Any adult who practices effective money-management will usually have learnt how to do this when they were kids. When teaching your kids how to manage their finances effectively it is certainly a good idea to issue them with an allowance. Here are some tips on how to provide your children with a kids allowance in an effective way.
When issuing out and allowance towards your children it is first very important for you to think about how much you are going to pay to them and at what age you would do this. In most cases parents will begin to increase the amount of the allowance as their children begin to get older.
You need to talk to them about the importance of saving towards financial goals. You should also try to get them interested in different financial concepts that will help them in their future.
For them to keep their money you should purchase them a piggy bank. The piggy bank that you get should contain different compartments that will refer to the money that they can save, money that they want to spend, money that they would like to donate, and money that they might want to invest. This will provide them with some freedom over what they actually want to do with the money that they earn through their allowance.
It is also important that you do not simply purchase your kids certain items that they might want and you should instead make them responsible for purchasing them themselves. By doing this they will understand the value of saving towards specific financial goals.
Allowance for kids is a great tool for teaching children about money.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Children with special needs
Excerpts from the article "The special road to happiness" by Choo Kah Ying - Educator and freelance writer published in The Straits Times.
Generally people seem to think:
Generally people seem to think:
- Children with special needs are an encumbrance to their family and society.
- Such children are far too much of an inconvenience to impose upon anyone who is not biologically or legally obliged to care for them.
- Thus, no "good" man could be expected to forge a long-term relationship with a woman whose prospects of happiness are doomed by the existence of an autistic child.
If you take a moment to think about your own children with special needs, I hope you, too, will be awestruck by the incredible odds that your children have overcome to do the things that professionals told you they could never be expected to do. Moreover, their effort has, in turn, inspired you to transcend your limited perspective, resources and strength to do the best you can for them.
Yet, unfortunately, even when caregivers become enlightened about their children, they still have to parry the concerns of family and friends with their stereotypical conceptions of these children as burdens. Until e recognise that people with special needs are blessings who offer us the opportunity to rise above our flawed natures, we will never treat them with the respect that they deserve.
Can we be humble enough to see our interactions with "special" people as learning opportunities to better ourselves? Can we be open-minded enough to see the world through their eyes? Can we be gracious enough to extend our help without adopting a pose of superiority?
I hope that w can all rise to the occasion.
--Thanks to Choo Kah Ying for this wonderful insight on the children with special needs and it is no doubt an eye opener for everyone.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Teen Criminals
The following is an excerpt from the article published in The Straits Times this month by Serene Goh under the tile: All is not well with the family in Singapore.
FOR three days last week, The Straits Times ran articles on teen criminals. But for every story we write on arson, theft or even rape committed by teens, counsellors have dozens more that are even harder to hear.
These stories of heartbreak concern youths deemed 'Beyond Parental Control' (BPC). The label covers not only complaints lodged against youth under age 16 who aren't old enough to be juvenile offenders, but also describes the state of their caregivers, who have thrown up their hands in abject defeat
In February 1999, a Subordinate Courts research bulletin stated that about 200 BPC complaints were lodged at the Juvenile Court each year. Compare that to today's numbers: last year, 744 applications were filed. In 2008, it was 720 applications; and in 2007, 673.
Almost all cases involved children running away from home, an indication that they were deeply unhappy there. All this is occurring in an era we call the 'Information Age' - which, as it so happens, doesn't translate into enlightenment in matters of family life.
The spike in BPC complaints cannot be regarded as just an issue with 'young people nowadays'. It is every body's problem when the family nucleus in Singapore is at risk.
A short 20 years ago, getting into trouble was a lot more difficult because teens had aunts, uncles and cousins to keep them on the straight and narrow. They might have been unhappy, but running away was tough with grandma and grandpa 'hawk-eyeing' them. Nobody gave up on them easily.
But parents these days are weary from going it alone. Without a support network to help them raise a child who may be a handful, it has become a lot easier for them to lose parental control.
They already spend so much time making money to pay for enrichment courses, tuition sessions, co-curricular programmes, and so on.
They have little energy left to gain the attention of their children, who even when they are physically at home, are more connected to their many gaming kakis, or chat friends online, than they are to their parents. Children and parents no longer have to share a family phone, or television, or even computer.
Cash alone is no shortcut. Children need time, mentoring and a reliable network of adults they can count on.
