Dialogue with Kavita

I have been associated with special children, their needs and rehabilitation for last 17 years. My foray into the special Education field, brought about by a personal situation led me to do a B. Ed in special education in 1995 from S.N.D.T. university, Mumbai at the age of 34, when I was a mother of two. I have passed Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) with a first class in 1981, majoring in Psychology.
:: Kavita Shanbhag - www.childraise.com

९ मे मातृदिन - 'माँ तुझे सलाम !'

'स्वामी तिन्ही जगाचा आईविना भिकारी' असे म्हटले जाते. अगदी हल्लीच्या फिल्मी भाषेत जर सांगायचे झाले तर शशी कपूर म्हणतो तसं - 'मेरे पास माँ है !' आपल्या समवेत आई असेल तर त्रिभुवन प्राप्त असल्या सारखेच आहे. ह्या वाक्याची प्रचीती मला दरदिवशी येते.

मे महिना माझ्यासाठी खूप धावपळीचा असतो. सर्व पालकांची अशी इच्छा असते कि मी त्यांच्या पाल्याचे अभ्यासाचे / सुधारोद्देशी उपायांचे जास्तीचे तास घेऊन उणीव भरून काढावी. अशावेळेला बहुतांशी आईच आपल्या मुलाला माझ्याकडे घेवून येते तसेच वेगवेगळ्या थेरेपी साठीसुद्धा घेऊन जात असते. एक थेरेपी क्लास दादरला, तर दुसरा वांद्र्याला तर तिसरा प्रभादेवीला. न थकता, न भागता घरची सर्व कामे आटोपून, कधी कधी तर धाकट बाळ सोबतीला घेवून आपल्या बाळाचे आयुष्य मार्गी लावण्यासाठी हि आई मुंबई उलट - सुलट पालथी घालत असते. हे माझे आजचे संपादकीय अशा ह्या प्रत्येक आईला ह्या अद्वितीय मातेला अर्पण केलेले आहे.

Editorial : May 2010

Celebrate Mothers Day this 9^thMay !

Hi Folks !
We are in the midst of a very warm summer and in the month that warmly celebrates Motherhood and honours Mothers all over the world. This year, we shall celebrate it on 9th May. I humbly dedicate this editorial to all mothers.

MAY is also a happening and busy month for me, with vacations in full swing and parents requesting me for extra coaching/remedial sessions so that their children can make up for the lag. During the course of my teaching sessions I have come across so many wonderful mothers. Childraise takes this opportunity to salute them through this piece. It is moving to see them struggling & juggling with their daily chores, taking their special chld from one therapy session to another which hardly leaves them with any time for themselves. A mother gives up her independence, freedom, so that her child can be an independent adult. She casts her aspirations and desires aside....yet her child's smallest achievement, development fills her with pride. She is ready to go that extra mile just to see her special one smile.

So true are the following lines written in praise of them:
"The mother-child relationship is paradoxical. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent".

"A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary...".