Theme
- How did your parents raise you, and how does it influence the way you raise your own child?
- What has been your greatest challenge as a parent, trying to raise a resilient child in a fast changing world?
- What do you hope to pass on to your child as they step out of the house and start university?
- Did raising children help you as leaders in other aspects of life as well, when interacting with people?
- In hk/asian countries there’s a lot of emphasis on grades and scores. Do you think it’s an effective approach to learning?
- I'm sure our parents are bringing us so many good characteristics, but what if the children want to stay away from some of the "good qualities" of their parents if they hold a different value? How do you determine the degree of freedom allowed to them?
- Does being a woman/ mother hinder how seriously others may take you as a leader.
- how do you think leadership skills can be imbibed better in the family and educational atmosphere?
- How can one comfortably put him/herself into that leadership spot? By gaining experience form trial and error?
- Not everyone can derive support from family for various reasons, how can these people also grow and develop themselves?
- As a mother, is there a thing that you disagreed with your parent so badly back then but now agree with her and wish to share with us?
- In your opinion, does the punish and reward system when raising children bring more positive effects than negative effects in terms of the child’s personal development?
- As future leaders, we are expected to be more open minded to different approaches, strategies or subjects. As parents, how would you make sure that the future generations become more open minded if they are restricted to a certain pathway in their lives?
- how do you strike a balance between holding onto your core beliefs and values, and staying open minded to your children’s opinions?
Panelists
Chicky Bhavnani, CEO MakerBay Foundation Limited
Chicky is Makerbay’s Chief Operating Officer. She is a Computer Engineering Graduate with over 20+ years of experience in leading flagship transformation programs in Asia, America and Australia. Her experience is varied and ranges from technology, program management and even Human Capital. She is working with children and youth, development of women leaders in underdeveloped countries, and promoting STEM education for women. Chicky is also the CitizenScience.Asia ambassador for India.
Sheetal Dalal, Administrator, MakerBay Foundation Limited
Sheetal is a mother and civil engineer from India.
Deepa Gupta, Director and Coach at RAE
LinkedIn, IG: @raewithdeepa
Deepa Gupta is a Founder of RAE- a coaching company dedicated to personal-growth, and is a Certified Life and a Money Coach. Before she moved to Hong Kong in 2007, she worked in New Delhi for eight years in telecom and banking industry, where she headed a team that she grew from zero to eighty.She believes in the importance of endowing children with essential life skills like Gratitude, managing and expressing emotions, and developing leadership qualities - and she is passionate to help parents to harmonise their relationship with their children through love and understanding.
Questions from the students
Why did you want to become a mother?
What does she mean by resilience?
Did raising children help you as leaders in other aspects of life as well, when interacting with people?
In hk/asian countries there’s a lot of emphasis on grades and scores. Do you think it’s an effective approach to learning?
Does being a woman/ mother hinder how seriously others may take you as a leader.
how do you think leadership skills can be imbibed better in the family and educational atmosphere?
How can one comfortably put him/herself into that leadership spot? By gaining experience form trial and error?
How can one comfortably put him/herself into that leadership spot? By gaining experience form trial and error?