Parenting and child development

                       Reading at an early stage                                             In today's digital world when everything is available online, it is difficult to create a reading space for your child. Reading is important for emotional and intellectual development of the child. There is a very famous saying, "Books are the best friends". No doubt in that. Reading on regular basis helps in following ways: Builds imagination in the child. Improves vocabulary and better comprehension. Develops concentration. Sparks creativity. One thing to be noted - "A reader today, leader tomorrow".  So we can see there are many benefits to inculcate reading habits in your child. This habit will definitely make them land in their world of imagination.   I can say from my personal experience that reading makes ...

 

How to explain importance of Nutrition to kids In my previous blog, I have shared many things about positive parenting in modern era.Now a days, parents are bit sceptical how to introduce the concept of value of nutrition to their children as kids today are more interested in having junk food. Parents who make good  nutritional  choices for their kids throughout childhood assist in keeping childhood obesity at bay as well as other diseases that can develop in adulthood like hypertension, diabetes, and heart diseases.  Balanced and healthy  diet  strengthens your child's immune system, helps him or her maintain healthy weight, and aids in his or her brain and bone development.                                      What I feel is that value of Nutrition should be introduced to the kids at an early childhood stage so that they can learn sharing and socialising skills along...

What will happen when the schools will reopen post pandemic ? A big-big question to answer after the impact of Covid- 19. Some states have already opened the schools for higher grades. Although pandemic is still not yet over. Slowly and slowly, we are coming out of Covid- 19 trauma but few states are still keeping an isolation mode on for schools as a safety measure. Given the difficulty of situation across the globe, school authorities and the government bodies should call up for a review meeting. It should be in the best interest of the children. Water, food and hygiene facilities form an important part of school reopening measures. Frequent hand-washing should be made compulsory in schools. Strict social distancing norms should be followed in schools. Schools can't operate in 100% capacity till there is no 100% effective vaccination for covid-19. So, benefits and risks should be properly assessed before reopening of schools. Some children may feel anxious to return to school ...

Fitness and healthy lifestyle in our kids During this digital age, it is very important to inculcate fitness and healthy lifestyle habits in our children. As parents are the role model for their kids, so making family fitness routine is our foremost duty. No doubt, its a team work. Nowadays because of more cyber exposure, children are refraining from physical activities which earlier used to be the part of their lifestyle. Remember, " Healthy mind is there where there is healthy body ". Therefore, a t a very young age, fitness should be taught to them by parents. This will reduce the risk of developing bone-related diseases later on in life. So make your children involved in any physical activity or any form of exercise they enjoy. This will become their habit that will lasts with them for decades. As parents, we can at least give them this gift. Here is what parents can do bare minimum: We should take time for exercise at least an hour in a day, be it in the form of yoga, wa...

Nutritional recipe from Ragi for the babies Hello all, welcome to my new blog. In this blog, I am going to tell you one good recipe from ragi flour for your weaning child. A child's birth is the best gift in our life. Those are the happiest moments to cherish. The full one year is challenging specially the sixth month introduction of solid foods to the baby. Mothers are often in dilemma which foods to introduce to the weaning baby. There comes an important role of research by moms about different variety of nutritional foods for the babies.                              I also did a lot of googling for my daughter's weaning food. We all know that Ragi is often called as finger millet or Nachni. It is extremely nutritious cereal as it helps baby's overall growth and development. Reason being: Ragi is the rich source of fibre. It contains huge amount of iron and calcium It is low in fat. It is considered as the...

Travel with kids during Covid-19                                   Travelling with a kid has never been so easy for any parent but its complicated during pandemic like Covid-19. People across the globe are wondering whether they should travel or no especially with the kid. Although lockdown restrictions have been lifted but still there is an ambiguity whether to travel or no. Government continues to issue advisory against non-essential travel and states have imposed the quarantine restrictions.    So, if you are planning to travel with the kid, you have to do thorough research about the different factors for covid-19 transmission in terms of place, people, space and time. All these factors should be properly evaluated before the travel. Always avoid crowded areas so camping does makes sense then. A trip to national park, bird sanctuary or a beach is also worth. Make all the necessa...