Aditi W. Singh - Raising Diverse Stories

12/09/2025

USA is home after Kuwait and India. And while I absolutely love many things about life here—freedom, diversity, opportunities, and the ability to build community—I’m also mindful of the parts of American culture (now carried forward through parent peer pressure) I don’t want to pass on to my Desi kids.

I don’t just tell my kids these lessons—I weave them into my writing. Through storytelling and visualization in my books, kids see joy in their cultural identities.

🪴Here are a few:

Over-individualism – I, me and my... everyone puts themselves and their needs first. I want my kids to know their choices matter, but also that they’re part of something bigger.

Fast food obsession – Convenience is great, but I want them to connect to the joy of fresh, homemade meals (and yes, that includes daal-chawal and parathas!).

Consumerism = happiness – It’s easy to think more toys or gadgets equal joy. I want them to find fulfillment beyond things. They were possibly the only kids without fidget spinners. They made their own eventually.

Over-scheduling kids – I believe kids need downtime, imagination, and family connection too. We have often taken the lunch or day off to just hang out.

Saying I love you for everyone - Love and hate are deep emotions.

Calling elders by name - That's something I can never get behind. ji or Mr or Sir/Ma'am is wonderful.

Over-dependence on technology – Screens often replace outdoor play or deep conversations. They have no screen time during school and limited during weekends.

Spoon feeding - In schools, they get so much leeway and hand holding. It's important for them to problem solve and know that sometimes learning is beyond fun, and is hard work. Not everything worth doing is going to be fun!

Ignoring cultural roots – There is a balance and they need to understand their citizenship and their heritage, with pride.

Our daily choices shape our collective future, and balance in KEY 🗝️ 🔐

❤️Follow for stories where children feel seen and parents have tools to nurture values rooted in heritage. ❤️

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11/09/2025

Everyone thinks their kid would never....forgetting our kids are different outside than in home..

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10/09/2025

10/09/2025

They will pick up that box...

We were done with our meal. I had packed up the leftovers into takeaway boxes. We stood up to leave...

He walked up in front of me, took the bags with the takeaway boxes and started walking in front of me, opening the door so I could walk out.

Being an Indian mother, I wondered out loud, happy yet surprised :

"How come you did that?"

He paused, looking at his hands, wondering what I was talking about. When he got it, he replied,

"Well, you usually ask me to do it and you are having trouble walking these days so I guess I just did it. Didn't think abiut it much. You want to take it? 😆"

In life, we all worry if our kids will be okay. As parents all we can hope is, that we instill them with so many good habits and reminders that when they are on their own, they will keep doing it even when we aren't there.

They will just pick up the box, without thinking...

Coz it's the right thing to do.

Trust them, because you take the time to consciously instill values in them.

They will be fine. 🙏🏾🧿❤️🤗🤗🤗🤗

09/09/2025

One lucky winner will win a beautiful bundle of books that celebrate culture, creativity & connection:

📚 Our Diwali – A children’s book about the beauty of diversity of the Indian festival from the Inclusive Festival series

📚 The Sparkles Within – A holiday story on creativity & self-discovery from our

📚 Sparkles of Joy Activity Book – 75+ fun activities to spark imagination through critical n creative thinking

📚 Within – Multicultural stories for teens & beyond that break stereotypes that aims at

📚 Humaari Baatein ( Grandparents ) – One of our three books on having Hindi conversations.A Hindi-English learning tool for kids & beginners

🪔Here’s how to enter:🪔

1️⃣ Follow




2️⃣ Comment with your favorite festival coming up 🎊

3️⃣ Tag at least TWO friends who’d love this too. More tags = more entries 💌

✨BONUS: Share this post to your stories for extra 5+ entries!✨

Don’t miss out—the magic of stories and creativity is waiting for YOU! 💫

❤️Check out the other books for kids and adults in the set. Each series is designed to give kids confidence through roots in language, culture, heritage and science even!

Winner announced September 13th. This giveaway is not affiliated with Facebook or Instagram. Limited to within USA only.

07/09/2025

As someone who started with publishing an online magazine that needed SEO to rank higher, I have had the added advantage of understanding SEO from a unique perspective. After over 2k+ articles published by writers worldwide, it’s taken years to get my brand name and authority of the site up.

Here's what I have learned. Let me know if you would like a workshop on this.

https://aditi.ws/

06/09/2025

New children's picture books and chapter books for your reading pleasure.

