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One rarely realises the speed at which changes take place in children. They grow up from being dependent crying little kids to children able to stand, run and talk. The child not only grows physically but mentally also. The expectation from a child between three to your years of age can be as follows. The [...]

When the child is three years of age he is mobile and starts exploring the world around him. He will start moving around in the home from one room to the other. When between twenty four to thirty six months of age, the child will be able to remember the location of his home even [...]

Parents watch eagerly each and every development of their children. The behavior of the child changes with each passing month. At the age of twenty four months, the child has grown up from the stage of being a helpless innocent person demanding help for everything, into a slightly bigger child able to move around and [...]

The growth of a child depends upon a number of factors. Some children tend to grow faster as compared to others. There is no hard and fast rule to ascertain as to at what age what will be the level of development of the child. Though the parents whose children are developing slowly get worried, [...]

These days with commercialization in all aspects of life, television contents have also been commercialised. The number of channels available on TV has increased resulting in competition. Due to the competition each channel tries to develop and telecast programmes to increase viewership to get maximum advertising revenue. In doing this, they sometimes forget that they [...]

It is the duty of the parents to discipline the children to whom they have given birth and are bringing up. To properly discipline the child the parents have to teach them a number of things including setting limits for them. The limits up to which the child can go, depend upon the age of [...]

During these difficult times, when expenses tend to increase at a rapid pace as compared to income, the decision to have more than one child becomes difficult. Having children is one aspect, bringing them up, training them to be good citizens and providing financial support to all children becomes an issue to be discussed and [...]

It is the desire of all parents to see that their children are well behaved, and try to meet all possible requirements, even sometimes at the cost of their own comfort. To bring up well mannered and well behaved children parents have to set an example for them by regulating their own conduct in the [...]

With the advancement of science and technology and that of computers, along with learning of computers, especially by children, has lead to crimes associated with computers or internet increasing considerably. It sometimes becomes difficult to believe that even young boys and girls are competent enough to hack websites of the others. Even very secure websites [...]

Sharing of the small things owned by a child is sometimes necessary to make the child social. Some children have tendency to be very possessive about the things owned by them, mainly toys. These children try to shy away from others with the fear that the others may take away what belongs to them. However, [...]

No matter how old a child becomes, parents tend to think that he is too young to go out in the big bad world on his own and requires their help all the time. This is not true, of course, and may lead to friction between the parents and child as he tries to make [...]

Friends help in the personality development of a child. Good friends can be an asset for the child and he/she can learn a lot from good friends as well. It is essential for the parents to help the children develop friendship with children of their age and liking, as a childhood friend is an asset [...]

Emotional development of a child is as important as physical development and for this to happen, a child should be able to express his feelings. Parents should be open minded and encourage the child to talk freely about how he feels and no feeling should be taboo. In this way a child will not hide [...]

When you live at a particular place or locality, then both children and adults get used to that place. As a natural consequence of this, one develops a sense of attachment and belonging to the place. There can be a number of reasons for which one has to move out. These can include purchase of [...]

All parents have a desire to have well educated, well mannered and well placed children. This requires proper training from the day the child learns to understand. There are various ways of dealing with a child who does not behave well or is not serious with studies. Punishment is one of the ways of training [...]

Children look up to parents and their opinion matters a lot to them. The children’s feelings are very fragile so parents must be careful how they voice their thoughts. Mothers must refrain from threatening them of the consequences when the father gets home if the children are being naughty or they will begin to be [...]

During earlier times there was a conflict of belief between parents and researchers about memory status and skills to learn in children. Though parents always thought that the child learns and remembers at all ages, but researchers were of the opinion that the child has no memory skill up to the time the child is [...]

At an age when the child is sufficiently grown up and is not earning, an allowance becomes a necessity. A child has to go to school and buy something for himself to eat or share with his friends, who have pocket money, and share with him. As such, the amount of allowance that has to [...]

Children are often mischievous, only the extent of mischief differs from child to child. Some children are easy to control and can be made to behave easily, while other children are naughty and even require harsh treatment. There are different ways of punishing a child, some of them being persuasion, spanking and time out. Amongst [...]

Communication between parents and children is very important. When these channels are open, then children can confidently turn to their parents with their questions regarding why and what of different matters. Children will be curious about things around them and what they see and hear from peers and TV etc. It is important that children [...]