Archive for the ‘Child Habits’ Category

Parenting is never a smooth journey. It involves following a path with lots of deviations. It’s not a well-defined job where your task is limited to certain arenas. Parenting involves improvisation. There is no fixed way to approach a particular situation. There are several variables like parents’ behavior, child’s nature and situational constraints. One thing parents often seem averse to is seeing ... Full story

Teenage paves it way to greater responsibilities in life. This is a time to learn from mistakes and yet go about life in an unassuming way. Teens are certainly more aware of options in career, education and general entertainment in life. Kids at this age are often enticed and also copy their peers or role models. If you suddenly find your16 year old girl asking ... Full story

Children are blessed with a fertile sense of imagination. They conjure up things in a fabricated manner. The fairy tales we tell them, the mythological characters are all influenced in their mind. They love the heroes from Indian stories and often attempt to demolish the evil. It was quite shocking for a friend of mine whose daughter kept telling her that a ... Full story

The concept of pocket money has always been present in parents-children relationship. In modern day society, it has acquired even more acceptable form. Here, what needs to be taken care of is the fact that parents need to be very careful about what they are giving to their child. Is the amount sufficient? Or children are just being pampered? Or children are ... Full story

One of the common habits children fall prey to is stealing. This is not a rare phenomenon as far as kids are concerned. Many parents complain of their child stealing a thing or two every now and then. Children are most likely to indulge in stealing during the school life. Interestingly, many kids steal unconsciously. They take belonging of others thinking as if they own ... Full story

During the initial years, a child only has parents as his friends. He looks up to his parents for every small things pertaining to his life. But that is the case in infancy stage. As child grows up, he starts developing social contact. In our lives, friends play a major role in shaping up our personality. Friends are very important in building ... Full story

Children are exposed to various aspects in school and their interaction makes them wonder about several things in life. The continuous questions they ask makes it difficult for us to answer them aptly. The religion of the child does matter despite us living in a cosmopolitan environment. Children are made to understand that they are Hindu or Christians. The schools ... Full story

One of the common problems faced by parents is biting problems by toddlers. A large percentage of young kids are afflicted with this problem. They say, growing up phase is accompanied by biting issue. For parents, it is definitely not a good sight to see their kids suffering from this problem. Biting is also stressful for kids. Parents must find out the ... Full story

During the initial months of his life, a baby starts learning sign language. Most of the parents use sign languages with the baby but they do it unconsciously. The planning is not there. One must have seen parents using kiss or bye-bye or hello sign coming from parents. a baby can learn lot about the world if parents start making deliberate efforts to ... Full story

Anger is a big issue. It can destroy wonderful relationships and affect one’s personality adversely. It is a common expression used by almost the entire population. Kids are no different. They display anger when they feel hurt, irritated or dejected, enraged or frustrated. Anger helps them in letting out all the negative energy stored inside them. Whenever things go against the wishes ... Full story