Breastfeeding improves brain development in infants, according to a new study. Breastfeeding alone produced better brain development than a combination of breastfeeding and formula, which produced better development than formula alone, the study found. Researchers from Brown University used specialized, baby-friendly magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to look at the brain growth in a sample of children under the age of …

Looking at the world today, we feel horrified and disheartened to see the kind of violent acts being committed by man against mankind. We strongly believe in the saying, “As you sow, so shall you reap”. It means that whatever we do today we shall have to answer for it tomorrow. We fail if we do not educate our children …

Before a meeting with a child, prepare for it, be ready for it. Bring something to the encounter – an object, a thought, an experience – that shows you were thinking about the child beforehand. This achieves at least three positive self-esteem effects. First, the something you bring provides an object upon which you both can focus, a meeting place …

Emotionally, children are easily threatened by anyone bigger, older, or more confident than they are. Not yet possessing the well-developed defenses adults usually have, children’s sense of self is still fragile, vulnerable, and easily knocked down. For example, children often don’t understand the significant difference chronological age can make in their performance. Younger children may feel stupid because their older …

– Just when all of your kids have moved out and you and your spouse are still in your ‘honeymoon’ period enjoying privacy that had been sacrificed for years, one of your adult children rebound back to home for some reason such as financial problem or an emotional struggle, where they need a refuge and their parents for love and …

There was a heated argument between eight-year-old Rahul and his mother on what he ought to wear for her friend’s birthday party. She wanted him to wear a shirt with a jacket, but Rahul was adamant about wearing his favourite T-shirt. Ameya, a nine-year-old, faces a similar problem with his dad. His father wishes to sit with him and help …

When relating to children, don’t presume to call them a certain name; instead ask them what they choose to be called. Also, give them a choice of what to call you. To build self-esteem in them, let them name themselves, name you, and describe the relationship between you as they see it. Basically, this concept has to do with inviting …

The changes in the society are reflected in baby names. Time-honored Indian customs in choosing names are often set aside today in favor of individual choice. Names are chosen because they’re ‘fashionable’, or simply because they ‘sound nice’. It is a choice, but how much do we really know about traditional names and their meanings? There is a belief in …

The changes in the society are reflected in baby names. Time-honored Indian customs in choosing names are often set aside today in favor of individual choice. Names are chosen because they’re ‘fashionable’, or simply because they ‘sound nice’. It is a choice, but how much do we really know about traditional names and their meanings? There is a belief in …

A Name is a simple a word which used to identify rest of the life of child so this is the first gift from the parents or relatives to the baby. Therefore it needed a great care when we put their baby name which should be listen to good and beautiful meaning. To Keep all of that things in Mind …