{"id":12993,"date":"2021-08-31T10:24:36","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T10:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/?page_id=12993"},"modified":"2021-08-31T10:24:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T10:24:36","slug":"lockdown-stories-i-learnt-my-child-doesnt-need-an-action-packed-schedule-but-quality-time","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/lockdown-stories-i-learnt-my-child-doesnt-need-an-action-packed-schedule-but-quality-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockdown Stories: I Learnt My Child Doesn&#8217;t Need an Action-packed Schedule but Quality Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lockdown-Stories-Aakriti-Sharma.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13002\" src=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lockdown-Stories-Aakriti-Sharma.jpg\" alt=\"Lockdown Stories - Aakriti Sharma\" width=\"760\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lockdown-Stories-Aakriti-Sharma.jpg 760w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lockdown-Stories-Aakriti-Sharma-300x196.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lockdown-Stories-Aakriti-Sharma-459x300.jpg 459w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> I hated History throughout school but during the lockdown I started reading books by William Dalrymple. His Kohinoor and Anarchy in particular made me realise that History is not so boring after all! <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There were 4 work stations under one roof during the lockdown, and I could see the generation gap being bridged because of technology. My 5 year old boy would help my 72 year old father log in to Zoom, and teach my 67 year old mom how to look for home remedies on YouTube. I learnt my child doesn&#8217;t need an action packed schedule but quality time. Only a few days were spent trying our hands at new dishes but soon we were back to basics as it was easier that way. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I am proud to share that I lost nearly 5 kilos doing domestic chores during the lockdown. I stopped buying things that weren&#8217;t essential and started practicing gratitude for what I already had. This deepened my ability to feel genuine appreciation in many more contexts, and helped me reach out to others better.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>AAKRITI SHARMA,<br \/>\nOperations and Logistics, Go Vacations<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hated History throughout school but during the lockdown I started reading books by William Dalrymple. His Kohinoor and Anarchy in particular made me realise that History is not so boring after all! There were 4 work stations under one roof during the lockdown, and I could see the generation gap being bridged because of&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/lockdown-stories-i-learnt-my-child-doesnt-need-an-action-packed-schedule-but-quality-time\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12993"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12993"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13311,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12993\/revisions\/13311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}