There is a lot of negativity that surrounds Facebook, and this leaves many people wondering if it is alright for their children. What type of impact does Facebook actually have on kids?

Negative Impact Of Facebook

We are going to review both sides of the fence since the argument has been presented in both a positive and negative light. Before we get into discussing the negative side effects it is important to point out that most of these negative side effects do not simply come from using Facebook but more of an overuse.

These negative side effects generally present themselves in kids that are overly exposed to Facebook not the ones that use it leisurely to check-in with their friends.

Here is a list of some of the common psychological and educational side effects that can become present when a child is exposed to Facebook a little too much:

• Self-centered

It is one thing to put yourself first in your decisions, but it is a completely different thing when you think the entire world revolves around you. Children that are overly exposed to Facebook have a tendency to have more self-centered or narcissistic traits.

• Anti-social Behaviors

Children and adults that suffer from anti-social behavioral issues have a tendency to commit actions without considering how the outcome will affect their peers.

Since Facebook often hides a lot of the reactions from an individual they often develop anti-social behaviors when their main form of communication is conducted through Facebook.

• Illness

Children that are overly exposed to technology of any kind including computers, television, or video games have a tendency to become ill more often.

• Low Test Scores

Teens who overdose on Facebook often have a lower reading retention and have a tendency to receive lower test scores.

Positive Impact Of Facebook

Now that we have you scared enough that you want to run and hide your child’s computer there are also some positive aspects for your child having aspect to Facebook.

Here is a list of some of the positive aspects that were discovered in children that had regular access to Facebook:

• Empathy

Children had a tendency to be more empathetic toward others by offering encouraging words. This has helped to improve happiness among this age group. Children that receive an encouraging word online are much happier.

• Socialization

Children that are often too shy to engage in conversation found it much easier to join in on a discussion via Facebook.

• Self-awareness

Many children struggle, especially through their teen years, with their identity. The fact that Facebook offers a place for your child to create a page where they can list information that they find important such as likes, dislikes, favorite movies, books, or music, and other interests forces your child to think about these things and in turn helps them become more self-aware.

It is important to understand that most of the negative side-effects come simply from overuse. It is the too much of a good thing mentality. Do not try to eliminate the use of Facebook by your child for they will most likely simply find a way to do it anyway and it will just hurt your relationship with them.

Just limit the amount that they are able to use it. Agree to allow them to have an account as long as they follow your rules in regards to it. It is a great way to try and maximize the positive side-effects, but limit the negative ones.

Author Bio: The writer of this article is Jason Phillips who is an expert writer. He spent most of his free time on Facebook and playing games online with his son. Their favorite site to play games is www.snipergames365.com

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Must reading for every parent. Find out why saying “Good job!” creates many negative consequences for your child.

Hang out at a playground, visit a school, or show up at a child’s birthday party, and there’s one phrase you can count on hearing repeatedly: “Good job!”

Even tiny infants are praised for smacking their hands together (“Good clapping!”). Many of us blurt out these judgments of our children to the point that it has become almost a verbal tic.

Plenty of books and articles advise us against relying on punishment, from spanking to forcible isolation (“time out”). Occasionally someone will even ask us to rethink the practice of bribing children with stickers or food. But you’ll have to look awfully hard to find a discouraging word about what is euphemistically called positive reinforcement.

Lest there be any misunderstanding, the point here is not to call into question the importance of supporting and encouraging children, the need to love them and hug them and help them feel good about themselves. Praise, however, is a different story entirely. Here’s why.

1. Manipulating children.

Suppose you offer a verbal reward to reinforce the behavior of a two-year-old who eats without spilling, or a five-year-old who cleans up her art supplies. Who benefits from this? Is it possible that telling kids they’ve done a good job may have less to do with their emotional needs than with our convenience?

Rheta DeVries, a professor of education at the University of Northern Iowa, refers to this as “sugar-coated control.” Very much like tangible rewards – or, for that matter, punishments – it’s a way of doing something to children to get them to comply with our wishes.

It may be effective at producing this result (at least for a while), but it’s very different from working with kids – for example, by engaging them in conversation about what makes a classroom (or family) function smoothly, or how other people are affected by what we have done — or failed to do.

The latter approach is not only more respectful but more likely to help kids become thoughtful people. The reason praise can work in the short run is that young children are hungry for our approval. But we have a responsibility not to exploit that dependence for our own convenience.

A “Good job!” to reinforce something that makes our lives a little easier can be an example of taking advantage of children’s dependence. Kids may also come to feel manipulated by this, even if they can’t quite explain why.

2. Creating praise junkies.

To be sure, not every use of praise is a calculated tactic to control children’s behavior. Sometimes we compliment kids just because we’re genuinely pleased by what they’ve done.

Even then, however, it’s worth looking more closely. Rather than bolstering a child’s self-esteem, praise may increase kids’ dependence on us.

The more we say, “I like the way you..” or “Good ______ing,” the more kids come to rely on our evaluations, our decisions about what’s good and bad, rather than learning to form their own judgments. It leads them to measure their worth in terms of what will lead us to smile and dole out some more approval.

