Apart from love and cars parenting also includes responsiveness, understanding child’s needs, mounting desires, clarifying expectations, praising a child for his goodness, demanding discipline, and fostering values and virtues.

Understanding a child is the key element of good parenting. Parents should understand the needs, demands, and desires of their children and should adapt themselves to the changing generation. By bridging the generation gap they can better understand their children. They should never force their own ambitions on the tiny tots. Children are clay that can be molded in any form and it depends on parents how they mold them.

If parents shower love and attention on their children they grow up to be better citizens of the society. But this does not mean that parents should fulfill all the forceful desires children have. Parents have all right to decide what’s right and what’s wrong for their own children but that it should be clearly explained to them. If parents don’t fulfill their desires and if they don’t understand why then it puts a negative impact on the relationship. Don’t scold them or bash them for all small mistakes or else it will result in lot of fear and depression in children.

Learning and understanding a child helps promote growth and development of a child. It also helps a child to prosper physically, psychologically, socially and spiritually.

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While watching the first birthday event on the screen, parents are overwhelmed to watch the animated antics of their toddler and the expressions seem to impress them even more. The growing years when the daughter had her first teeth, her first morsel and also the first time she walked the earth is linked as evergreen memory. Parents are constantly aware of the fact that daughters need to settle down elsewhere and hence take special care to satisfy her emotional needs.

The disagreements with the teenage daughter are just an example of how much parents love her. A mother is often vicariously living through her daughter. As she adjusts her hemline or neckline while encouraging her to wear the make up, the mother is protective about her baby. Teen time is also a time for change or adjusting to various events in life. Parents extend their total support in their endeavors and also understand that the daughter needs her own space.

Each moment is a time of celebration. The academic years as she juggles between her activity class and math lessons are the best ones. There is great admiration in the eyes of the father as she receives the gold medal in her sports event. The mother’s eyes are full of tears as she watches her dance performance. The bond is a strong one that unites the family and though the daughter settles in matrimony she extends her love, shares her joys and partakes in the well being of her parents all through the journey. 

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The usual pattern of finding a school is about choosing one among the vicinity or a decent distance. The procedure of selection from the schools point is more about personal interview of parents where the school authorities screen parents to find about the background of the child. Each child is different and the prevalent system of gauging the child’s IQ is no longer valid. In a few schools, kids are allowed to interact with toys/books/educative games and a general selection is made. It is important for parents to cooperate during the session and also place their queries in the orientation program.

The typical things before choosing a school seem to be the bus facility, faculty and more importantly the curriculum. The board also is essential as a criterion like SSC, ICSE, CBSE or the new entrant which is IGCSE. The IB board is a personal choice suited to affordable classes. Whatever the medium, the fees also seem to be an important factor is making a choice. Other queries can be about coaching tutorials, sports facilities and other cultural participation in context with the Indian scene.

A child automatically adjusts to a routine and bus service in a month’s time. It is necessary for parents to cooperate with the authorities at all time. Placing the concern/feedback/suggestion can be done during the open house days or a special meeting can be arranged with the class teacher. While choosing a school the parents must also make a general enquiry about facilities, field trips, curricular feats and what kind of contribution is required from the parents.

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Skating or gymnastics is a great game enjoyed by kids. The balance and gait tones up their calf and thigh muscles which improves their confidence. Summer camps offer a variety of indoor ideas too which builds skills in the child. A simple game to be played in the family on a lazy Sunday could be passing the pillow. Surely rewards are essential and the winner gets a token.

It is surely not right to please the child’s ego by letting him win at games. Board games are mind works. Pictionary builds memory and expression. There are word games that enhance vocabulary. Rolling the dice on snakes and ladders of a game of ludo would be the best way to unwind after dinner.

Online games are great choices that are available in simple downloads. It is very important to check the security and legality of such websites. Keep a check or play along with your kid for internet games. There are racing games and also castle-spooky games which children love. Some games are theme based and also perfect for toddlers as they learn about alphabets and numbers.

Though participation is important the child must know rules of all games. Winning is necessary and motivating but violence or excessive aggression is not required. Parents participating in any game is a thrill for kids. Let them play hide and seek among themselves or use the play park area. Most outdoor games also take out the fear from the minds of kids.

Accidents while at games can be avoided with supervision and control. Unavoidable incidents should not stop the child from further participation. The role of parents or older siblings is vital for the child from the ‘peek-a-boo’ stage to the course in ‘ice skating’.

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Now, it might be that you as a mother would be keeping busy all day long with all the house work. Sometimes, you might wish to escape the chaos of cooking meals for your family as the work might be burdensome for you. Children would be asking you to cook some tasty delicious food every other day and you would like to have some time off for yourself. However, you would not be able to take some time off for your self as you would be having children to look after. Even you would want to have a healthy life for yourself while parenting your children to have a healthy life for themselves. So, how do you find time for your self and even do all the chores without much trouble?

