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To ascertain if the child is behaving in a normal manner and is not suffering from any genetic problem or deformity, it is necessary to observe each and every action of the child. The observation starts with the parents observing each small action of the child. It is not necessary that the child should be [...]

Public speaking is an art. Depending upon the audience the speaker has to adjust the topic of discussion, the flow of language and choose the words. To develop this talent in your child it is necessary that he or she should start learning about this right from beginning. The more the encouragement the child will [...]

In human beings different changes in body take at different stages of growth. Puberty is an important turning point in the life of every child, this is the period when the child first becoming capable of reproducing sexually. These physical changes in the body occurs at the age of about 12 years in girls and [...]

Children of almost equal age have a tendency to fight over anything and everything to resolve the difference that may creep up amongst them. They are very possessive about their things, may be toys or items of stationary. At any point of time they may or may not need their things but if the other [...]

Children learn the first lesson of their life from the parents. The child learns the most from the way the parents behave in the presence of the child. If in presence of the child the parents fight or rebuke each other or use curse words, the child is bound to learn this. If the child [...]

Bullying is an instinct in some children. It may be developed by the child due to the circumstances prevailing in the family in which he is born and brought up. If the head of the family is in the habit of bullying other members, the child is bound to develop this habit. There is an [...]

All children are equally loved by the parents. It is the desire of the parents to provide all their children equal opportunities for development and studies to the extent possible. Still, despite the best efforts of the parents each child in the family acquires a different place in the house hold. There were times when [...]

Communication is very important between children and parents at all stages of their growth so that they are open to discussion of the pitfalls along the path of life. Social life is a very important part of our lives. When at the preteen level, a child needs parental guidance and monitoring albeit discreetly, because they [...]

The last born or the youngest child in the family is in an advantageous position as far as the affection he get from the family is concerned. The last born child is often dependent upon siblings. All the pressures he has to face get dissipated. Being the youngest in the clan he or she gets [...]

During these times when people live in nuclear families, children develop some level of selfishness and this often results in quarrels between siblings. In earlier times when joint families were in existence, many children used to live together and were in habit of sharing things and coexisted peacefully. Living in the surrounding where there is [...]

While a child is growing up, with every passing day parents have to face a new challenge training the child for a new thing. One of the challenges faced by the parents is teaching the child to tie shoes. The child will, on his own try different ways to tie the laces like rolling them [...]

Parents are the first teachers of the children, after them come the teachers in school. When child is about six months of age the learning process starts. The mother teaches him to sit, stand, walk and talk and some sort of education even the child is in teens or beyond. Even when grown up, children [...]

Death is a very difficult thing to talk about to a young child as there is absolutely nothing positive about it. It is a time of personal and irreparable loss and a child will feel it acutely especially if the death has occurred in the family. If the loss is of a beloved grandparent then [...]

The brain is the most important organ in the human body. Even after years and years of research by hundreds of scientists humanity is yet not in a position to analyze this organ fully. The brain is the first organ to develop. Even when the child is in the mother’s womb, it has a fully [...]

From the moment a child is born, he has to be helped at every step in order to be successful in life and parents are the ones who have to hold his hand and guide him. They teach him to eat, to walk and to be aware of dangerous situations. These have to be practiced [...]

Infant speech develops with time. At the time of birth the child cries bringing relief to the doctors involved in the delivery process. They get assured that the functions of the child are normal. During the first six months of age, crying is the only speech a child has, but around the age of six [...]

Children are by nature either calm or aggressive. The aggressive children who have achieved the age of understanding are difficult to handle and are often a source of embarrassment to the parents. The age at which the child begins to express aggressive behaviour is when the child is two to three years of age. Causes [...]

Parents are the first teachers of the child. When the child is about 12 months of age or even earlier, the mother starts knowingly or unknowingly teaching the child. Similarly the child learns a lot from the baby sitter with whom he spends time in the absence of the mother. At some places government or [...]

Due to circumstances, a small percentage of children have to go in adoption and live with adoptive parents or in institutions established for this purpose. Study has revealed that quite a number of adoptive children suffer from psychological problem. When a child comes to know that the persons with whom he or she is living [...]

While celebrating the fifth birthday of the child the parents are quite excited. In fact the excitement starts quite some time earlier. Parents start recollecting the days when the child was born and how time has passed. At five the child is somewhat grown up and is in a position to do a number of [...]