May 25th, 2010
Internet Safety: Prevent CyberBullying – Be a Part of Your Daughter’s Life
Girls are enamored with social communications as a way to make connections and keep in touch. But while the Internet can be a very private-seeming place when one sits alone in front of a computer screen in a bedroom, but in reality, it can be devastatingly public. In this age of MySpace, cell phones, and instant messaging, it has never been more important to ensure that you are a part of your daughter’s life: the real and the virtual.
May 23rd, 2010
Parenting Toddlers: How To Find The Best Preschool For Your Child
You’ve purchased the admission forms and started to prepare your child for the entrance tests, but have you short-listed the preschools where you would actually want your child to study? You need to prioritize your options so that you can find the best preschool for your child. Here are some of the most important points to remember.
May 20th, 2010
The Pros And Cons Of Boarding Schools
Boarding schools have been extensively debated - some consider them great boosters of a child’s all round development, and some as instruments of neglect of children’s emotional needs. Evidently, the decision of sending one’s child to a boarding school should not be based on a ‘good’ or ‘bad’ judgment of such schools, but rather on an analysis of the child’s needs and family circumstances.
May 19th, 2010
Kids Vocabulary Games: Activities To Boost Communication Skills
The benefits of vocabulary building go way beyond writing fancy essays at school. If your kid is not an enthusiastic reader, you might have to think up some interactive and interesting ways to get him or her on the lexicon bandwagon. But why stick to the monotony of dictionaries and thesauri when they are so many fun ways to help your kid build up impressive word-power?
May 18th, 2010
The Changing Face Of Discipline: How The Rod Softened
Discipline means different things to different people. Ideally, discipline works towards the improvement of the mental faculty and moral character of an individual. There is no such thing as a ‘right method’. Distinct trends of discipline emerge as we trace its pattern down the years from post colonial times.
May 7th, 2010
Raising Children: Teaching The Difference Between Right And Wrong
We all know the between right and wrong, but every child needs fine-tuning. Parents need to inculcate both, values and virtues, in their children with consistency, sensitivity, patience, and a great deal of love. Once you have equipped children with values, you can trust that they will base their judgments on them and evolve into self-possessed, successful adults.
May 1st, 2010
What Is Child Honouring?
How we regard a child is the vital mirror with which that child's innate potential comes alive. Children who feel seen, loved and honoured are far more able to become loving parents and productive citizens later on. Child Honouring means seeing children for the creatively intelligent people they are, respecting their personhood as their own, recognizing them as essential members of the community and providing the fundamental nurturance they need in order to flourish.
May 1st, 2010
31 Survival Tips For The Summer Vacations
Summer holidays are around the corner and parents without travel plans this year will find themselves wondering how to ease the boredom for their kids. Here is a list of 31 things to make summer fun for all of you.
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