Mary Budd Rowe, a researcher at the University of Florida, discovered that students who were praised lavishly by their teachers were more tentative in their responses, more apt to answer in a questioning tone of voice (“Um, seven?”).

They tended to back off from an idea they had proposed as soon as an adult disagreed with them. And they were less likely to persist with difficult tasks or share their ideas with other students.

In short, “Good job!” doesn’t reassure children; ultimately, it makes them feel less secure. It may even create a vicious circle such that the more we slather on the praise, the more kids seem to need it, so we praise them some more.

Sadly, some of these kids will grow into adults who continue to need someone else to pat them on the head and tell them whether what they did was OK. Surely this is not what we want for our daughters and sons.

3. Stealing a child’s pleasure.

Apart from the issue of dependence, a child deserves to take delight in her accomplishments, to feel pride in what she’s learned how to do. She also deserves to decide when to feel that way. Every time we say, “Good job!”, though, we’re telling a child how to feel.

To be sure, there are times when our evaluations are appropriate and our guidance is necessary — especially with toddlers and preschoolers. But a constant stream of value judgments is neither necessary nor useful for children’s development.

Unfortunately, we may not have realized that “Good job!” is just as much an evaluation as “Bad job!” The most notable feature of a positive judgment isn’t that it’s positive, but that it’s a judgment. And people, including kids, don’t like being judged.

I cherish the occasions when my daughter manages to do something for the first time, or does something better than she’s ever done it before. But I try to resist the knee-jerk tendency to say, “Good job!” because I don’t want to dilute her joy.

I want her to share her pleasure with me, not look to me for a verdict. I want her to exclaim, “I did it!” (which she often does) instead of asking me uncertainly, “Was that good?”

Rather than bolstering a child's self-esteem, praise may increase kids' dependence on us.

4. Losing interest.

“Good painting!” may get children to keep painting for as long as we keep watching and praising. But, warns Lilian Katz, one of the country’s leading authorities on early childhood education, “once attention is withdrawn, many kids won’t touch the activity again.”

Indeed, an impressive body of scientific research has shown that the more we reward people for doing something, the more they tend to lose interest in whatever they had to do to get the reward. Now the point isn’t to draw, to read, to think, to create – the point is to get the goody, whether it’s an ice cream, a sticker, or a “Good job!”

In a troubling study conducted by Joan Grusec at the University of Toronto, young children who were frequently praised for displays of generosity tended to be slightly less generous on an everyday basis than other children were.

Every time they had heard “Good sharing!” or “I’m so proud of you for helping,” they became a little less interested in sharing or helping. Those actions came to be seen not as something valuable in their own right but as something they had to do to get that reaction again from an adult. Generosity became a means to an end.

Does praise motivate kids? Sure. It motivates kids to get praise. Alas, that’s often at the expense of commitment to whatever they were doing that prompted the praise.

5. Reducing achievement.

As if it weren’t bad enough that “Good job!” can undermine independence, pleasure, and interest, it can also interfere with how good a job children actually do.

Researchers keep finding that kids who are praised for doing well at a creative task tend to stumble at the next task – and they don’t do as well as children who weren’t praised to begin with.

Why does this happen? Partly because the praise creates pressure to “keep up the good work” that gets in the way of doing so. Partly because their interest in what they’re doing may have declined. Partly because they become less likely to take risks – a prerequisite for creativity – once they start thinking about how to keep those positive comments coming.

More generally, “Good job!” is a remnant of an approach to psychology that reduces all of human life to behaviors that can be seen and measured. Unfortunately, this ignores the thoughts, feelings, and values that lie behind behaviors.

For example, a child may share a snack with a friend as a way of attracting praise, or as a way of making sure the other child has enough to eat. Praise for sharing ignores these different motives. Worse, it actually promotes the less desirable motive by making children more likely to fish for praise in the future.

Once you start to see praise for what it is – and what it does – these constant little evaluative eruptions from adults start to produce the same effect as fingernails being dragged down a blackboard.

You begin to root for a child to give his teachers or parents a taste of their own treacle by turning around to them and saying (in the same saccharine tone of voice), “Good praising!” Still, it’s not an easy habit to break.

It can seem strange, at least at first, to stop praising; it can feel as though you’re being chilly or withholding something. But that, it soon becomes clear, suggests that we praise more because we need to say it than because children need to hear it.

Whenever that’s true, it’s time to rethink what we’re doing. What kids do need is unconditional support, love with no strings attached. That’s not just different from praise – it’s the opposite of praise.

“Good job!” is conditional. It means we’re offering attention and acknowledgement and approval for jumping through our hoops, for doing things that please us.

This point, you’ll notice, is very different from a criticism that some people offer to the effect that we give kids too much approval, or give it too easily. They recommend that we become more miserly with our praise and demand that kids “earn” it.

But the real problem isn’t that children expect to be praised for everything they do these days. It’s that we’re tempted to take shortcuts, to manipulate kids with rewards instead of explaining and helping them to develop needed skills and good values.

