Parenting Tips

For positive mental health of your child

• Child is a gift of god, you are fortunate to receive it.
• Love, care and attention are the three gifts children want most throughout the life.
• Enjoy playing with children; Give them your quality time.Children obey you and become your great friends if you play with them. include outdoor as well as indoor games. include one minute games in weekends to teach them value of time management.
• Bedtime stories help to increase thinking power of children. Entertain them by telling stories and singing songs.
• Children learn by observing and not by advice, so try to be ideal for them. This is how one can incorporate values in their mind.
• Correct the child if he/she does mistakes. If parents are scolding child for the same, other family members need not interfere, as it confuses child's mind.
• While giving facilities, gifts and resources, make it sure that the child knows the value of it.
• Involve children in all family activities. Consider them as an important member of the family.
• Give them small tasks as sorting vegetables and fruits and keeping them in fridge. setting plates on table,preparing themselves for school the next day. keeping their things in order. small tasks make them more responsible.
• Praise in public and criticize in private must be made a rule while parenting. while correcting their mistakes do point out their good deeds first.
• Provide sufficient love, care and physical touch while upbringing. this increases self confidence of your child. Please don't allow your children to disrespect and abuse you. Over pampering makes your kid arrogant, which in turn can have destructive and hurtful behavior. Never ever glorify their wrong doings in front of them or anybody.
• Happy families are healthy families, conquer the self and help all members of the family in achieving their goals.

This article was originally published on Practo Health Feed by Dr. Varsha Padhye, Homeopath

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