It takes a village to raise a child, as the African saying goes, and they deserve one.
The question is: how can we give them what they deserve, before their stories make the news?
In a follow-up letter from Dr John Hui, he mentioned that "If parents fail to fulfil these deepest of needs, it is not surprising that many try to fill this void by 'looking for love in all the wrong places and faces'".
As a parent we should try to understand our children better by spending more quality time with them and try to fulfil their deepest needs. Giving them the pocket money alone doesn't mean that we have fulfilled our children's needs.
As mentioned by Lee Seck Kay in another letter to Straits Times, there is no doubt that parents must give what their children deserve - warmth, love, food, shelter, education and so on - not only because it is their moral obligation to do so but also because in their children they can perhaps see hope for the future, and their children making a difference to the country and even the world at large.
FOR three days last week, The Straits Times ran articles on teen criminals. But for every story we write on arson, theft or even rape committed by teens, counsellors have dozens more that are even harder to hear.
These stories of heartbreak concern youths deemed 'Beyond Parental Control' (BPC). The label covers not only complaints lodged against youth under age 16 who aren't old enough to be juvenile offenders, but also describes the state of their caregivers, who have thrown up their hands in abject defeat
In February 1999, a Subordinate Courts research bulletin stated that about 200 BPC complaints were lodged at the Juvenile Court each year. Compare that to today's numbers: last year, 744 applications were filed. In 2008, it was 720 applications; and in 2007, 673.
Almost all cases involved children running away from home, an indication that they were deeply unhappy there. All this is occurring in an era we call the 'Information Age' - which, as it so happens, doesn't translate into enlightenment in matters of family life.
The spike in BPC complaints cannot be regarded as just an issue with 'young people nowadays'. It is every body's problem when the family nucleus in Singapore is at risk.
A short 20 years ago, getting into trouble was a lot more difficult because teens had aunts, uncles and cousins to keep them on the straight and narrow. They might have been unhappy, but running away was tough with grandma and grandpa 'hawk-eyeing' them. Nobody gave up on them easily.
But parents these days are weary from going it alone. Without a support network to help them raise a child who may be a handful, it has become a lot easier for them to lose parental control.
They already spend so much time making money to pay for enrichment courses, tuition sessions, co-curricular programmes, and so on.
They have little energy left to gain the attention of their children, who even when they are physically at home, are more connected to their many gaming kakis, or chat friends online, than they are to their parents. Children and parents no longer have to share a family phone, or television, or even computer.
Cash alone is no shortcut. Children need time, mentoring and a reliable network of adults they can count on.
It takes a village to raise a child, as the African saying goes, and they deserve one.
The question is: how can we give them what they deserve, before their stories make the news?
In a follow-up letter from Dr John Hui, he mentioned that "If parents fail to fulfil these deepest of needs, it is not surprising that many try to fill this void by 'looking for love in all the wrong places and faces'".
As a parent we should try to understand our children better by spending more quality time with them and try to fulfil their deepest needs. Giving them the pocket money alone doesn't mean that we have fulfilled our children's needs.
As mentioned by Lee Seck Kay in another letter to Straits Times, there is no doubt that parents must give what their children deserve - warmth, love, food, shelter, education and so on - not only because it is their moral obligation to do so but also because in their children they can perhaps see hope for the future, and their children making a difference to the country and even the world at large.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
WAKE-UP CALL FOR TEENS
Is your teenager staying up too late at night to swat for exams or play computer games? Then shoo him/her off to bed earlier.
A new study has found that teens who make a habit of staying up past midnight risk of depression and suicidal thoughts.
The perfect bedtime is 10pm or earlier. The study found that teens who went to bed after midnight were 24 per cent more likely to be depressed and 20 per cent more likely to seriously contemplate suicide.
Even more important than an early bedtime is the total amount of sleep teens get. Compared with adolescents who reported eight hours of shut-eye each night, those who managed five hours or less were 71 per cent more likely to be depressed and 48 per cent more likely to consider suicide.
Columbia University psychotherapist James Gangwisch and colleagues determined these risks by analysing data collected from 15,659 teenagers as part of the National Longitudinal Study Of Adolescent Health. Overall, 7 per cent were depressed and 13 per cent had seriously contemplated suicide.
The findings were published in the Jan 1 issue of the journal Sleep.