Follow for upcoming giveaways of these awe inspiring books❤️

Book 1 - Panda is Missing

Panda is Missing! is a hilarious and engaging story about empathy, loyalty, and friendship. Kids ages 2-8 will giggle at the robots’ silly antics while learning to recognize a wide range of emotions.

Book 2 - Kathy in Central Park

The second action-packed adventure in the thrilling Kitty in the City series! As she explores Central Park, Katy learns an important lesson about what can happen when you jump to conclusions too quickly. With exciting surprises and silly moments, this story will have kids giggling while they discover how to think things through.

Book 3 - Elephant & the Teapot Friends

Poor Little Teapot was swept from his home by a gust of wind. When he befriends a baby elephant at the watering hole, he discovers more about the world and the beauty of friendship. Set in Eastern India where elephants roam, children will learn about a culture and a land outside of their own.

Book 4 - The Dream Thief

A real page-turner. Full of imagination and thrill, yet so relatable to any child or young person reading it. This is a heart-wrenching and heart-warming book, with beautiful messages of forgiveness and friendship woven into a masterful plot which leaves you wanting more! I

Book 5 - How I Hacked the Moon

In this futuristic story, 13-year-old Moon Girl is an exceptional coder at a school run by a large corporation (BSC). What makes the plot unusual is that the school is located on the moon. There are just enough elements of today’s tech tools (AI, Pings, VR games) to make the reader curious to learn more about the less obvious acronyms (BB’s, VONN, Sol). The reader is immediately hooked when a harmless prank reveals the true nature of BSC, and all the students’ lives are in danger. This first novel by R.A. Dines ends with wanting to know more about what happens to these young adults in the next segment of their lives at the Lunar Coding Complex.

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05/09/2025

I never dreamt life would take me down the path of teaching, what a joy and privilege it is.

The time I spend encouraging kids and adults to finesse their writing and build a business, respectively, is perhaps the best part of my entrepreneurial journey...

Coaching came to me as a natural progression of me being a lifelong student of the writing process and storytelling.

For the past many years, those who saw my journey from blogger to freelancer to publisher to winning awards for books requested me to teach their kids too.

I used to teach dance pre marriage and for many years after, hosted multiple and had volunteered for years at school leading activities.

I started coaching writers to publish their own books before I got into teaching kids few years part time... Seeing kids build critical and creative thinking skills while building a strong grammar foundation is rewarding in its own way.

To be honest, that happened only because Authorprenurship is a lonely journey, and I love spending time with kids. It brings me joy helping them love and grow in their writing journeys.🧿❤️

Funny story is in laws and aunts and mom, all have taught kids full time at different times in their lives. This feels like it is simply meant to be.

Happy Teachers Day to all people making a difference in kids' lives.

Happy teacher's day to me 😀❤️🪔

02/09/2025

This Diwali, ONE lucky winner gets ALL these goodies worth over $500 !!!

We’ve brought together treasures for the whole family!

🌟 How to Enter:

1️⃣ Follow all 10 participating accounts





















2️⃣ Tag 2+ friends in the comments (each extra tag = more entries!) because sharing is caring 😊

✨ BONUS ENTRIES: Each story share=extra entries. Don’t forget to tag

🗓️ Giveaway ends September 5th 2025 . Winner will be announced on September 6th via email and on Instagram. Open to USA shipping only. Not affiliated with Instagram or Facebook.

🎁 What’s Inside YOUR Hamper?

✨ Life Skills Fine Motor Activities – Independent play made simple! Interactive toys with different controls and textures to strengthen fine motor skills and keep little hands busy. Interactive elements to engage kids on the go by

📚 FIVE Multicultural & Bilingual Books – Stories that teach Hindi while exploring the diversity of Indian culture by

👕$35 GC for Diwali wear - Themed shirts to make your Diwali extra special this year by

🎶 The Hindi Pad – A fun, interactive toy that teaches the Hindi alphabet, numbers, colors, rhymes, and everyday words through joyful play by

🐻 Guddu Plush – A soft friend that sings six lively Hindi rhymes, blending cuddles and culture by

💎 Brass & Baroque Pearl Earrings – elongated brass earrings adorned with genuine baroque pearls for a glam look by

💳 $25 GC to Joeydolls Store - Buy any doll of your choice from the store by

🎨 Fall Festive Kit - A thoughtful collection of interactive activities to deepen understanding of the “why” behind Indian festivals while learning positive values by

🍪 Chocolate Covered Oreos – Too pretty to eat, but too delicious not to share by

🎲 Desi Feud & Raja Mantri Chor Sipahi (Bestseller Duo) – Culturally rooted board games that bring people together by

Happy Diwali 🪔🪔🪔