Is Bowling an under rated sport for Children ?

When I am brainstorming for ideas about what to do with my child on a weekend, bowling is the last thing my mommy instincts would allow. Why? Because bowling means going to a mall, paying up for a pastime which is located inconveniently close to a video gaming area full of money minting machines. I am a ‘thinking parent’ and I don’t take my child too often for such activities....

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Conceiving, Healthy Pregnancy & Childcare in Early Years

Becoming a parent is perhaps the most anticipated moment of the lifetime. All most all couples at the prospect of becoming parents experience joy and excitement with a tinge of anxiety, which may turn into pangs of fear if not armed with the facts/truth and knowledge/awareness about the whole process around having a child. It has been seen that the modern day lifestyle related...

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Children and Internet

My father had gifted me, an Oxford English Dictionary when I had passed out of class 12 (1995). It still has a prominent place on my book shelf and I consult it from time to time but truth be told the Oxford English dictionary gets updated every year and if I need to consult for a word that is not in my version of the dictionary I have to either buy a dictionary or log on...

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Martial Arts For Children

As her 5 year old leapt into the air screaming, in what looked like a karate kick, it instantly raised her blood pressure! Without panicking, my friend knew right away that it was time to channel her son’s energy by getting him to train in martial arts. Childhood is one of the best times to train in any form of physical defence as a child’s bones are more malleable than an...

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Hygiene in Children - An Introduction

While growing up there were two boys (brothers) in my school, one about 10 years old and the other was 6 years old. The reason I remember them 25 years hence, is their nails would always be too long, and caked in black, and often the younger one would have snot running down his nose. Even at that age children understood this was dirty and unacceptable and made fun of them.At...

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Right Nutrition and Diet For Your Child

Parent's Day Workshop 3: Right nutrition and diet for your child"To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art." - La RochefoucaldFeeding children with nutritious food and inculcating healthy eating habits in them is the top most priority for almost all parents. However, parents are finding promoting healthy eating with their children a big challenge. Many a times...

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Aggression in Children

How does a parent tackle aggression in their child? Watch this video by Dr. Ann Simi John - Clinical and Child Psychologist on Parentune.com to know of handy tips on how a parent can handle aggression among children. Click here to watch video - Aggression in Childr...

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Travelling With A Child

My husband and I are both road travel enthusiasts and we would any day prefer driving to a place rather than taking the train or a flight. Once we had our daughter we vowed that things would not change and we would continue with our road trips only now it would be the three of us. Sounds great no?? Ha ha, little did we know that this little bundle of joy would require a car...

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Make your child ‘Safety Smart’- Tips on Personal Safety

Safety isn’t expensive, it’s priceless. ~Author UnknownI recently came across the quote above and it instantly struck a chord with me. We are constantly bombarded by messages on the television about threats on individual safety, which makes us wonder at how safe our children are. Helping them understand the simple rules of safety, in a calm manner is something that works...

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The Miracles of Music, as a Therapy For Your Child

Music speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes themind and gives it rest, heals the heart and makes it whole, flows from heaven to the soul - Angela Monet The connection between music and humans is known to begin in the womb. The benefit of music in a child’s physical, emotional and mental health is immense and this has been proven over the years by using music as therapy.I...

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Holiday Snacking Made Healthy

Its finally vacation time and you have this inexhaustible to-do list to eliminate. And all that your ‘super-charged little monsters’ seem to be worried about is whether you have packed their ‘empty-calorie-loaded’ junk-box or not! The lard-laden, blubber-making, nutrient-less cookies, candies, waffles, potato chips, etc are all that our little ones have been conditioned to...

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