A new study has found that teens who make a habit of staying up past midnight risk of depression and suicidal thoughts.
The perfect bedtime is 10pm or earlier. The study found that teens who went to bed after midnight were 24 per cent more likely to be depressed and 20 per cent more likely to seriously contemplate suicide.
Even more important than an early bedtime is the total amount of sleep teens get. Compared with adolescents who reported eight hours of shut-eye each night, those who managed five hours or less were 71 per cent more likely to be depressed and 48 per cent more likely to consider suicide.
Columbia University psychotherapist James Gangwisch and colleagues determined these risks by analysing data collected from 15,659 teenagers as part of the National Longitudinal Study Of Adolescent Health. Overall, 7 per cent were depressed and 13 per cent had seriously contemplated suicide.
The findings were published in the Jan 1 issue of the journal Sleep.
Happy New Year 2010
My best wishes for all the parents out there a Very Happy New Year 2010.
Parents do undergo stress while bringing up their children and they in-turn pass on some of these stress to their children. Thus children have one more layer of stress around them and they look out for various way to overcome the stress. While doing so they sometimes fall into the hands of strangers who misguide them and try to mould them to their advantage. As a parent we need to try to reduce the stress of our children and by doing so reduce some of our stress also.
So in this new year 2010 let us try various ways to reduce stress and bring peace and happiness
to our environment.
Parents do undergo stress while bringing up their children and they in-turn pass on some of these stress to their children. Thus children have one more layer of stress around them and they look out for various way to overcome the stress. While doing so they sometimes fall into the hands of strangers who misguide them and try to mould them to their advantage. As a parent we need to try to reduce the stress of our children and by doing so reduce some of our stress also.
So in this new year 2010 let us try various ways to reduce stress and bring peace and happiness
to our environment.
Friday, November 27, 2009
What is your parenting style?
Your parenting style is likely to impact the way your child grows up. Being responsive to your children, and at the same time, setting clear rules and limits, is crucial for you as a parent. Based on this, four main styles of parenting have been identified:
- "Just do it or else" – Some parents adopt a highly authoritarian, dictatorial style. They expect children to obey orders without questioning. Rules are well defined in such households and breaking them usually invites punishment. Such a system is typical of societies where little change is expected and deviance from normal behavior can be costly such as a rural or agrarian society.
- "A no means a no" – Some parents are firm, assertive, and authoritative without being authoritarian. They set clear rules, and are firm about discipline without using harsh punishment. Children in such homes are expected to be socially responsible.
- "Do anything you want" – Parents with this style believe in the permissive or indulgent approach. They do not demand responsible behavior and avoid confrontation with their children. Several parents in the 50s and 60s adopted this style.
- "I don't care what you do" – Few parents remain uninvolved in their children's lives, which in few cases, borders on neglect.
Typically, most parents are variations or combinations of the above four styles.
There is no “right” or “wrong” parenting style though we all have prejudices on what we think works best based on our own experience and values. Research, however, has shown the effects of various parenting styles on children:
- Children that have grown up in authoritarian settings, tend to show average performance in school but lack spontaneity, effective social skills, and self-confidence.
- Children who are brought up by authoritative parents, grow up to become more responsible. They easily adjust to situations that demand cooperation.
- Children with permissive parents tend to be more creative but some research indicates they may develop behavioral problems as they grow up because they do not accept responsibility.
- Children with uninvolved parents perform poorly at school.
http://www.greatdad.com/tertiary/27/1744/choose-your-parenting-style.html
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Avoid TV in children under 2 years?
Infants vocalize significantly less, and the adults who are with them also speak much less, while they are watching TV, a study published in the June issue of the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine has confirmed.
Researchers analyzed digital recordings of 2- to 48-month-old children and their parents that were made once a month on random days for up to 2 years. Each hour of audible television was associated with a significant drop in how much the children vocalized and engaged in conversational exchanges with the adults present.
The adults also spoke 770 fewer words during each hour that the TV was audible — a dramatic bite out of the average 940 word-per-hour rate adults usually speak.
"That 770-word reduction is almost a complete 1-to-1 displacement [of the amount adults talk]," said lead investigator Dimitri Christakis, MD, from the Center for Child Health, Behavior, and Development at the Seattle Children's Research Institute and the University of Washington School of Medicine.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that TV exposure should be avoided in children under the age of 2 years and that older children should view only 2 or fewer hours of TV per day. This is to ensure that children engage in as much interaction as possible with adults and thus have normal language development and brain growth.
