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Learning is an on-going process. And especially for children below the age of six, the environment around them is a constant facilitator. Specialist designer for children' spaces, Kajal Gaba throws light on how balance is important and over-indulgence needs to be kept at bay, while designing learning space interiors for children. Check it out here.

Specialist designer for children' spaces, Kajal Gaba begins a three-part series on "interior design for children". In this, part 1, she addresses the role of design in the holistic development of children age 0-6 years.

Editor's note: The Wall Street Journal lit up the blogosphere last weekend with an article titled, Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior. This played right into the stereotypes about Asian parents being obsessed with their children's education and myths about Chinese and Indian education being superior to U.S. education. The Journal article was over the top-way over. In fact, TechCrunch contributor Vivek Wadhwa called it "bizarre" in a response that he wrote in his BusinessWeek column. Chinese and Indian parents really do care about their children, just as American parents do, as do others all over the world. Some Chinese and Indian parents are really strict and push their children extremely hard. But he doesn't know any who would call their children "garbage" either in private or in public as the Journal described. And he doesn't know any middle-class Indian or Chinese children, in this day and age, who allow themselves to be subjected to the type of abuse the article details. You can read his views. But here is the perspective of one of his Twitter followers, Dr. AnnMaria De Mars, President of The Julia Group.  She said that she felt compelled to write this after reading his piece.

Emmanuelle Moureaux explores the effect of colour on cognitive thinking in children with her new fit-out at a mall in Japan. Check it out here and leave us your views...

Tinker Imagineers design the interiors of Juliana's Children Hospital in Netherlands

Read the Mayur's story to become a doctor as he grow up. He is an Akshaya Patra beneficiary from Gujarat and having the attitude of 'never-give-up'.

Studio Ben Allen has created an area featuring archways, steps and a fold-down desk dedicated to children to let their creativity flow! Raw, minimal and functional allows customisations by the young users as the space grows with them. Read on to know more here…

Via Sociological Images (by way of the Economic Mobility Project) is an interesting chart showing downward class mobility among blacks and whites. Each bar represents the percentage of children who end up in the bottom fifth of income earners by race and income of the parent:

The critical collaboration of Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum and BMW Guggenheim Lab in Mumbai has hypothecated the adage, 'Inculcate it in the child', by engaging young impressionable minds with urban issues through art and craft... Click the link to read more>>

Takashige Yamashita + Takashige Yamashita Office use a simple design solution - an undulating roof to transform a nondescript cluster of buildings into a happening community space. Check out the story here and leave us your views

Imagine a #creative and #surreal track that was born out of the need to reactivate a sparsely used area in a #shoppingmall. Located in #Shanghai, #China, #100architects have converted a 1,200 sq. m. indoor space into a family-oriented entertaining space. Want to know how? Read on…

Interior Designers P A L Design Group uses a minimalist approach to design the SIS Prep School in Gurugram, where a sense of scale, soft lighting, and a neutral palette ensures a calm but boundless environment for toddlers to explore and develop holistically.

Keeping pace with changing outlooks, Collage Architecture Studio designs #ToyStory - a playschool in #Bengaluru that aims not only to smoothen the toddler's transition from home to school, but also helps in sowing the preliminary seeds of a holistic personality. Check it out here…

To a child, the K11 MUSEA Donut Playhouse in #Hongkong is a chimaera of colour, a spatial experience that brings imagination to life! Check out Panorama Design Group's sensitive design for this one-of-a-kind kids' shopping arcade cum playhouse