So what’s the alternative? That depends on the situation, but whatever we decide to say instead has to be offered in the context of genuine affection and love for who kids are rather than for what they’ve done.

When unconditional support is present, “Good job!” isn’t necessary; when it’s absent, “Good job!” won’t help.

If we’re praising positive actions as a way of discouraging misbehavior, this is unlikely to be effective for long. Even when it works, we can’t really say the child is now “behaving himself”; it would be more accurate to say the praise is behaving him.

The alternative is to work with the child, to figure out the reasons he’s acting that way. We may have to reconsider our own requests rather than just looking for a way to get kids to obey.

(Instead of using “Good job!” to get a four-year-old to sit quietly through a long class meeting or family dinner, perhaps we should ask whether it’s reasonable to expect a child to do so.)

We also need to bring kids in on the process of making decisions. If a child is doing something that disturbs others, then sitting down with her later and asking, “What do you think we can do to solve this problem?” will likely be more effective than bribes or threats.

It also helps a child learn how to solve problems and teaches that her ideas and feelings are important. Of course, this process takes time and talent, care and courage.

Tossing off a “Good job!” when the child acts in the way we deem appropriate takes none of those things, which helps to explain why “doing to” strategies are a lot more popular than “working with” strategies.

And what can we say when kids just do something impressive? Consider three possible responses:

• Say nothing. Some people insist a helpful act must be “reinforced” because, secretly or unconsciously, they believe it was a fluke. If children are basically evil, then they have to be given an artificial reason for being nice (namely, to get a verbal reward). But if that cynicism is unfounded – and a lot of research suggests that it is – then praise may not be necessary.
• Say what you saw. A simple, evaluation-free statement (“You put your shoes on by yourself” or even just “You did it”) tells your child that you noticed. It also lets her take pride in what she did. In other cases, a more elaborate description may make sense. If your child draws a picture, you might provide feedback – not judgment – about what you noticed: “This mountain is huge!” “Boy, you sure used a lot of purple today!”
• If a child does something caring or generous, you might gently draw his attention to the effect of his action on the other person: “Look at Abigail’s face! She seems pretty happy now that you gave her some of your snack.” This is completely different from praise, where the emphasis is on how you feel about her sharing.
• Talk less, ask more. Even better than descriptions are questions. Why tell him what part of his drawing impressed you when you can ask him what he likes best about it? Asking “What was the hardest part to draw?” or “How did you figure out how to make the feet the right size?” is likely to nourish his interest in drawing. Saying “Good job!”, as we’ve seen, may have exactly the opposite effect.

This doesn’t mean that all compliments, all thank-you’s, all expressions of delight are harmful. We need to consider our motives for what we say (a genuine expression of enthusiasm is better than a desire to manipulate the child’s future behavior) as well as the actual effects of doing so.

Are our reactions helping the child to feel a sense of control over her life — or to constantly look to us for approval? Are they helping her to become more excited about what she’s doing in its own right – or turning it into something she just wants to get through in order to receive a pat on the head.

It’s not a matter of memorizing a new script, but of keeping in mind our long-term goals for our children and watching for the effects of what we say. The bad news is that the use of positive reinforcement really isn’t so positive. The good news is that you don’t have to evaluate in order to encourage.

© 2001 Alfie Kohn

NOTE: An abridged version of this article was published in Parents magazine in May 2000 with the title “Hooked on Praise.” For a more detailed look at the issues discussed here, please see the books Punished by Rewards and Unconditional Parenting.

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At some stage between babyhood and toddlerhood, all babies develop a strong urge to assert their autonomy. You will recognize this moment in the first time your baby says “No” when you tell him or her to do something. You will probably find it rather amusing the first time – better steel yourself though.

This is just a sign of things to come. Very soon, you’re likely to find it tiresome being challenged time and again by your little tot, who is standing her ground and refusing to give in on increasing occasions.

Should you establish your authority by overpowering your kid, or should you concede ‘defeat’ in an attempt at keeping the peace? What you choose to do when you come to this crossroad will forever influence the way your child sees you. Do you want your children seeing you as being ‘bossy’ or ‘wimpy’?

If neither of these choices seems terribly attractive, you will need to find another way of dealing with the situation. Here are a few tips on how you can subtly – but deftly – avert a full-blown power struggle at home. All you need is a bit of tact, some craftiness and oodles of patience.

Recognize The Behavior For What It Is

It is important to realise that your child is not being recalcitrant or stubborn. Nor is she being rebellious just to get you all wound up. Well, rebellious maybe… but that’s only because from about the age of two children start developing their own individuality.

They begin forming their own opinions and making their own decisions. Being told what to do and what not to do does not go down very well with them, especially when this is in direct opposition to what they feel they should be allowed to do.

Clash Of The Titans

Does that mean you should allow children to have their own way? Certainly not! The trick lies in being able to side-step the power struggle. You ask your child if she is ready to go indoors. Your child knows she has to go in, but she still says “No”.