Here is a solution:

Keep a list of Indian recipes that you think would be quick enough to cook effortlessly. Certain recipes can be very quick enough to cook.

You can even choose to cook recipes that do not require too much time to look after it while it’s on the burner or in the oven/fridge.

If you have older children, then you can show them how to cook certain recipes without taking your help.

Have a variety of recipes in your lists as cooking the same food over and over again could attract irritation from your children.

You can even keep half-baked food for dinner while cooking lunch in the morning.

Make a note of whats healthy for your children and what’s not. Also make a note of what your children like and what they don’t.

One thing has to be noted. If you want your children to stay healthy, you must only cook food that nourishes your child completely. Cooking fast food all the time cannot be a good idea all the time as fast food cannot enable your child to stay healthy all the time. Its better to have a variety of foods.

Finally, the moral is cook healthy food with healthy emotions as well as stay healthy all the time by giving some time to your own health as well. Be A Good Parent Today! Happy Parenting!

Life is Easy. Take it Easy.

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What parents must do is to be supportive in every way possible and be there while they need you. Co-operation from parents can help build a child’s life and help the child in being successful in their chosen hobby i.e. career.

Here is a list of hobbies that your child can pursue and create a life of their own choice. Be a pillar strength to your child today and let your child live a life completely and passionately. Be a good parent today!

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Although parents and teachers do not support the concept of tuitions, one has to remember that unless you send your child to too many tuitions, it really doesn’t mean that you are burdening your child too much.

Many children have a great time in school. They fool around during class, pay no attention to what the teacher is saying, and play around with friends in school during the breaks. After this, they come home with homework that shouldn’t take them more than a couple of hours a day. Of course, many children leave their homework undone until the last minute, and then they either stay up late doing it, or don’t do it at all and just copy everything from friends the next day.

So it really doesn’t matter if you start your child on tuitions when they are a little younger. If you think it is right for your child, don’t let other parents discourage you from doing so. The decision should be solely yours and your child’s. Janam and Rita were both wondering if they should start tuitions for their 11-year-old daughters. Their friends discouraged them saying the children are too young and will be overburdened, and Janam dropped the idea, while Rita enrolled her child for Math tuitions. The result? There was a marked improvement in Rita’s child’s grades, and the Math tuitions were held for just one hour, twice a week. A small sacrifice, for large gains.

The best part about tuitions is that your child gets to revise what he did in school, and as a result the subject matter gets firmly entrenched in his mind. If your child is strong in studies or is disciplined and revises his schoolwork on a daily basis, you don’t need to send him for extra coaching at a young age. But if you feel his grades need a push, you could always try sending him for tuitions and see if it makes a difference.

Children that don’t pay attention in class often have no idea as to what has been covered, much less understand the subject. What they then do is start cramming a month before the exams and manage to get through.

Finally its up to the parent. If you feel that your child is capable enough to study on his own, then tuitions are unnecessary, since they’ll prove to be an overburden. However, you think your child is intelligent and will do much better only if he were more hardworking, you could consider getting tuitions for him.

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Always remember, God couldn’t be everywhere so he made grandparents to make up for his absence.

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Kids are at a rapid development stage, at a stage of discovery. Their interest keep on changing with time. However, that does not mean that toys are redundant because household items are not going to offer a sufficient challenge to a toddler’s rapidly growing abilities in the long run.

Then which toy is the right toy for your kid?

- The toy should be simple and durable. Kids have a tendency to bang toys on walls, tables, etc. and this should not break the toy. Also the toy should not have any sharp edges, for this might injure the child.
- If parents are buying books, they should look for ones bearing colorful images and the book should have cardboard covers, again due to their durability. Parents can also go for coloring books, as children love coloring and drawing. Which would improve the child’s aesthetic sense.
- Puzzles are a very inventive set of toys. Certainly improve the kid’s understanding and thinking capability. But make sure that you don’t overdo with the puzzle thing, as it you don’t to make your child lose interest in it.
- Simple mechanical toys can also be good option. But this usually helps when the child is matured enough. A Mechano kit for example can enhance the child’s understanding and develops his mechanical reasoning.
- Building blocks are a very good toy for very young toddlers. But again the blocks should be safe and should be durable, as children enjoy breaking their construction as much as they enjoy making them.
- A ball is a toddler’s delight. He/she can kick it, throw it, bounce it, roll it and crawl after it. It is portable and the child will be delighted if he/she can carry a large, but light beach ball around by herself. In addition, the ball is a tool for initiating social interaction. The toddler realizes that when she throws or rolls the ball to someone, they usually throw it back.
- Speaking of toys that encourage interaction, toy telephones top the list. You and your toddler could entertain yourselves by having pretend conversations. At a later stage, you will find that dolls, stuffed toys, toy utensils, etc. also encourage role play and fantasy activities in your toddler.

Finally, parents should not worry if their child doesn’t play with the toy, as a child’s likes and dislikes are extremely variable. What a parent must realize is that every child has his own way of learning, and it is your duty to know where your child’s interest ultimately lies.

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