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Monday, July 23, 2012

How to be a successful parent

To be a successful doctor, engineer, teacher, fitter, clerk or whatever, all take energy, time, knowledge and commitment. BEING A GREAT PARENT IS NO DIFFERENT, AND PERHAPS EVEN HARDER.

Being a great parent is not a part-time job. Parenting is a full-time and lifelong commitment. As a parent it’s your responsibility to nurture children for the well-being of all family members involved. No doubt you need huge amount of patience, energy, time and wisdom in bringing up their children. But your hard work and positive attitude turn out to be real worthy in the long run.

Very few satisfactions in life are as great as watching your child grow up into a happy and successful person. To turn your child into a successful person, you need to be parenting good. Here are some important tips for you:

Children do not come with an instruction booklet or an easy plug-in connection like in a computer. They are complex and demand skilled and knowledgeable parents. No parents start the parenting knowing very much or as an expert. The easy way to understand children is to listen to them with attention. By listening to them you would also make them feel important. No parents start the parenting knowing very much or as an expert. Parents raise their children but in the process parents also learn and grow into the matured human beings.
Rather than getting angry at your children, it is better to talk with other parents who have experienced the same thing. Your child is not much different than other children and you probably would have similar questions that other parents ask. So talk to your family members who have children about dealing with complicated situations. Talk to other parents, could be friends at your work, thoughtful neighbors, whosoever.
You would feel inadequate around your children when you don’t know what to do in a particular situation. It takes dedication and serious effort to learn more and more about how to be a great parent. You could also read newspaper articles and magazines. Remember that it’s essential to have a support network of resources that improves your knowledge about various child problems.
Time is very important in any relationship and in case of children even more. It only helps to boost their self-esteem. You should take time off from your busy schedule to spend quality time with your children and try not to ignore them. It is very important to understand the feelings of your child.

As a parent do not interfere in matters, which are of less importance and the ones that concern the children only. By interfering you are not letting the children learning the consequences of their action. You should allow children to come up with their own solutions to a problem that they themselves have caused. This helps them in remembering not to repeat the same mistakes again. As a parent you should monitor the situations so as to offer help when they need.

Last but not the least, you should never ever give in to certain demands of children, even if they are shouting, screaming, crying or throwing tantrums. Children usually have this habit to get what they want to by throwing tantrums. Such a strict way of dealing with your kids will help you gain the respect of your child and also make them understand that you mean what you say. The only way that a child can understand and not use the act of aggression in the later stages of life is only when the parents are kind yet firm in dealing with them.

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Elephant - colour it

This drawing is for kids to print n colour.

Tips to parent about children with test anxiety

Tests Anxiety and Children
Some children just can’t do well in school tests though prepared really well for it. It’s not due to lack of intelligence or hard work and child seems to know all the answers of the test questions. But the results are always below average.
Today, the pressure on children to perform and achieve is tremendous. Parents are pulling their socks like they are back in school again, as they try to jog their memories of fractions, decimals, maps, historical events, and the basic principles of science. They try screaming, bribing, extra classes, etc. to get their children perform well. But sometimes nothing seems to work.
The problem, in such cases, is one of test anxiety. Children become so nervous about the test that when faced with a blank answer sheet, their minds go blank, even if they are well prepared. Most parents find it hard to believe that mere nervousness can make a child forget everything he’s learned and clueless in resolving the problem.
The only way for child to get rid of this problem is by taking the test relaxed. Parents can help the child by taking care of the following:
1. Keep advising the child that whatever learnt is to be remembered for a long time. Same part of the brain controls both short term and emotions of humans. Thus when a child becomes nervous, emotional surge overrides the short-term memory and fails them to retrieve the information stored in short-term memory.
2. Encourage the child to recollect the prepared notes without looking at the book. During revisions child might have prepared orally concentrating on the written notes. But when faced with a blank sheet, child fails to get the words right. It may be a good idea for parents to test the child with a mock oral test.
3. Reduce child nervousness by downplaying the importance of the class ranks. No doubt, it is important, but if your child is going to be so tensed of failing that it affects performance, then sure you need to play it down. Try to make them look at tests from another point of view, as a method for teachers to assess whether their teaching is effective. Reassure them that you’re sure that they’ll do better next time.
4. Some children are not just confident enough. Some children think that they don’t know well and revise the material again and again. When they see a couple of questions for which they don’t get the answer immediately, they accept the defeat without even trying to recall the answer. Parent should convince them that no one could answer all the questions hence not to worry much about those answer blocks and thus to bring confidence to the child.Last but not the least is planning the study. Ensure that your child prepares a study schedule so as to avoid last minute preparations which makes them panic and in turn nervous to take test. The best parents can do is to discuss with and help the child to make a time table for tests preparation.

Monday, July 16, 2012

COLOURFUL HOME





Above simple drawing has been coulred by 11yr Neela.




Sunday, July 15, 2012

Tips for busy parent

TIPS FOR BUSY PARENT
Many parents are unable to be involved with their children’s activities due to time constraints, their job or little ones at home. But there are sure ways that a busy parent can adopt to participate in child’s growth.
Children remember lifelong their parents valuable time spent with them during their schooling. Here are some ways to start with:


Turn off your Chatterbox, and interact with your child. May be you go through their grade books and additional class notes. You would be amazed to know some of the special kudos, behavior reports, school trips, etc. Remember you are parent and no spy…so pat them for their good job.


Another great way is to do their homework as a team member. By doing so you stay involved with child’s school life his will ensure the child that parent is caring for them. They are encouraged in turn and would work hard to prove their mettle.


One more way is to blend their hobbies into your pastime. You can just be party to their hobby ideas. Child feels in charge of his/her hobby and even feels so good when they explain their ideas and concept. An easy listener gives boost to their self-confidence.

Thursday, July 12, 2012

First Post

Hi all!
Am an enthusiastic parenting wanting to share tips n trips with fellow parents. Sure loads of interesting things gonna show up soon on this blog.

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