Session on Parenting Tips for Single Parents

This is the audio recording of the session organized by The Phoenix Family ( http://www.thephoenixfamily.in​ ) for Single parents on March 24, 2018. The session was from Dr. Ali Khwaja Chairman and Founder of Banjara Academy (http://www.banjaraacademy.org​). The session answers many important questions of Single parents in Indian context. Below are the bookmark links to the questions answered,

Many single parents who have just separated or are going through the divorce process have difficulty explaining it to their kids. What do we tell them when the other parent is uncooperative? – https://youtu.be/-JqXcrdUfX0​

Is it okay to talk about court, legal to kids? – https://youtu.be/-JqXcrdUfX0?t=218​

When my kid is afraid or not comfortable with his dad around? And does not want to go for visitation, how do I handle it? – https://youtu.be/-JqXcrdUfX0?t=292​

Kids take many different approaches to push their single parent to consider getting back with the separated parent. How do we handle this? – https://youtu.be/-JqXcrdUfX0?t=636​

My daughter when asked to draw a family portrait, most of the time draws without her father in it. Recently in her school she had included her father in it. Should I talk or correct it? How do I make her talk about that we are single parent family? – https://youtu.be/-JqXcrdUfX0?t=937​

What are the red flags to watch out for in our kids when they are not fully expressive of what they are feeling? – https://youtu.be/-JqXcrdUfX0?t=1114​

We have noticed single kids of single parents tend to either fear or fantasize getting along with a male or female person based on what parent they are associated to. How do we handle it? – https://youtu.be/-JqXcrdUfX0?t=1317​

My son used to get upset after going to my brother’s or sister’s family get together. I thought to avoid such scenarios so he won’t get upset any more. What should I do instead? – https://youtu.be/-JqXcrdUfX0?t=1662​

My child has seen an abusive relationship. So he has this bad image of marriage and relationship. How do I bring in change in him? Will he automatically understand when he is growing up? – https://youtu.be/-JqXcrdUfX0?t=1873​

I agree to that my son needs a male figure in his life. In case I do not have the setup to have fathering figure for my son. What do I do? What will the child be missing out on? – https://youtu.be/-JqXcrdUfX0?t=2109​

Many avoid getting into another relationship thinking about how will the child react to it? How do we introduce or talk about remarriage with a child? – https://youtu.be/-JqXcrdUfX0?t=2194​

I brought up the topic of marriage with my daughter to understand her idea of it. Would you be okay if I marry another person? And she started saying how can you do this to daddy? – https://youtu.be/-JqXcrdUfX0?t=2393​

Striking a good balance between being a strict and friendly parent is always a challenge. We either spend more time being one of the two, ending up with kids withdrawing or spoiled. How do we manage the balance? – https://youtu.be/-JqXcrdUfX0?t=2574​

How do we make parenting fun? – https://youtu.be/-JqXcrdUfX0?t=3161​

Any other pointers specifically for single parents? – https://youtu.be/-JqXcrdUfX0?t=3243​

My son is getting into his adolescence age. How do I talk about puberty changes to a boy? – https://youtu.be/-JqXcrdUfX0?t=3446​