they take one smoothie and one soup everyday.

7- Praying – Any religious place near to house, take them regularly there to be more motivated and blessed towards life.If you are not around than request your close relatives to go with them on regular basis.

8- Small online courses – They will feel interacted and motivated. Enroll them for some small online courses. It hardly matters what they learned or not but they will feel connected to the world.

9- Hobbies oriented- Keep asking your mother for little things she is expert in making or your father to do for you which is related to his deep interest. It makes them feel that they are required.It matters a lot.

10- Involve your kids – Ask your kids to call your parents on regular basis and for some long time and ask them questions about your childhood. Let them make your parents remember things and laugh too.

11- Body massages – Get your parents body massage regularly. Let them oil their bodies and get body massages.It improves the blood circulation and they will get a human touch too. Hire some expert to do this.

12- Foot massage and electric blankets – If you can afford than buy them foot massager or foot spa from good companies like Osim or Beurer so that if they feel tired they can get relax. Electric blankets are very good thing too to keep them warm and cozy in cold weather.

13- Family trips – Plan a family trip every 4th, 6th or 8th month with them.It will keep them connected with you and happy too.

14- Talk to them – Please call your parents regularly and for long time.make sure to take their advise on tiny issues as they feel wanted and important in family.

Happy parenting to you all!

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7 Money eating bugs of our life!

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Lot many times we see people doing great in career and saving a lot too while we can also see people doing great in career but financially they are not much well off.Always in debts and always crying for raise. It happens.It actually happens a lot now a days because of a kind of marketing which pressurizes the person to buy more, look more great and spend everyday.This is the point why lot of us are not much financially well off. Do you remember few couple of years back there were not much markets or advertisements.Right? We are more pressurized to buy this and that everyday.

I am continuously feeling that as a housewife I don’t need much buying of clothes or shoes or perfumes or makeup even. But on the other side I see my working neighbor lady who is very simple and wears same 5-6 pairs of clothes to her work in school since 4 years.She got big bank balance and she buys gold too on festivals. Obviously she is not spending loads of on herself every second day and it matters a lot.

So I started counting the reasons we are loosing money a lot every single day because we are ignorant of these top 5 money eating bugs.

1- Clothes – If you try to make a point that you will buy clothes two times a year or on any special occasion only i.e. birthdays, anniversary or festivals only, you can spot the difference immediately in your wallet.Try it.Just ry to not get lured by sales or promotions at nay cost.

2- Shoes – If you are at home always you need fewer pairs but if you are working you need comfortable and multiple dress matching shoes like black brown or whites.Try to apply it while buying shoes instead of colored ones. You will save a big chunk because you are going to make a promise yourself that you will buy shoes once a year only.

3- Make up – Try buying less and using maximum of what you buy. Instead of throwing use it full and focus of maintaining good home remedies for skin toning. More sparkling skin you will be having lesser cosmetics you will need. That way obviously you are going to save lot.

4- Furnishings – Whatever you buy once try to buy good quality and get it washed on regular intervals.Maintain the furnishings instead of throwing them and buying new ones. I personally feel more comfortable in those houses of relatives who use same curtains for years.It gives a personal feel to me while visiting them. Avoid eating on sofas or carpets to save them from unwanted deep big stains.

5- Cars – If you maintain your cars for long, you will end up in buying a new one very rarely. Clean your car everyday with a simple soft cloth instead of polishing or washing it with water or chemicals. Don’t allow to smoke or eat in the car or use strong perfumes or even car fresheners. Weird?Yes it is weird tip.Because different kind of smells makes the car upholstery oozing bad smells in returns so take about smell part.

6- Regular market visits – If you are visiting malls for recreation purposes, you will end up in dreaming of buying this and that only. Visit parks, seasides or relatives or friends instead of going out on shopping sprees. Visit hypermarkets with a list and stick to it always. Just control yourself for two months and see the difference.

7- Cutlery – If you have regular visitors keep two sets and if you don’t have than don’t buy huge sets or several porcelains. I saw several families buying expensive stuff to fill the cabinets/showcases only and when they go back to country they end up in paying huge courier charges.Buy good one but required things only.

Happy life!