Parenting and child development

Hello everyone, I am writing this blog after a long time. There was a big break for me in writing blogs. Reason being, I travelled to my parent's place from Hyderabad to New Delhi. It was a moment of excitement for me as I was going to meet them almost after 2 years. So, we, i.e my daughter and me, packed up the luggage and landed to Delhi Airport. Finally, I met my parents. Everyone was excited to meet us. We have a joint family there also. Long talks and gossips were normal among the cousins and siblings because everyone had gone through the rough patch of one year (credit goes to Covid-19). So, it was fun altogether...... This trip was bit different from my previous trips...There were so many ups and downs this time. Meanwhile, I got caught by Covid-19 virus... So, r eally didn't get time to write blogs.... As now, I am feeling better so wanted to share some piece of information on how to make your kids busy or active during lockdown and vacations . Gone are those days when...

           Wondering how to protect your child from bullying? Bullying is a worldwide problem. It means exploiting anyone on the financial basis, social basis, emotional basis or cultural basis.   Bullying can be categorised into: Physical bullying   Verbal bullying   Cyber bullying   Bullying is the use of physical power on a weak child by a strong child or person. It can be slapping, it can be kicking, stealing, pushing, insulting etc. So, this comes under physical bullying. Making insulting remarks on someone’s appearance, someone’s economic status or cultural status is Verbal bullying. Cyber bullying is the use of technology, emails, social media and messages to destroy someone’s reputation.                     Now-a-days, due to lot many factors like the presence of extreme social media, lot of children are encountering bulling in their daily life. While some children can face t...

                       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 ...