She has now thrown down the gauntlet, and it’s up to you whether you want to accept the challenge or not. Remember, though, that every challenge results in one person being the winner and the other one a loser.

is a situation you want to avoid at all costs. Imposing your authority on every occasion will crush her self-esteem. Nevertheless, if you let her get her way every time, you will soon have a tiny little despot who will want her own way every time on your hands.

The Fine Line Between Empowering And Overpowering

The next time you ask your child to do something and your resolute child decides to ‘hold my breath till I explode’ in opposition, try not to explode before your child does.

On the other hand, do not panic and give in immediately, either – even if your child looks hell-bent on carrying out her threat. Don’t let that breath-holding act get to you. Once your child lets out that pent-up steam, she will be fine.

A little tact and patience can help avoid power struggles

You will notice that the breath-holding act will almost always follow an order. Why not change track?

The next time, when you feel your child is likely to throw a tantrum when you ask her to come indoors, brush her teeth or clean up her room, don’t order her to do so. Instead, give her a choice.

Let’s assume your child’s evening schedule includes going out to play for a short while, followed by homework, half an hour of television and then bed.

If she chooses to stay out longer, tell her she will have to forego her favourite TV programme, but that the homework WILL be done.

This way, you give your child the power to choose while still making sure that your rules are not broken. If she throws a tantrum and threatens to ‘hold her breath’ at having to miss her programme, let her!

Most parents make the mistake of giving in at this point, mostly because they are just plain tired of it all by then. Therein lies the problem – children immediately pick up on such weak spots. The next time, you can expect a full-blown power struggle.

How To Give Your Child Choices

When giving choices, you need to ensure that all the choices you offer your child will affect that particular child only, and nobody else. If the whole family is at a restaurant and your child refuses to settle down, you may not want to give her the choice of ‘behaving or leaving the restaurant’.

If she chooses the latter, it would be unfair to the rest of the family. Giving your child the choice of ‘behaving or leaving’ would work great at the dinner table at home, but it would not be appropriate in a restaurant.

The Importance Of Empowering Your Child

Everyone wants to feels powerful, irrespective of age or gender. When you constantly impose your authority with a ‘my way or the highway’ attitude, you foster a sense of powerlessness in your child.

All children will react to this in either of two ways – they will either learn to give in constantly and ultimately become meek and submissive, or they will start harbouring a sense of resentment and ultimately revenge.

Neither of these attitudes is healthy or nurturing. What’s worse, these attitudes will, over time, become a habitual trait and that influences how your child deals with her peers right through childhood into adulthood.

It is from the way that you deal with this power struggle that your child will learn to be submissive to every request or rebellious to every order. However, children who subtly imbibe the fine art of negotiation will have picked up a valuable tool that will stand them in good stead in every sphere of life.

© Diana D’Souza is a freelance writer based in Pune.

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Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true. ~Robert Brault

I recently read a list of “101 Things You Should Do If You Are Divorced With Kids” or something like that. It was things like “Don’t ask your kids what happened at your ex’s house” and “Don’t fight in front of your kids”. Advice that is pretty commonsensical. I don’t think most people who are divorced need to be told this, but a reminder never hurts.

There was one thing missing that really bothered me. The list did not include being nice to your ex!

Of course, we all tell our kids that they should be nice to the people in their lives. It is easy to be nice to your friends, it actually comes quite naturally. If you ask most people why they are nice to their friends, they would have a hard time answering. Just like it is difficult to explain how to breathe! We just do it! We rarely have to remind our kids to be nice to their friends.

We sometimes have to remind our children to be nice to new people. For example, when a new kid joins the class we often encourage our children to make the first gesture of friendship. Here the obstacle is, perhaps, awkwardness. But there usually is not a lot of resistance.

So far, we see that it is easy to be nice to someone we like. And it is not difficult to be nice to someone “neutral”. Now comes the more difficult part. The difficult part comes when there is someone we don’t like. Here is the real challenge and here is where the “teaching moment” with our kids comes in.

Yes, you should be nice to the people you don’t like. There are many benefits to being nice to people you don’t like, and the best possibility is that you will eventually like them and they will like you. Perhaps we don’t like them because of a misunderstanding that, once cleared up, can become a point of partnership and friendship.

There are many benefits to being nice to people you don't like

Also, when you are nice to many people, you increase your social circle. Research has shown that having a bigger group of friends has many benefits in health and happiness. Other people will notice your extra effort and will be willing to help you when needed. You can also widen your sphere of influence this way and become the “go to” person.

I am, in no way, advocating that you tell your kids to become a “sucker” for other people. They can actually extend a hand of friendship from a position of strength rather than a position of weakness. They don’t need the other person’s friendship, they are simply offering their own.

Of course, the best way to teach this is to model it for your children. And if you happen to be divorced, there would be so many benefits of acting this way. You would be teaching your children an important lesson, you would be lowering the stress with your ex, and you will truly be improving yourself!

This would truly be win, win, win all around!

© Copyright Shaya Kass, PhD, 2011

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Although disasters can strike anywhere at any given time, you can do a lot to lessen its catastrophic effects.  Each  family (or even individuals) should be organized and ready when the unexpected emergency decides to show up.

