-
Common Challenges-kids, Common Challenges - Toddlers, Common challenges-Preteen, Common Challenges-Teenagers, Mini-Adults, What to Expect-Kids
WHAT IS YOUR PARENTING STYLE?
Post Views: 525 We all believe in disciplining our kids. But the disciplinary method is just one aspect of the parent-child relationship. There are many other dimensions of parent behaviour that influence the child’s personality. Each parent has a distinct parenting style. S0me parents are loving and affectionate while some are hostile and rejecting and yet others, indifferent. Some parents are firm about rules, some are lax, and others are strict about them. By and large, the parenting style adopted by a parent is fairly stable over time and across situations. But this does not mean that the parent is inflexible. A parent who is usually strict about enforcing rules…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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.…
-
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…
