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Five Essentials For A Successful Family Road Trip | MissMalini

Pack your family into your car for the journey of a lifetime! But don't forget these roadtrip essentials!

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Five Essentials For A Successful Family Road Trip - MissMalini

“The journey not the arrival matters.” – T. S. EliotMap your journeySome of my
best vacations as a child have been road trips with my family. It would all
start with a discussion over the dinner table a week before the impending garmi
ki chhutti. Once a consensus was reached as to which hill station to explore,
the next few days would be spent pouring over a humongous road map and deciding
which by-pass to take. The days leading up to the trip would see a frenzy of
activity. Dad would get our tr

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How To Give Your Kids The Childhood They Deserve | MissMalini

My most prized possession as a three year old was a tiny brown tea set made of glazed clay, complete with tea cups, saucers and a tea pot just the right size for my miniature fingers.

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How To Give Your Kids The Childhood They Deserve - MissMalini

“It is a happy talent to know how to play.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson

Siblings make the best playmatesMemories of a simpler time.
My most prized possession as a three year old was a tiny brown tea set made of
glazed clay, complete with tea cups, saucers and a tea pot just the right size
for my miniature fingers. I still remember forcing my grandma to drink the
concoctions I served in the name of a tea party out of the chipped cups. A few
years later the fashion bug bit me. My younger sister and I wo

Mommy Diaries: 5 Powerful Resolutions For A Happier Family In 2016 | MissMalini

Looking for a happier, healthier family in 2016? Here are 5 simple but powerful resolutions to get you on your way!

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Mommy Diaries: 5 Powerful Resolutions For A Happier Family In 2016 - MissMalini

Make your listBuh-bye 2015 and hello 2016! Out with the old and in with the new!
A week and a half into the new year and my hangover cum jet lag is finally over
(try staying sober on a week-long family cruise). Which means I’m finally clear
headed enough to get on with the tradition of making new year resolutions. And
this year I want to go back to the basics. Don’t worry, I’m not feeding you the
tired old line ‘my new year resolution is to lose weight and gain friends’. What
I mean is that I wa

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Mommy Diaries: Raising Children With An MIA Spouse! | MissMalini

Are you a married yet single parent? Here are 5 tips to making the most of an MIA spouse.

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Mommy Diaries: Raising Children With An MIA Spouse! - MissMalini

The Joys of ParentingMarried Yet Single
A few months ago I was at my children’s school attending a class performance. As
I was leaving I bumped into a couple whom I knew just casually and we started
chatting about the kids and their busy schedules and being actively involved in
the school community. I must have sounded more flustered than usual because as
we were saying goodbye, the lady placed a comforting hand on my arm and said,
“You’re doing a great job, it can’t be easy being a single mothe

Mommy Diaries: How To Be A Guilt-Free Mom! | MissMalini

Putting your kids first doesn't mean you have to be last.

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Mommy Diaries: How To Be A Guilt-Free Mom! - MissMalini

Mommy Guilt.&gt; You go through big chunks of time where you’re just thinking, ‘This
is impossible – oh, this is impossible.’ And then you just keep going and keep
going, and you sort of do the impossible.
 – Tina Fey

A Trip Down Guilt Lane.
What’s the one thing all moms have in common, irrespective of whether they are
working full-time, part-time or as a stay-at-home mom? Are you ready to hear
this? It’s GUILT! Didn’t pack their favourite lunch, didn’t submit an assignment
on time, sent them to s

Guest Post: 10 Indispensable Life Lessons My Father Taught Me #HappyFathersDay - MissMalini

He might not have been as hands on in my upbringing as my mum, but there's no denying my dad was the foundation on which our family was built. Knowingly, or unknowingly we imbibe so much from our fathers.

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We Heart Dad&gt; He has always provided me a safe place to land and a hard place from
which to launch.
&gt; — Chelsea Clinton
Most of us never shy away from telling our mothers how much we love them.
Somehow, it’s just easier being demonstrative and verbal with our affections
towards our moms. But how often do we tell our dads how much they mean to us? He
might not have been as hands on in my upbringing as my mum, but there’s no
denying my dad was the foundation on which our family was built. Knowingl

Mother's Day

10 Easy Yet Meaningful Things To Do With Your Mom On Mother's Day | MissMalini

Treating your mom on Mother's Day doesn't need to be hard.

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10 Easy Yet Meaningful Things To Do With Your Mom On Mother’s Day - MissMalini

Shalini, Malini and Manjulika AgarwalIt’s that time of the year again, where you
get to show the most special lady in your life how much she means to you:) Yup,
Mother’s Day is just round the corner, and it’s the perfect time to show your
mama some love! Considering that she’s the very reason you exist today, no
gesture is too grand. There’s just one golden rule to remember: mothers value
gifts not by the price tag but by the sentiment behind it. And what is priceless
for them is your time. So h