When relating to children, be open and be unapologetically your self as much as possible. This does not mean you must violate your to privacy and reveal everything you feel and do. No. Being real with children means there is no need to wear a mask. Any pretense or lack of honesty with them is usually quickly perceived. Once dishonesty …
Read More »Baby Doesn’t Always Burp
Don’t worry if the baby doesn’t always burp after feeding, especially if you’re breast-feeding. If the baby feels comfortable after you’ve given it a good try, just forget it. Do not pat the baby hard, you may cause the baby to vomit. You can also use gentle upward strokes instead of patting. Few Tips to Remember When Making Your Baby …
Read More »Ask Questions That Don’t Threaten
Even though asking questions is a very powerful way of building relationship with children, low self-esteem children often feel very threatened by direct questions, especially about their self-image and feelings. When preparing for an encounter with a child, ask yourself: “What will we talk about?” When you select a few topics, formulate some of the questions you might like to …
Read More »Behavior Problems in Children
Millions of children in the world suffer from behavior related problems. Some of these behavior problems in children are general, some are psychological, while some other problems are anxiety related. Whether a child has a behavior problem is decided by his actions like the way of presenting himself before other people and also by considering the factors like age, social …
Read More »Aging Parents and Problems in Children’s Marriages
The announcement of their kids being divorced may come as a shock to their aging parents. Their reaction to the news can play an important role in their child’s lives, however. Parents may worry and cry over the sadness their children will have to face and how they must be broken-hearted. They may feel powerless, angry, guilty, and ashamed and …
Read More »Adoptive Parenting and Normal Parenting
Parenting and adoption are complicated topics in themselves. The never-ending debate about the differences in parenting biological children versus parenting adopted children is unending and remains unresolved till date. Some of the typical questions and challenges that adoptive parents have to face are locating or finding information about birth parents, siblings and other relatives of the child, also finding the …
Read More »Adopting Older Children
Children over the age of two are considered as ‘older children’ for adoption purposes. Adoptive parents in the process of adopting or have recently adopted an older child may want to know more about how to help the child adjust to the new surroundings, new family and new parents. Adoptive parents must remember not to over stimulate their child and …
Read More »A Positive Attitude is the Best Gift you can give your Child
“Please God, let nothing bad ever happen to my child. Let my child never know any sorrow or unhappiness.” Every parent, sometime or the other, says this prayer for their child. But we all know that life consists of both joys and sorrows. And though we would always like protect our children, there will come a time when our little ones …
Read More »A Parent-friendly State
May 19: When you think of having a child, the first thing that crosses your mind is the state of your finances. But, if you are a German worker, you do not have to think much about juggling your expenditure heads to cater to your child’s needs. Not only does the state pay for the child’s education, the German Constitutional …
Read More »A New Arrival in the Family
The parents of five-year-old Amisha noticed an aloofness in her behaviour when her mother gave her the news of a new baby on the way. When asked about it, she replied, “Now my parents will not be mine alone, but somebody else’s as well”. The elder child’s psychology It is quite natural for a child to be possessive about his …
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