What comes to your mind when you think of your childhood? Did you have a lot of time after school? How did you make use of it? Did you play every day with other children in your neighborhood and eventually have a good relationship with them?
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When children start demanding the dress they want to wear for their birthdays or the bike they wish to ride, it’s pretty sure there is more than one mind working behind these opinions. Peers!!! While some can instill encouraging thoughts, some can result in a character detour that parents disapprove of. When children know when to say NO to their age group, most issues get solved even before surfacing. And when their YES triggers a string of unpleasant events, conversations between parents and children become argumentative, which would eventually tilt the equilibrium. And nobody wants it that way! In this blog, we’ll discover how children can handle peer pressure and actually not put parents under any.
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The moment a child is born, parents get an invisible boon to tie all their unrealistic expectations, ambitions, decisions, and rules to their newborn who just arrived. Is it hard for parents to only think and not overthink? Because in the course, the child grows up taking things in their stride and sometimes reacting hard to the parents’ surprise. That’s when most parents pause to think! “Did we go wrong somewhere”? Or “Why did she talk to me like that”? Quite natural in parenting, but you can avoid some mistakes that make life harder for your child.
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The New York Times reports a survey in America by a nonprofit research organization called Common Sense Media that, amongst children between the ages of 8 and 18, 38% use social media.
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Children are like saplings that need deep planting, nurturing, and pampering. Without continuous monitoring, it may fail to absorb nutrients and not grow the way we wanted or rot from the roots due to uncongenial surroundings. Children need guidance, warmth, and emotional backing from parents to bloom to their best.
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Deciding when your children should start preschool is a parent’s responsibility. Based on the educational norms in your area, screen a list of schools and gather information on the curriculum, faculty, and how well you have prepared your child for learning through fun activities. Despite all preparations, children will have separation anxiety and initial settling-down issues. With a little coaxing and familiarizing, you will be able to help your child prepare for preschool. Let’s see how.
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Often parents think it’s okay to say a seemingly harmless lie to their children once in a while. But what provokes them to tell a lie can provoke their child, at a later point in their lives is the underlying truth. A parent-child relationship is one of trust, mutual respect, and love. And telling lies can hamper the beautiful relationship for life.
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As parents, we always feel there’s something strange about strangers. From various unfortunate incidents around the world, where children have been prey to acts of miscreants, it’s high time children know to sense danger and find their safe way out.
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Take a time wind back to your childhood. Did you have an activity-packed summer vacation or days when you would relax under a tree with your cousins and friends? Did you make your own fun games that gathered the little ones from the neighborhood too? The time to unwind was a creative time for most of us. It meant we could imagine, play, create, observe, appreciate, learn, interact and do nothing.
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We all believe in the power of guardianship. When we need it the most, a guardian can be God, a teacher, a parent, or mentor. Grandparents also hold a similar stature in many families. Their life experiences make them richer than the actual wealth they possess. And the biggest beneficiaries are grandchildren.
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