Hygiene in Children - Step by Step Guidelines

The first part of the article on hygiene dealt with what personal hygiene means and the results of having poor hygiene standards. This part will gives a comprehensive list of various types of hygiene practices to be followed at various ages.Oral:Regular brushing, flossing and use of mouthwash is important for good dental hygiene.Brushing twice a day has been widely accepted as the norm today. Children should be explained the proper way to brush...

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Top 5 things to know about Nursery Admissions

“I want to get my girl a good school, never had I thought that it’s going to be so tough. This is turning out to be more difficult than any exam I ever took in my lifetime. These have been the only times when I have been really demanding of my little girl….This isn’t fair?”Shivani lives in South Delhi and has been on phone calls like these with her family and friends over the last few days. Shivani got in touch with me and had numerous questions...

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Hearing loss due to wrong use of earbud headphones

Chances are all you know about ear buds is that they're easy to carry around and they sound good. Ear buds are useful little devices as long as they're used at low volumes. But they're basically a pair of tiny speakers that you wear inside your ears. And loud music playing that close to your eardrum can cause permanent hearing loss.How Ear buds Damage the EarsBelieve it or not, ear buds can damage your hearing in the same way that things like chainsaws...

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Things To Do With Your Child Before They Grow Up

A child changes your life forever. We grew up in a community or in joint families where we were taken care of by aunts and grandparents as much as our own parents. Our parents were busy working and taking care of the family and we hardly had more than a few precious days in the year when we would be taken out for our yearly holiday or the book fair. However the world has changed today and the buzzword today is “quality time”.So how do you spend...

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How to handle Phobias in children

‘Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood’- Marie CurieAll of us have fears, anxieties and worries. Fear in a child, can take over his/her life. I have seen a little boy absolutely refuse to leave the house after being attacked by a dog; a 9 year old girl was not ready to go back to school after being laughed at by the entire class for her new haircut.At the age of 5 or 6 years, I had a fear of elevators. I thought the doors...

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Dental Health During Holidays

You live in a world full of temptations of all kinds. And the poor teeth bear the brunt ofeating all those goodies that you consume.We parents often give in to our children’s eating demands. We buy them chips, candies ofall kinds and even biscuits with creams, syrups and so on. And how many of us set the bestexample by diligently brushing our teeth twice a day? Under these circumstances, I am suremost of you parents would agree when I say, that...

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Top 8 reasons why alone time is crucial for a child’s growth and development.

For children alone time would refer to the time the child gets to his disposal to use how he pleases. During alone time, the child seeks at spending time on his own without the aid of his parents, peers or friends. It is not the same as being lonely; rather, it is an opportunity to be with oneself. Studies indicate that children that know how to fill their alone time learn to engage themselves and rarely feel isolated and lonely.What are some of...

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Reflections of an Urban Mum

Parenting without a sense of humor is like being an accountant, who is terrible at Math- UnknownThe day I realized I was pregnant, I was walking on cloud nine. When my doctor cautioned me to sleep as much as possible since as per her wisdom, once the baby was delivered, I would surely be sleep- deprived, I totally ignored her worldly wise words (to regret later) thinking how hard could it be to make a child sleep.Ask me the above question now (after...

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Top I-Pad Apps for children

A couple of days ago, we were invited for dinner to a friend’s place and when my 7 year old got bored they handed her their I pad. Usually, I am very careful about the content that my daughter is exposed to on the computer, TV or the I pad but here it took me a minute or two to realize that she was playing a game that was way too violent for her age. Instantly, I asked her to get off the I pad and gave her paper and pencil to entertain herself (that...

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