What is a Disaster Preparedness Plan And Why Every Family Should Have One

Your family is the best team during disasters and emergencies.  First, you all know your strengths and weaknesses and you could bank on each family member’s strength for the safety of your family.  A family disaster preparedness plan is a MUST for every family any place in the world.

Primarily, your family should be able to point out specific disasters that are common in your area.  It would be silly to prepare against tornadoes when they do not, or have never even occurred your area, in the first place.

As a family, you should know what disasters usually strike in your community.  Although it’s best to plan for any type of disaster or emergency, on top of the disaster plan should be your plan when the most common disaster strikes.

As a family, you should be able to agree on what to do and whose role is what when the calamity happens.  Each should have an equal task in countering the catastrophe.

Again, being prepared way ahead of the emergency is imperative.  It is ridiculous to start talking in panic just when the family is coming face to face with, say, flood.

Bear in mind the necessities that could be cut off when calamities happen: no telephone lines (or worse, no cell phone signals), no electricity, or no water.  Your plan should center on establishing the most important part of survival – food and asking for assistance.

If you and your family are not confined inside your home by the disaster, it is best to go to the nearest emergency management office in your area.  If you’re at home and are not able to go out – don’t panic.

Although help could take time to arrive, most probably it will, and the best thing to do is to wait it out and have ample food while waiting for help.

A family disaster plan is a must for every family any place in the world.

Here is a simple checklist with essential steps to create your family’s disaster preparedness plan (you could add more according to your family’s needs):

1. Know what type of disasters plague your community and base your disaster plan on that.

2. Know if your community has a warning system.  If yes, can you recognize it at any given minute?

3. Think of the people who cannot fend for themselves and who should take care of them during calamities (the elderly, disabled individuals, even pets).

4. Set a place where your entire family could meet in case your home caves in or is destroyed by a disaster.  Have a plan A and plan B.

5. Have escape routes.  Do not limit it to just one.  Have at least two.

6. Post the emergency numbers where the flood cannot reach it and where it is safe from fire.  It should be in a conspicuous area and everybody in the family should know where it is.

7. Set up a time for the entire family to practice the disaster plan at least once a month so that everyone would constantly be reminded of what they are tasked to do and how to be alert in their roles.

8. More than being physically and mentally prepared is to be prepared with necessities (food and some toiletries).  Arrange a kit where there is ample food and water for everyone (at least 72 hours would be good), soap and also some spare batteries.  Always include a flashlight in your disaster kit.

9. As a family, you could enroll in classes that specifically deal and discuss how to prepare your family against any disasters.  A CPR or first aid class would be a necessity.

10. The last one on this list is very important: Tell your children what to expect during calamities and how not to panic.  Let them know the warning signs of a potential disaster and how to contact you in case you do get separated.

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1. The value of the highlighter

It may seem just a marker but it can help a lot in highlighting the important parts in the lessons during the day. That way, it will be easier for your kids to study and answer their homework.

Often assignments that involve guide questions will involve the highlights of what the teacher discussed during class. Having underlined the parts that the teacher emphasized will give your kids the head start they need to conquer their assignments.

2. Start on the hardest

As much as your kids hate to do it, train them to start with the homework that they feel they are having problems with. That way, they can devote their time and effort more on the subject that they need to concentrate so much on.

Besides, since the easiest ones do not take much effort, it is logical to put them last when the energy level is at the lowest. This however is not recommended for kids who tire easily or give up easily.

There are kids who just throw a tantrum when they feel that they cannot do something or complete something. If they become frustrated on a hard assignment, switch it with the easy one just to help your kid regain his footing and his confidence. When that is completed, go back to the other assignment and finish it.

The important thing in times like these is to make sure that you do finish the homework. Never allow your kids to give up on an assignment or tell them not to do it since they can’t. This will teach them to just give up on things when things do not go their way.

What your kids really need from you is your presence and your support

3. Train them to do it bit by bit

Kids who listen to their teachers, take down notes, highlight or at least do a little bit of something to accomplish the homework will find the task easier to accomplish than someone who starts at it from scratch. Train them to start doing their home works bit by bit so that they will not be overwhelmed by the sheer amount of the work.

Doing this will help teach them not only about making homework a priority but also about accomplishing tasks in general. They will learn that sometimes you need to do a million things first before you can reach your goal in life. This will teach them not to give up that easily.

4. Be there for them

Even if you do not help them in actually answering their homework (after all, it is their duty to do them) at least be there for them when they need you. Make yourself available when they need to ask some questions or when they need you to explain things to them. Don’t do their assignments for them but be there support system.

Kids do not actually have the concept of giving you all the work and not doing it themselves. This kind of thing is something that they will eventually learn when you show them that they can. Often, what they really need from you is your presence and your support when they need help.

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Make a Wind Chime

The sound of a wind time in the summer breeze is very relaxing and making one can occupy the children for an afternoon.

