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Teaching Children the Art of Good Manners

Teaching Children the Art of Good Manners

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Good manners are an essential part of life and parenting Teaching children good manners is an important task that teaches children to interact with others respectfully and appropriately. Good manners can help your children build strong relationships with others, make a good impression, and show respect for themselves and others. Teaching children manners is not only important for their social development but also for their future success. It often happens to us that our children tease us in front of…

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Nurturing Your Child’s Personality

Nurturing Your Child’s Personality

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As a parent, it’s important to nurture your child’s personality and help them grow into a confident and independent person– “Personality is the most important thing to an individual. It is the total sum of one’s attitudes, goals, and values.”  — John C. Maxwell Personality is the set of characteristics that make a person unique. It includes their thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. Personality is shaped by a variety of factors, including genetics, environment, and life experiences. Personality is an image that lives…

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Writing Today the 100th Story: A Journey of Self-Development and Discovery

Writing Today the 100th Story: A Journey of Self-Development and Discovery

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It has been a journey of Self-Development, reflection, learning, and understanding. I have learned to express my thoughts and feelings in a way that is meaningful and impactful. Today marks a special milestone for me — my 100th story on the medium platform! It’s been an incredible Journey of Self-Development since I first discovered Medium in February 2022. I was searching for a platform to share my content and I chose Medium for its ease of use and its wide reach. At…

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Encouraging Children to Take Control of Their Stress

Encouraging Children to Take Control of Their Stress

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A child whose mother had divorced was in school. His mother begged and lived in terrible conditions, yet she managed to bring the child up to 10th grade. One day, the child experienced verbal abuse at home, and as a result of this abuse, the child committed suicide. The mother, who had been struggling to support her son on her own, lost all hope. Similarly, one of my students committed suicide because he was denied a bike at home. My 30-year-old friend also died in such circumstances. I have just highlighted a few of the many such cases in the 2–3 km radius. It shows how our society is stressed and anxious, but we don’t know how to cope with it.

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Learn the Skills to Compete in the Marketplace

Learn the Skills to Compete in the Marketplace

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These skills can be divided into problem-solving, self-management, working with people, and creating and using technology. These are the skills of the future, and everyone needs them to keep up with the world. Below, we will try to understand their importance so that parents can learn these skills themselves and then teach them to their children, thus allowing them to lead better lives.

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Nurturing a Love of Language: Strategies for Enhancing Children’s Vocabulary

Nurturing a Love of Language: Strategies for Enhancing Children’s Vocabulary

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You’ve probably heard of “one-sided love,” but “one-sided talks” may be a new term to you. First, one-sided talks are much sweeter and more lovely than one-sided love. When you take your baby for the first time and share your love, exhaustion, and pain with them from one side, the same emotions float in your eyes as gratitude. The child stares blankly at your face. After a few months, they respond with a smile, and after a year with sweet sounds. For two years, they address you with their sweet dialect and turn your pain into a smile. These one-sided talks are unknown to them, but these are the sounds that nurture them and fill them with love.

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Importance of Life Skills for Children: Success in 21st Century

Importance of Life Skills for Children: Success in 21st Century

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Life skills are the abilities for adaptive and positive behaviour that enable individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life. If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first four hours sharpening the axe.  — Abraham Lincoln We, as parents, try to educate children and see them succeed in life but do not train them for life matters. These things may seem small, but their impact can be very painful. These minor missing may…

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Allow Children to Follow Their Passion

Allow Children to Follow Their Passion

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Apart from mathematics and biology, there are many other subjects to teach and study. Doctors and engineers are common professions, but there is a world of other big and powerful positions. There is a certain idea among our parents, children, and society that they will either become a doctor or an engineer. There is no other destination in front of them. If you go to any school, you will see only two groups. Thankfully, this spell is starting to break now, and parents and children are turning to different kinds of skills.

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Negative Influences and Children: How to Ensure Their Safety

Negative Influences and Children: How to Ensure Their Safety

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Children look less to their parents and more to their peers for learning. Peer relationships provide a unique context in which children learn important social-emotional skills such as empathy, cooperation, and problem-solving strategies. However, peer relationships (where negative influences exist) can also play a negative role in social and emotional development. Therefore, it is important for parents to be aware of their child’s peers and their activities and observe them on a daily basis.

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The Reasons Behind School Refusal in Children

The Reasons Behind School Refusal in Children

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When I go to primary school early in the morning, I see many parents dragging their crying children to school. The children run and refuse to go to school, but the parents make them go in a dictatorial manner, using their inherited methods. They do not look for the true reasons behind the children’s reluctance. This will break the children’s hearts and they will not be able to go to school with enthusiasm.