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Handling Baby Talk Problem

Quite a large number of children face speech children. It implies that even when a kid is growing up he still talks like a baby. Parents often feel stressed about this issue but trust me; this is not an unusual occurrence. Many parents face similar set of problems but with some adequate steps and practice they have managed to solve this problem. Before you begin to take any step remember one thing, you cannot make your child to talk like a big guy overnight. It will take some time and of course, patience.

Have you observed yourself how you talk back to your child when he talks like a baby? If you talk back to him similarly as you used to when he was a baby then you need to stop this habit right away. Because, this way you are encouraging him to continue his baby talk way. You need to check your response and should probably devise a new strategy. You might think of responding to your baby by saying that, “I am not getting what you are saying. You need to convey in big guy words” or something like that. If you keep doing this for few times, child will get the message and may start trying big words after some time.

You can also sit calmly with the kid and tell him that he is now a grown up boy and should start talking like grown up kids do. There could be several such ways to motivate your child and send across your message. After certain duration, child will definitely get what you want to say and will start talking normally. Just be patient and try out ideas and soon results will be there for you to see.

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Teaching Value of Money to Your Teen

Teenage is one of most troubled phases in a person’s life. Educational changes, hormonal changes and getting aware of new things on a regular basis makes this period extremely volatile. One of the important things parents need to teach in this phase is of handling money. Handling money appropriately does not come to everyone easily. Parents need to instil this virtue in the kids. Many parents are going through the problem of their teenagers’ inability to understand the value of the money. It requires years of hard work to earn respectable amount of money.

Teaching this value will require parents to have patience and adopt the understanding approach. One of the basic things that they can do is to have the teen some money and let him decide how to spend it, how much to save and if they are confused, helping them out. This is one skill your child is going to cherish forever if you teach him this value at the right time. Parents need to make child understand the value of money by taking them on shopping. They can demonstrate what to buy, what not to buy, what is worth buying and what to ignore. Also teach them, how bargaining is done and how to handle to handle the marketing gimmick.

If given a chance, allow your teen to earn some money doing odd jobs, daily chores or even a part time job. This by no means is disrespectful and child will have a wonderful experience about learning the value of money. Parents should allow child to decide their own shopping expenditures. Even if they have some bad experiences, they will learn quickly. You can also open a saving account for your child so that he can save some of his savings. Invest on the teaching money value on your teens and it is sure to return you good dividends.

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Stories for children

We all have been grown up Cindrella, Snow White, Akbar Birbal, Panchtantra and many other stories. These stories narrated to us in our childhood have stayed with us till today. This is the magic of stories. They stay with you. That is why, most parents want to tell their children stories that give them a moral lesson at the end.

 Given the rich culture and heritage that India has, there are a lot of stories that form a splendid collection for people of all age groups. Stories are a great way of learning. Parents should always ask their children to read different kinds of story books. This nurtures a child’s creativity and imagination. Apart from this, their reading and concentration skills also improve a lot. There are many story books available in the market today. Stories of kings and queens, great Indian leaders, famous personalities, animals, fantasy stories etc are available.  Apart from these, there are also other short Indian stories for all age groups. Indian story books like the Panchtantra and the Jataka tales which contain short stories for children are also very popular.

 The beauty of these stories is that they are passed on from one generation to another and this oral tradition has been continuing past decades. Through the rich Indian stories, the children learn values and morals that have been passed through generations. Courageous stories, bold stories, stories of love, respect and other magical tales of adventure have truly wonderful to hear.

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School Uniforms – Perspective

It is dream of every parent to see his kid joining a good school and excel in academics. Right from the time when child is born, his growing up process has a lot to do with his education. And as far as education and other aspects of personality are concerned, school plays a very vital role in child’s life. This is where; he learns not only the words printed in the books but also learns to interact with others of his age. He remains on his own for the duration he is in school and no doubt, this is the biggest learning ground for the kid. School is the temple of knowledge and here a child learns to taste numerous hitherto unseen aspects of life. The topic of school has also been a major topic of discussion all over the world as regards to its effect on children. Right from educationalists, psychologists, philosophers and behaviour analysts, they all have their own views about different effects of school on kids. One such issue within the periphery of school is dress code. This has definitely been a heated topic.

There are several benefits of having a dress code or school uniform. One of the reasons championed quite often is concentration level of students more focussed on education rather than wardrobe. They will not be really concerned with different dress combinations. Having a dress code is also instrumental in taking school environment more seriously and not getting distracted with other trivialities. Factors like violence and social conflict also gets decreased because of proper dress code.

On the downside, dress code curbs self expression of a child. It also goes against the spirit of individuality. All in all, it’s a mixed bag considering the pros and cons of school uniforms.

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Handling Sibling Rivalry

Sibling rivalry is a common occurrence in several households. On one hand, having two kids in the house has the advantage of both playing with each other and at the same time it runs the risk of them having frequent fights. When such situation arises, of course it is the parents that have to suffer from useless battles. But first thing that you need to understand is, it’s not only your kids that are fighting among themselves but it happens in every second home. So take bother to take unnecessary tension and try having a neutral role. You can also opt for some learning as in how to manage differences and get along.

As a parent, always keep your ears open in the sense that when kids are fighting try to observe how they are handling tensions. Sometimes, mutual fights are best way for kids to learn aspects like negotiations, agreements and co-operation. You can also have a firsthand experience of how child is handling issues. Step in only when things are getting out of control. Also try to differentiate between serious conflicts or mere annoying. Try to meddle only when things are getting out of hand, someone is getting violent and some items are crashing.

Sometimes, it is a wiser idea to divert the attention of warring kids to something more stimulating like video, TV or sports. Kids have fickle attention span so they might forget things in hurry if properly diverted. Parents can also act as moderators where you listen to both parties, hear out their concerns and then decide. Try to be fair-minded. Finally, teach kids to respect each other. These virtues have to be instilled from childhood only.

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