The materials you will need are items that will make a pretty sound when they rub against each other (shells, beads, or even old utensils), something sharp to poke a hole through each item, a hammer, string, a round item (a lid or piece of wood) for the top, and a hook to hang the wind chime.

Once all the items are collected the adult should use the hammer and sharp object (such as a screwdriver) to make a hole in each object.  If the item is too hard to make a hole in (like a rock) tie string around it several times until it is secured.

After the holes are made tie a piece of string to each item. Take your tools again and punch holes in the round lid that you are going to use, one for each item that will be hanging from the wind chime.

Thread the string through the hole and tie a knot so that it will not fall back through.  Poke two more holes in the lid and tie one piece of string through both holes and attach the hook.

All that is left is to find the perfect spot for your wind chime.  Place it close enough so that it can be heard through an open window on a breezy day.  If the items do not knock against each other when the wind blows you may have to adjust the lengths of the string a few times until you get it just right.

Keep an eye on the wind chime to make sure it doesn’t lose any of the pieces.  If it does be sure to pick them up as they can pose a choking hazard to young children.

Making Musical Instruments

Spend a summer day making musical instruments with the children it is lots of noisy fun.  Once everyone is equipped with their homemade instrument go on parade through your neighborhood to show off you new marching band.

Make a tambourine with two paper plates and something that makes noise to go between them.  You can use beans, rice, or small bells from a craft store.  Use staples to keep the two plates together with the noise makers inside.  Have the child decorate the outside and hang long streamers from the edges.

You can make a drum with a large empty cereal box.  Punch two holes in the sides of the cereal box and tie a piece of yarn to go around the child’s neck.  Use two pencils or wooden dowels with corks or empty thread spools affixed to the ends for drum sticks.

Use a wrapping paper or paper towel cardboard tube to make a horn.  This can be used just as is and some decoration.  To make it sound more interesting, cover one end with was paper and keep it in place with a rubber band.  Poke some holes along the tube and make noise through the open end.

Use a shoebox, a paper towel roll and some strong rubber bands to make a guitar to take on the road.  With the cover off of the box, put the rubber bands around the box.  The bands should be stretched but not too taught that they can’t be plucked or strummed like a guitar.  Glue the paper towel roll to one end of the box to be the arm of the guitar.

After everyone has made their musical instruments let them jam for awhile and then march about sharing their music with everyone.  You can carry the baton and be the band leader.

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A baby asked God, “They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?”

Your angel will be waiting for you and will take care of you.”

The child further inquired, “But tell me, here in heaven I don’t have to do anything but sing and smile to be happy.”

God said, “Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you. And you will feel your angel’s love and be very happy.”

Again the child asked, “And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me if I don’t know the language?”

God said, “Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak.”

“And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?”

God said, “Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray.”

“Who will protect me?”

God said, “Your angel will defend you even if it means risking it’s life.”

“But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore.”

God said, “Your angel will always talk to you about Me and will teach you the way to come back to Me, even though I will always be next to you.”

At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voice from earth could be heard and the child hurriedly asked, “God, if I am to leave now, please tell me my angel’s name.”

“You will simply call her, “Mom.”

Our loving mom is an angel sent by God to take care of us. She has taken pain for nine months to bear us in her womb. She then nurtures us with her divine love and care. To every child, mother is the most beautiful creature of this universe. Mother means the world to her child. There is nothing greater than mother’s love.

“The future destiny of a child is the work of a mother”, said Napoleon. The future of a child begins in the home. When the mother begins to nurse her child in her arms and continue to mould and love him at the very young age. It is the mother’s responsibility of instilling the best values in her child’s mind and makes the child confident and a good human being.

There is nothing greater than mother’s love. At times, she maybe impatient and use harsh words but they are meant only to correct the child and not to hurt him. Mothers have loads of patience to deal with the child, his tantrums and to meet with his unending demands.

The role of a mother is quite a demanding one. Mothers can be homemakers and work outside and still can be great moms. The most important part of mothering is being there for your child.

What matters the most is the input and confidence they have in playing a role of a mother. She is the heart of the home. Her help in raising a child is invaluable. The work of a mother is hard. The day of a mother is usually not done until she goes to bed.

It is harder to be a parent today – especially a mother. The biggest challenge in raising child today is dealing with outside influences of society. Among the top concerns like drugs and alcohol, peer pressure, and the impact of television and other media, other challenges in raising a child includes teaching morals and values, maintaining discipline and dealing with the educational system. Through love and sincerity, a mother put the child on the right path.

Being a mother can be interpreted as one of thankless jobs in life. But luckily it is also a role of delayed gratification. A mother put all her time and energy into raising her child to be a perfect human being. Mothers receive a few more long-awaited thank you from their kids when they become parents and they start fine tuning their own parenting skills.

Most people share flowers for mother’s day but mothers deserve much more than that. Love your mom always and keep her smiling!

Namita Kandhola, mother to a 5 year old daughter, hold a master’s degree in psychology and writes parenting articles for The Tribune. She was first inspired by Mona Prehar, a former head at Euro Kids, Jalandhar and now an educationist, who was instrumental in bringing her and her daughter closer to each other. Contact her at namitakandhola@yahoo.com

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Unfortunately children, at very young ages, have to deal with feelings of anger and rage. This is a truth which is often difficult to understand or manage. Young children especially, aren’t normally aware of how they feel.