A Major Problem
Benard Dreyer, MD, from Bellevue Hospital and the New York University School of Medicine, in New York City, was an author of a previous, retrospective study of low-income families that also showed TV exposure is associated with less parent-child vocal interaction (Mendelsohn AL et al. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008;162:411-417). He said he "completely" agrees with the veracity of the new study's findings.
"I think that this [TV watching by young children] is a major problem, especially with respect to language development and all other types of early-childhood development that are predicated on interacting with adults, including cognitive development," Dr. Dreyer told Medscape Psychiatry. "Children who are interacting less with their parents and hearing less language are going to develop less language and also fewer other cognitive skills," he added.
Dr. Christakis and his colleagues obtained the data for the study from the LENA Foundation Natural Language Study. In the study, parents and their children aged 2 to 48 months were recruited and matched to the national-average levels of maternal education and child sex. The parents agreed to put a digital language-processing device in the front pocket of a specially designed vest that their child wore once a month for up to 24 months.
A total of 329 child-parent pairs contributed at least 1 recording with usable speech data to the study. The children's average age at the first session was 18 months, 51% were boys, and 79% were white; they were exposed to a mean of 1.3 hours of audible TV per day.
The investigators performed regression analyses that revealed that television exposure was linked with significantly reduced child vocalization count and duration as well as reduced conversation. These effects increased with every additional hour per day of television exposure.
Likewise, every additional hour of television exposure was associated with a 636-word decrease in the number of words the children heard from the female adults in their vicinity and a 134-word decrease in words heard from adult males, for a total reduction of 770 adult words.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009;163: 554-558. Abstract
http://stanford.wellsphere.com/
Researchers analyzed digital recordings of 2- to 48-month-old children and their parents that were made once a month on random days for up to 2 years. Each hour of audible television was associated with a significant drop in how much the children vocalized and engaged in conversational exchanges with the adults present.
The adults also spoke 770 fewer words during each hour that the TV was audible — a dramatic bite out of the average 940 word-per-hour rate adults usually speak.
"That 770-word reduction is almost a complete 1-to-1 displacement [of the amount adults talk]," said lead investigator Dimitri Christakis, MD, from the Center for Child Health, Behavior, and Development at the Seattle Children's Research Institute and the University of Washington School of Medicine.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that TV exposure should be avoided in children under the age of 2 years and that older children should view only 2 or fewer hours of TV per day. This is to ensure that children engage in as much interaction as possible with adults and thus have normal language development and brain growth.
A Major Problem
Benard Dreyer, MD, from Bellevue Hospital and the New York University School of Medicine, in New York City, was an author of a previous, retrospective study of low-income families that also showed TV exposure is associated with less parent-child vocal interaction (Mendelsohn AL et al. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008;162:411-417). He said he "completely" agrees with the veracity of the new study's findings.
"I think that this [TV watching by young children] is a major problem, especially with respect to language development and all other types of early-childhood development that are predicated on interacting with adults, including cognitive development," Dr. Dreyer told Medscape Psychiatry. "Children who are interacting less with their parents and hearing less language are going to develop less language and also fewer other cognitive skills," he added.
Dr. Christakis and his colleagues obtained the data for the study from the LENA Foundation Natural Language Study. In the study, parents and their children aged 2 to 48 months were recruited and matched to the national-average levels of maternal education and child sex. The parents agreed to put a digital language-processing device in the front pocket of a specially designed vest that their child wore once a month for up to 24 months.
A total of 329 child-parent pairs contributed at least 1 recording with usable speech data to the study. The children's average age at the first session was 18 months, 51% were boys, and 79% were white; they were exposed to a mean of 1.3 hours of audible TV per day.
The investigators performed regression analyses that revealed that television exposure was linked with significantly reduced child vocalization count and duration as well as reduced conversation. These effects increased with every additional hour per day of television exposure.
