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HELP CHILDREN OVERCOME BODY IMAGE ISSUES
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THE PHENOMENON OF MIRROR WRITING
Post Views: 2,392 Mirror-writing or reverse writing is the production of letters, words or sentences in reverse direction so that they look normal when viewed in a mirror. This writing is seen amongst healthy individuals; it is also associated with various focal lesions that most commonly involve the left hemisphere of the brain, as well as with certain diffuse cerebral disorders. Some people may mirror-write intentionally, but unintentional mirror-writing is surprisingly common amongst young kids and in brain-damaged adults. Unintentional mirror-writing indicates a tension between a tendency for our brains to treat mirror-images as equivalent. This article delves the various manifestations of mirror-writing, and the concepts put forward to account…
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TODDLER TANTRUMS V/S SENSORY MELTDOWN
Post Views: 845 It’s important to note that while they may look similar, temper tantrums and sensory meltdowns are fundamentally different. As parents, we can usually recognize when our kid is throwing a temper tantrum. Something that usually starts on hearing the word “no,” will trigger them. And suddenly their faces turn red with wild, wide eyes. And there is something else that could have them acting similarly, a sensory meltdown. Meltdowns usually come from a less direct source. But how do you tell the difference? There are a few key indicators. It is very difficult for parents and many professionals to differentiate between a sensory meltdown and a temper…
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Common Challenges-kids, Common Challenges - Toddlers, Kids, Toddler, What to Expect-Kids, What to Expect-todd
TACKLING TEMPER TANTRUMS IN CHILDREN
Post Views: 1,285 Temper tantrums are a normal part of growing up in kids. Each and every parent faces this while going shopping or sitting in a restaurant when suddenly your little one has an emotional meltdown and you are the center of a gale-forced temper tantrum. So, why exactly do kids throw tantrums? Is there a scientific reason? The answer is Yes. It is normal for a toddler to have temper tantrums between age of 1 year and 3.5 years. Our human brain has a part called as the prefrontal cortex (PFC) which is situated right behind our eyebrows. The PFC regulates emotions and controls social behaviour in us.…
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Common Challenges -Infant, Common Challenges Post Pregnancy, Common Challenges-kids, Common Challenges - Toddlers, Mini-Adults
WISE FACTS ABOUT ORAL HYGIENE
Post Views: 1,185 Taking care of your teeth is as much a part of growing up as learning to recite the alphabets or memorize the multiplication tables. But is it as easy as A-B-C.? When it comes to our teeth, most of us still have a thing or two to learn. Let’s glance through some hygiene facts for our ivories which we may have been unknown to us even after so many years: YOUR TEETH’S 1ST LINE OF DEFENCE IS YOUR SALIVA. Saliva is nature’s disinfecting cavity fighter. It consists of water and mucus among other things, but mucus plays an important role. It consists of enzymes that can break…
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Common Challenges-kids, Diet and Nutrition-preteen, Diet and Nutrition-teens, Nutrition Kids, Nutrition-mom
H.A.L.T. – BEFORE BINGING ON THAT SNACK!
Post Views: 619 We all overeat from time to time. One often ends up eating an unhealthy snack or binging too much over a pack of chips or a box of cookies. Leaving you with lots of unwanted calories and a hint of guilt later. What goes wrong? Why do we sometimes overeat? The strongest of food cravings hit us when we are at our weakest emotionally. We turn to food for comfort – consciously or unconsciously – when we are stressed, angry, bored or tired. Emotional eating can sabotage your health and affect your weight loss efforts. It often leads to eating too much high -calorie sweets, and fatty…
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Common Challenges-kids, Common Challenges - Toddlers, Toilet Training-todd, What to Expect-Kids, What to Expect-todd
BED – WETTING? – HERE’S THE SOLUTION!!!
Post Views: 729 All children start life being unable to control their urine both by day and night and, as neurological maturation occurs, voluntary control of the bladder is gained first by day and then by night. Very few never gain control of the bladder unless there is an obvious neurological disease, including gross mental handicap. In most cases, bed wetting in children should be seen not as a disease but as a variation of the normal rate of neurological maturation. There are many children who continue to wet the bed past the age of six years. Statistics show that, in India, 7 – 16% of children (aged 5 to…
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A spot. A spot. Another spot. Oh! It’s Chicken pox!
Post Views: 1,305 As heat strikes the city, eruptive fevers among children are on a rise. The most common and the most contagious among these is the Chicken pox. Chicken pox usually occurs in the summer months between February to April. The disease is named so because the eruptions resemble the peck marks of that of a chicken. It is one of the most contagious disease and is caused by the Varicella zoster virus. Each child is affected by it by the age of 15 years, but it peaks at 5-9 years of age. Nonetheless, it can affect at any age including new born. Once affected by chicken pox, it…