How Children Display Emotions

When a child becomes upset or mad they simply show their emotions through their behavior. A good example of this might be the little boy in the supermarket who throws a tantrum because he’s upset or tired.

Kids are normally not very forthcoming with regards to sharing feelings and emotions. A kid may be burdened with feelings of pain and guilt but you would never learn it from a conversation. A child’s feelings are usually displayed in their behavior.

When a child is sad they may keep to themselves or have little to say. When a child feels guilty they may avoid people and stay in their room. When a child is angry they may break their toys, scream or throw a tantrum.

Children are not always verbal about their emotions but actions often speak louder than words. When kids show signs of anger, bursting into fits or rage and rolling around the floor in tantrums, this should be a sign that there’s a problem.

This should tell the parent that this child needs help. Left untreated, this problem could evolve into a very difficult situation in the future. It is unfortunate that often these occurrences are overlooked or dismissed because they are “just children”.

Why Is Anger Management An Essential Life Skill?

A child requires instruction and guidance from their coming into the world to their entry into adulthood. The things they learn throughout their young lives are likely to form the person they become as an adult.

A child needs to learn how to behave appropriately to different situations. They must know that it is perfectly OK to be upset but they must also understand that anger need not be used in a negative way.

An inability to resolve anger issues in children will likely encourage a pattern of anger throughout their teenage years and into adulthood. For this reason anger management in children with difficulties controlling their temper is extremely important.

Anger Management Techniques For Kids

Anger management is an essential life skill

Anger management techniques for kids are readily available today and are effective in helping children deal with their anger issues. Finding the best anger management technique for your kids may require some research and experimenting.

Helping a child deal with their emotions may involve special programs geared toward kids. A child will not benefit from an adult anger management support group, nor will they benefit from taking an anger management course.

These recommendations are too mature for children. Their minds are not mature enough to openly talk about their feelings. In fact they may not understand what’s happening themselves.

A counselor cannot expect a child to open up and tell them the exact emotion which is making them angry. These are details which must be discovered through a series of activities regarding anger management for kids.

Young children may respond well to worksheets, games and fun activities. All of these can be used effectively to teach anger management in children. Developing programs which incorporate each of these might be the best route to take.

A child completing a worksheet, coloring sheet or participating in games and activities with underlying messages regarding anger management, may not even realize they are working on their problem. Making the activity fun doesn’t mean that the anger issues are not given importance.

Choosing fun activities that teach healthy interaction and decision making might be a good approach to take. Teaching them to take turns and helping them to learn that they can’t always be the best or the winner would definitely make a difference when confrontational situations arise. Activities that instill values and positive thinking would be beneficial for anger management in children.

If a child is old enough to talk about their anger problem, encouraging them to share their feelings is important. Suggesting they talk to someone who they feel comfortable with and trust is a good idea regarding anger management in children.

Asking them to write or draw about their emotions may be able to help disclose their underlying issues, whether fear, hurt or sadness. Teaching them to ask for help when they feel threatened or angry would certainly help the child with a problem.

The important detail to realize when considering anger management in children are they are just “children”. Their minds are not equipped to handle big people situations and so they will require a more careful approach.

Considering they’re unaware of their exact feelings and they are not equipped to think quickly and rationalize their decisions, it would be very hard to teach a kid an effective lesson plan which requires logical thinking.

Teaching kids anger management skills early on in life will provide a good emotional foundation for their future. Through repetitious activities and practices, kids will eventually learn these skills. An individual working with kids may have to patient regards to seeing results but they will come.

Because a child cannot always relate their feelings surrounding angry outburst, finding the right approach may take some time. Not all children will respond to the same treatments, but until the issue is resolved or at least controlled, it is worthwhile to continue the search.

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Picnics With The Kids

Having a picnic doesn’t have to be reserved for a day out at the beach or park. Kids love to eat outside, especially if it means they don’t have to stop playing to come inside and get cleaned up.  If you are going to have a picnic during an outing, be sure to practice food safety and have icepacks in with the food or cooler.

Picnics can be as simple and easy as peanut butter and jam sandwiches with apples to as complicated as fried chicken and potato salad.  It all depends on how much time you have and the preferences of those you will be serving.  But whatever you make, let the kids help you prepare.

If your little ones are active, you can prepare a picnic that consists of all finger foods.  Let the kids come and go as they please have a snack here and there as they need it.  Some easy finger foods for a picnic include:

• Cheese and crackers
• Vegetable sticks (carrots, tomatoes, and cucumber)
• Ants and dirt (fill celery sticks with peanut butter and top with raisins)
• Fruit
• Sandwiches
• Hard boiled eggs

Even if none of your children are in diapers anymore, having baby wipes or another wet wipe on hand after a picnic is necessary.  They help with clean-up before and after eating.  They also can do double-duty to clean off the picnic table at a park before you use it.