Likewise, every additional hour of television exposure was associated with a 636-word decrease in the number of words the children heard from the female adults in their vicinity and a 134-word decrease in words heard from adult males, for a total reduction of 770 adult words.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009;163: 554-558. Abstract
http://stanford.wellsphere.com/
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Help Your Kids Learn the True Meaning of the Holidays
As children grow into their pre-adolescent years, they spend more time outside the home and with friends, and are exposed to a lot more media messages beyond the influence of parents. Tweens are bombarded with advertising, both blatant and subtle, especially during the busy shopping season.
Developmentally, tweens are beginning their search for an identity separate from parents and family, so they are especially vulnerable to manipulative advertising that plays on their insecurities. They are anxious to "grow up," and marketers exploit this desire by targeting younger and younger audiences for products that were once considered only appropriate for adults.
We can relate to that feeling. Adults also buy into the hype of consumerism - a feeing that is only heightened during the holiday season. Just like our tweens, we hop from one "miracle product" to the next in hopes of buying a new and improved identity, or an instant wealth of happiness.
Help your tween separate fact from marketing: A product endorsed by their favorite celebrity will not give them a better sense of who they are. Having strong holiday traditions - making memories your child will always cherish - those are the things that will resound in their lives.
Here are some good ways you can spend time with your son or daughter, to help your tween develop the warm feeling:
- Make special holiday memories with your kids. Do things that they will enjoy and remember, so that some day they might share those things with their own children.
- Do volunteer work. Any community center or organization can advise your teen on how and where to begin, and the holidays are a great time, not only to reach out, but to reflect.
- Have your kids provide a gift for you, a sibling or a friend that costs no money.
Help your tween concentrate on making improvements based on actions rather than consumerism; he or she will be happier and more productive, and will know real warmth this holiday season.
From Who's Raising Your Child? , by Laura J. Buddernberg and Kathleen M. McGee
Saturday, October 31, 2009
The Biggest Modern parenting Mistakes:
The Biggest Modern parenting Mistakes:
and concerns or through their own ignorance or lack of energy, they thwart their child’s
natural course of development. When you put off toilet training because you’re too busy
to deal with it, or allow your 6-year-old to keep crawling into your bed at night because
you’re too tired to put up a fight, or dole out money on demand instead of insisting on an
allowance, or let curfews slide, you will cripple your child in the long run. These
developmental tasks can feel endless at times, but it’s naïve to think that children will
turn out fine if you just leave them alone. Values are not instinctual; they are passed on to
your children day after day, in your every interaction with them. That is why, with effort,
even very deviant children can be helped to gain the values they need.
Except fromJoyless, Selfish, Childrenby Robert Shaw
Failing to establish a strong emotional bond with your child by not spending the necessary time and attention.- Not reading to, talking to or playing with young children to provide the experiences we know help them acquire literacy.
- Accepting the idea that excessive non-parental care will be an adequate substitute for your relationship with your child.
- Not having firm rules and routines that you administer calmly, fairly, assertively
and without guilt or hesitation. - Not conveying to your child – through both actions and words – the moral,
ethical, and spiritual values you believe in (or not having moral, ethical and
spiritual values in the first place). - Allowing your child inappropriate control over his life. A certain amount of
control, doled our as a child is ready to handle it, is wonderful; too much control
when your child is ill prepared for it is disastrous. - Yelling at and threatening your children. You can be firm and reliable in
reinforcing rules without resorting to these tactics. When you lose your temper, it
says that you have delayed handling an issue until your frustration and impotence
have become overwhelming. You can act firmly right away; you don’t have to
wait until you get angry. - Over-identifying with your child, to the extent that you assume he wants what you
want, will fulfill your own aspirations, or will perform in a way that will enhance
your self-image. In short, expecting your child to build your ego and solve your
doubts. - Expecting too much while demanding too little. For instance, letting him loll
around playing video games all day, then expecting him to win honors at school. - Not allowing your child to experience the rewards of earning and achieving on his
own. - Not giving your child the type of activities and experiences that promote his
ability to sit quietly, concentrate and listen, then expecting schools to “fix” him.
Not even the very best private schools or stellar public education systems can
accomplish the same goals with underdeveloped children as they do with those
who are well-adjusted and ready to learn. - Failing to talk things through. Direct, honest, complete communication should be
the constant characteristic of your relationship wit your child.
and concerns or through their own ignorance or lack of energy, they thwart their child’s
natural course of development. When you put off toilet training because you’re too busy
to deal with it, or allow your 6-year-old to keep crawling into your bed at night because
you’re too tired to put up a fight, or dole out money on demand instead of insisting on an
allowance, or let curfews slide, you will cripple your child in the long run. These
developmental tasks can feel endless at times, but it’s naïve to think that children will
turn out fine if you just leave them alone. Values are not instinctual; they are passed on to
your children day after day, in your every interaction with them. That is why, with effort,
even very deviant children can be helped to gain the values they need.
