You will be surprised to learn that there are parents out there who give there children steroids. This just takes bad parenting to another dimension, when you give your child steroids this is tantamount to child abuse. I mean what kind of a parent would recommend steroids for her child simply because they are overweight. Such parents even have the audacity to use fitness as an excuse of giving there children this drugs. For those...more
Kids are the wonders of god. Who would not fall in love with these lovable and innocent mischief-makers! And when Mukesh Ambani owned Reliance Retails subsidiary Reliance Timeout got an opportunity to welcome an army of toddlers home, how could they defer.Reliance Timeout at Ambience Mall, Gurgaon utilized the dying art of live storytelling with the help of a team from Kara 4 Kids, Gurgaon's premier extended preschool and daycare centre. The...more
The United States is the most affluent and technologically advanced of all the industrial nations on earth. With its "free" compulsory education for all, a network of state-owned and state-operated teachers' training colleges, strict teacher certification requirements, and rich resources dedicated to education, the appalling illiteracy rate of the country is a disgrace to educators.However, one cannot ascribe the illiteracy or the general poor reading skill of children in this country entirely to the inefficiency of the education system; parents are as much to blame as teachers in not efficiently teaching children to read.Teaching children to read should be the foremost responsibility of parents. Sometimes you cannot blame the parents, because they themselves may be poor readers to begin with—it is something like the blind leading the blind.Even if parents are educated, they may not want to spend quality time with their children. In addition, many people may erroneously believe that in this day and age, information can be readily obtained from the visual media, such as the television, so there is little need to turn to the written word, and hence the general indifference...more
Instead of cluttering the internet with yet another me too type of simplistic parenting plan for modifying a childs behavior I thought Id give you something a little more off the wall. Something that you probably have never heard of and wont ever find on any other parenting site.Curious?Its a strategy I accidentally discovered for my son when he...more
Online shopping has several advantages but it is as well has it own disadvantages. Note that the web is simply like any other shark infested water that means if you are not aware, someone will take reward of you. To make assure that you do not drop off your hard gained money when you shopping for cheap Designer kids Clothes online, you should take...more
There has been some interesting research published by John Gottman of on how developing emotional intelligence in children may be the most important thing we can do for them, and I found his book Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child nothing short of fascinating, and full of very helpful how-to advice for teaching children to develop more emotional intelligence.If youre not familiar with the concept of Emotional Intelligence, here is a definition from wikipedia:Emotional Intelligence (EI) describes the ability, capacity, skill or, in the case of the trait EI model, a self-perceived ability, to identify, assess, and manage the emotions of ones self, of others, and of groups.And it turns out that the higher Emotional Intelligence level of a child, the more successful career they are likely to have, the less likely they are to get a divorce, and they lead more happy fulfilling lives overall compared to people with lower Emotional Intelligence scores.Much of Gottmans theory on developing emotional intelligence in children is based off of helping a child identify and label their emotions with help from their parents.So I got to wonderingIf a parent who helps teach their child how to...more
Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn was a fascinating and challenging read.If youre like me, and want to actually find the most effective parenting style, then you want to pick up books that challenge your theories on parenting.Which is exactly...more
In the old days, almost all mothers and fathers acquired their know-how and perfected their competencies solely through experience. However, nowadays, there are countless partners who are becoming fathers and mothers and finding it very hard because...more
Dressing is one of the key elements of anyone's personality. There are many dress showrooms which are available in the United States of America. Among them, only few can be considered as the best ones. Among the best, the Ralph...more
Not too long ago my 6 year old daughter in 1st grade invited me on her journey, in our neighborhood, to solicit sponsorships for her school's "Lap-A-thon"( doing laps around the school gym).Her eagerness to start this trek was so...more
Anorexia in teenagers could be a very serious issue and parents need to deal with it prior to it becomes a extreme well being issue. Anorexia is a problem that parents should not take too lightly or completely ignore. You will find a...more
One of the upsides of a cheap and easy-to-use recording device like the Flip Video camcorder is that you can comfortably leave it in your kids' hands. Since using it is easy, they can enjoy it creatively for hours upon hours on...more