shyamala's world

  Hope Stories for a Healthy mind is a collection of three stories aimed at building emotionally healthy children. Author Pragati Jalan Sureka has been working in the field of mental health for over fifteen years. Here are a few questions she answered .about coping with mental health challenges faced by the children in her stories,                         1. As a psychologist, how often do you come across kids like Shoma, Kabir and Ryan who face challenges because of OCD, depression and divorce in and around them? Very often. Poor performance in school is an alarming trend and more often than not, there is some issue at home that has caused it. 2. In all three stories, the parent/parents are patient with their kids. In actual life, how supportive are parents? Unfortunately, parents are not very supportive. They want the best for their children, and yet they have very little time to listen to children. This book aims...

Published by Mango Books, The Strange Case of Nayantara is a middle-grade book that deals with the importance of consent. This book has been written by Vaishali Shroff, author of picture books - Ari and Raindrops . The Strange Case of Nayantara is Vaishali's first middle-grade book which can be used to deal with the importance of consent, a tricky issue to discuss with kids.                                     Why did you choose to set the story in a village instead of a city? Do you think Nayantara’s parents would have dealt with the issue differently if they were based in the city? Absolutely no! What happened to Nayantara could happen to any child, girl or boy, in any part of this world. This story just happens to be set in a small town/village in Gujarat. 2.     How did you think of creating Silly Baba? It is through his interventi...