Except fromJoyless, Selfish, Childrenby Robert Shaw
Friday, August 14, 2009
4 THINGS YOU SHOULD DO TO PREPARE FOR H1N1
Prepare for Kids staying at home:
Since there's a strong chance that some schools could be forced to close for a time because of the flu, start getting your child-care plans ready in advance.
Practice Proper Hygiene:
It sounds positively 19th century, but one of the best ways to keep yourself safe from the flu-or any infectious disease- is to wash your hands thoroughly and regularly. Clean surfaces at home and at the office as well-flu viruses can survive on them for up to 48 hours.
Stay Home if you're Sick:
Workplaces and schools are nexuses of infection. One sick worker or student can come in and spread the flu to all his or her colleagues. If you or your child has flu like symptoms, stay home and stop the chain of infections.
Don't Panic:
Virologists like to say the only thing predictable about the flu is its unpredictability. At this point, we can't be sure how severe H1N1 will be in the fall. But overreaction will only make it worse.
Source: Time magazine
If you have any comments or would like to share your parenting experience, please email: youandchildren@gmail.com.
Visit: www.youandchildren.blogspot.com for more articles on parenting.
Since there's a strong chance that some schools could be forced to close for a time because of the flu, start getting your child-care plans ready in advance.
Practice Proper Hygiene:
It sounds positively 19th century, but one of the best ways to keep yourself safe from the flu-or any infectious disease- is to wash your hands thoroughly and regularly. Clean surfaces at home and at the office as well-flu viruses can survive on them for up to 48 hours.
Stay Home if you're Sick:
Workplaces and schools are nexuses of infection. One sick worker or student can come in and spread the flu to all his or her colleagues. If you or your child has flu like symptoms, stay home and stop the chain of infections.
Don't Panic:
Virologists like to say the only thing predictable about the flu is its unpredictability. At this point, we can't be sure how severe H1N1 will be in the fall. But overreaction will only make it worse.
Source: Time magazine
If you have any comments or would like to share your parenting experience, please email: youandchildren@gmail.com.
Visit: www.youandchildren.blogspot.com for more articles on parenting.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Help Young Children recognize and avoid sexual abuse
Young children are more susceptible to sexual abuse as they may not be able distinguish right from wrong. We have to accept that even in countries like Singapore manipulators and child abusers do exist. It is one of the important duty of the parents to make sure that their children are well informed and are less likely to become victim of sexual abuse.
Young children need to be aware of the differences between good and bad touch. If you’re too uncomfortable discussing aspects of sexual abuse with your youngsters, there are videos and booklets on safe touch available from most public libraries and pediatricians.
The most important component to protecting your child from any form of abuse is frequent and open communication. Parents are now finding difficulties in communicating with their children due to various reasons like no time to spend with their children as they are busy with their work
or they don't try to come down to the level of their children's interests and topics of common interests between them etc.
Through regular communication with your children, you develop and maintain a trusting relationship and they become more comfortable sharing their problems with you. As a parent, you must also be vigilant. Stay in tune with your children’s feelings and be aware of any dramatic changes in their mood or behavior.
For any comments or to share your parenting experience, send email to: youandchildren@gmail.com.
Young children need to be aware of the differences between good and bad touch. If you’re too uncomfortable discussing aspects of sexual abuse with your youngsters, there are videos and booklets on safe touch available from most public libraries and pediatricians.
The most important component to protecting your child from any form of abuse is frequent and open communication. Parents are now finding difficulties in communicating with their children due to various reasons like no time to spend with their children as they are busy with their work
or they don't try to come down to the level of their children's interests and topics of common interests between them etc.
Through regular communication with your children, you develop and maintain a trusting relationship and they become more comfortable sharing their problems with you. As a parent, you must also be vigilant. Stay in tune with your children’s feelings and be aware of any dramatic changes in their mood or behavior.
For any comments or to share your parenting experience, send email to: youandchildren@gmail.com.
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