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Overprotecting Mothers

Some parents tend to be very overprotective. But then we all know that ‘excess of everything is bad’ and so is over-protection. Extreme love has its own downsides and sometimes it leaves a life-long effect on kids. Too much care and concern can make your child quite dependent and he will coming back to you for every small thing. More than the fathers, it is mothers who tend to be overly protective. Fathers often have to maintain the image of head of the family and he is more concerned towards discipline and rules part whereas mothers love spoon feeding. However, it is not a general case but yes, you can see it quite often. Overprotective mothers can literally make a child crippled in sense of dependency and self-sufficiency.

Such over-protection can often lead to child becoming unable to fend for himself. They are not able to come out of trouble on their own because he has been provided so much of care that he starts believing that his mother will take care of every problem. His own thinking gets muted and this can have a very dangerous impact on kid once he grows up. This holds more prominence in case of boys than girls. Overall, this is not at all conducive to the personality development of a child.

There are several dangers of having an over protective mother. One of them is immaturity of child even at a later stage of his life. That becomes quite obvious because he is simply not able to think for himself and looks out to others whenever a problem arises. He will also shy away from taking any responsibility because he never had any firsthand experience of carrying a serious responsibility. An overly protected child will also have difficulty in facing criticism because he has always been a pampered one.  

Christmas Gifts The first and the foremost tip that most gift givers should realize is that it is not about the money. Gifts are all about thoughts and feelings. Christmas is the time to share the joy and be merry. Apart from the X-mas tree, Christmas bells and other Christmas Décor which is usually gifted and bought during Christmas, you can give a variety of gifts to your near and dear ones. Children love to be gifted during Christmas. As children are decorating the X-mas tree, Santa Claus comes on its way and distributed gifts to children. On Christmas and New Year, put small notes, quotes, cards, letters or some words along with your gift. You can either write a poem or make some memories alive again by writing about some cherished moments. You can also give personalized gifts. For example, if you want to gift a watch, you can get a Xmas tree printed on the dial of the watch or you can also get his/her name emboss on the dial. This will truly delight the person you are gifting. There are lots of other gifts that include Christmas Cannonball Train, kids toys, Christmas gift container, diaries, mugs, card holders etc. Christmas décor shaped chocolates and sweets are available in the market. They are surely a safe bet when it comes to gifting friends and relatives. You can also give homemade sweets and gifts. There is nothing more special for person than to receive a gift that is made by the giver himself! Homemade gifts always make the person receiving the gift feel warm and nice. This is because the person appreciates the effort that one has put in to make that gift! It is indeed a good and creative idea to make homemade gifts. So go ahead and gift as many as you can this Christmas!

Children and Art

Most kids love watercolors but are not good with the medium. In any painting, the planning stage is most important. Start your subject of drawing by using thumbnails- just a rough pencil outline. Once the rough thumbnail is in place, draw the required details. Many artist use tracing paper to give a detailed careful outline to the picture- remember that a good beginning is half the picture done!

 As beginners you could use tracing paper and draw and the light impression that is formed on the water colour paper can be used for further painting. Remember to keep your drawings light so that pencil marks are not seen. Now, it is important that on a rough paper you decide on the colour scheme that you want to use. It is here that you can try out all the different colour schemes. Once you have finalized on the colour scheme that you are going to choose, start preparing for the border of the page and if possible you can use a clip board. It is now that you can start painting your final product. Do not be in a hurry. Be patient. Start with a light wash of yellow so that in case you go wrong you can easily cover it up. Do all the basic coloring that is required and then proceed to do the detailing that needs to be done with fine brushes. Be careful with this! Now using the above techniques, you can easily do your water colour painting!