Paper plates are practical but if you use them a lot they are an added expense – you can pick up a plastic picnic set that is easy to wash and can be used over and over throughout the summer.

Not nice enough outside for a picnic?  Who says you can’t have one indoors too!

Outdoor summer activities like camping create great family memories

Going Camping With Children

Camping in summer is becoming a very popular activity in India, with professional camp sites springing up all the country. Sleeping out in the wilderness in a tent or camper may seem a little bit intimidating with children but it doesn’t have to be.

Kids love to be outside and camping is a part of growing up.  If you really don’t think that camping out in the woods is for you, pitch a tent in your living room or balcony instead.  With the exception of a campfire you can do all of the other camp activities and crafts.

Some tips to ease any fears that your children may have about going camping:

• Bring a flash light for each child and let them use it as much as they want (bring extra batteries too).
• If the children are younger and are having difficulties going to sleep drive slowing around the campground and transfer them to their sleeping bag once they are asleep.
• Playing soothing music or a lullaby disc will help to mask the sounds the forest makes at night time that can be scary to a child that is not used to it.
• Bring their pillow and any other comfort item they like to go to sleep with (a stuffed animal or favorite blanket).

Let the children create their own memory jar from the camping trip or buy them their own disposable camera.  Have them photograph the camping trip and once the film is developed let them make a book to write down all the memories that go with the pictures.

Bring along all the families favorite board and card games to play during some down time too.  Even if you do decide to camp in your backyard make it a time when there is no TV, telephones or other electronic games.  A great way to ensure quality family time is created without the distractions from the outside world.

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Aside from sunburns, heatstroke and dehydration are additional hazards to watch out for in young children. But with a few safety steps and by planning ahead you can avoid sunburns and the like. The best way to prevent sunburns, heatstroke and dehydration is to stay out of the sun. But that isn’t practical or very fun.

Buy sunscreen that is specifically made for children and be sure to apply it at least 30 minutes prior to going outside. This gives the sunscreen time to work. Once outside, reapply every two hours or more frequently if there is swimming or a sprinkler involved.

There are many products that can be purchased to make this easier from colored sunscreen that goes clear after it is absorbed by the skin to spray brands to make application easier.

Once outside, a hat is still important. Ideally the hat will cover the face, ears and the back of the neck – all very sensitive body parts that are prone to getting burnt. Wearing a hat will also protect you and the kids against heatstroke.

Have water available for each child when playing outside. The combination of them running around and the hot sun can quickly dehydrate little bodies.

A good sunscreen can provide sun protection for active kids

Staying out of the sun from 10 a.m. until after 4 p.m. is the best prevention. This is the hottest time of the day and when the sun is at its peak. By avoiding the outdoors at this time of day you can prevent sun related illnesses.

If this isn’t possible seek out some shade for the kids to take a break in. Avoiding the sun isn’t the solution it is being smart when you are out in it.

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The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others. ~Sonya Friedman

I read some fascinating research about a program that help people to stop smoking. The rationale behind the research was that when people are trying to stop smoking, they are stressed. When people are stressed, they usually have negative self-talk. If the smokers were able to practice self-compassion, they were more likely to not go back to smoking.

I was thinking that it would be wonderful if we taught this to our kids. Imagine if our kids were able to practice this compassionate mind therapy on themselves whenever they were in a stressful situation. They would always be level-headed and thinking straight.

The reason practicing self-compassion works is because what we conjure up in our mind has the same effect on our body as if it was actually happening. If being in a stressful situation causes our body to produce adrenaline, then thinking about a stressful situation also produces adrenaline.

So when we are stressed, even though we will not be running or fighting, our body gets ready to that – fight or flight. Our body gets more blood to our arms and legs and gets less blood to our brains. The rationale is simple, running from a tiger doesn’t take much thought but your legs better be working as best they can!

Now, if your son or daughter is taking a test and they are very stressed, their body will be producing adrenaline. But here the system doesn’t work. Now they need as much blood going to their brain as possible, not less! But the adrenaline will be sending extra blood to their legs – what a waste!

So we should be teaching our kid ways to not get stressed. And compassionate mind training is one such way. The compassionate mind training is done by having each participant imagine their own perfect compassionate person.

Help your child learn self-compassion

Who is it that can always comfort them? How old are they? What do they look like? What does your most compassionate person think to themselves? What is their voice like? Now integrate that person into you!

In the smoking program, the smokers then had their “compassionate person” write them a letter saying how proud they were that they were quitting smoking, knowing that there would be hard times and supporting them no matter what. Then, every time the participant wanted a cigarette, they would conjure up their compassionate self.

Imagine what this could do for our kids! Every time they are in a situation where there is peer-pressure, they would have a compassionate self there to help them. Every time they were in a tense situation, their compassionate self could calm them down. They would never need to turn to cigarettes or other destructive habits!

And, of course, if they have a wonderful relationship with themselves, they will certainly have a wonderful relationship with their friends and their friends will be happy to spend time with them.

And, best of all, this will do wonders for their relationship with you!

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