"A worthy citizen is born of a good child" the saying rightly suggests the importance of child in public life. Through this piece of writing I wanna emphasize upon the methods of up bringing a child in a way so that he/she would be able to cope up with the adverse environment , the ups and downs of life with ease and with a smile on face which symbolizes that " Sky is the limit ant I can cross that too , overcoming all the hurdles " . The modernization has made us lame physically as well as mentally , the disposition to do physical work or activity has been lost as the techniques advanced. The new gadgets , machineries and modern equipments never let us do least physical activity except for pushing a finger against the switch to on it and also now that much effort has been minimized by the remote control ! The children follow the foot steps of the elders. When parents will get up early , exercise and take balanced diet , then only they can convince their child to do so. So first of all the parents have to bring good practices into play and then began to mould child. The processed food or junk food can be substituted by fruits and soft drinks especially carbonated/aerated drinks can be substituted by fruit juice, milk etc . Child is a young bud and will acquire the shape of the mould in which you will mould him or her. Repeated sayings like "you dont eat properly , You are careless , Dont eat junk food ...etc " wont work unless you wont start following the same rule. Give respect take respect holds true in every case. So always respect child's feelings rather than being harsh or speaking ill to him for his slips or mistakes.
For instance if you like pink colour , then can you wear pink everyday? Of course not ! because you also need some change. In the similat fashion child also needs some change. if you want him to eat healthy this doesnt mean you should offer him/her boiled spinach everyday ! You need to work out at this by creating a variety in meal everyday and maintaining the nutritive value of the food simultaneously !
A 7 year old cute girl who had recurrent tonsillitis and loose stools was adviced to avoid junk food by me. At her third visit her mother told me that she is much better now and we give no junk food to her. The girl loudly spluttered , " mummy roz sandwich khaati hai , papa ko bhi deti hai par mujhe nahin deti' ( "mummy eats sandwhich and gives it to papa also but i am not offered" ) . I took the innocent complaint very seriously and I had a sitting with my young patient's eminent parents in which I told them to create variety in child's food. The girl was very fond of sandwich so I suggested her Mummy to wrap some fresh vegetables in a chapati and roast it in toaster so that it would resemble a sandwhich and then give it to her after garnishing with corriander and mint. When the girl came to my clinic next week I asked her whether mummy gives her sandwhich or not? She happily said yes now mummy gives me yummy sandwhich. So this is how I , a physician once had to give cooking tips also ..all because of a young patient who was sulked with her doctor(I) and her mummy because her favourite food was not being given to her. So my purpose of discussing all this is just to let all parents and practicing physicians that do practice the hardening of your child but gradually without making the child feel that he or she has been tormented or treated badly.
The computer games or video games, cartoon films create a charisma on young child's mild , he or she is so much wrapt into that imaginary world so that almost obilivious to the real world ! Try to bring them to the play ground or swimming pool almost everyday for sometime. this is only possible when you will hold his/her hand with love and say " my dear would you like to play with me ", "come lets have some fun , lets swim togather". The mode of recreation has to be healthy like dance , playing outdoor games , swimming etc.
Develop the habit of reding newspaper in your child , but not by handing over newspaper to child and ordering him "read its good for you " . No ! thats not the proper way. But you first read it then ask your child " my dear have you read what happened in "X" country ? how hike are the prices of fuel? what you think about "XYZ" matter?will the issue resolve?" . Then child will say "I dont know . Whats that?" . Then instead of speaking ill or being atrocious as many parents speak like " oh God ! you dont know about this , you are so silly, You dont read news,what would you do in life?" . No! thats not the appropriate way to encourage child to read newspaper. But you simply say , "dear why dont you read it in today's newspaper . I am sure you will find it quite intresting."
So, this is how you can and your child's chemistry would go smoothly and of course a gradual moulding of the child will began by you and the bond of love between you and child will get stronger by the passage of time.
For instance if you like pink colour , then can you wear pink everyday? Of course not ! because you also need some change. In the similat fashion child also needs some change. if you want him to eat healthy this doesnt mean you should offer him/her boiled spinach everyday ! You need to work out at this by creating a variety in meal everyday and maintaining the nutritive value of the food simultaneously !
A 7 year old cute girl who had recurrent tonsillitis and loose stools was adviced to avoid junk food by me. At her third visit her mother told me that she is much better now and we give no junk food to her. The girl loudly spluttered , " mummy roz sandwich khaati hai , papa ko bhi deti hai par mujhe nahin deti' ( "mummy eats sandwhich and gives it to papa also but i am not offered" ) . I took the innocent complaint very seriously and I had a sitting with my young patient's eminent parents in which I told them to create variety in child's food. The girl was very fond of sandwich so I suggested her Mummy to wrap some fresh vegetables in a chapati and roast it in toaster so that it would resemble a sandwhich and then give it to her after garnishing with corriander and mint. When the girl came to my clinic next week I asked her whether mummy gives her sandwhich or not? She happily said yes now mummy gives me yummy sandwhich. So this is how I , a physician once had to give cooking tips also ..all because of a young patient who was sulked with her doctor(I) and her mummy because her favourite food was not being given to her. So my purpose of discussing all this is just to let all parents and practicing physicians that do practice the hardening of your child but gradually without making the child feel that he or she has been tormented or treated badly.
The computer games or video games, cartoon films create a charisma on young child's mild , he or she is so much wrapt into that imaginary world so that almost obilivious to the real world ! Try to bring them to the play ground or swimming pool almost everyday for sometime. this is only possible when you will hold his/her hand with love and say " my dear would you like to play with me ", "come lets have some fun , lets swim togather". The mode of recreation has to be healthy like dance , playing outdoor games , swimming etc.
Develop the habit of reding newspaper in your child , but not by handing over newspaper to child and ordering him "read its good for you " . No ! thats not the proper way. But you first read it then ask your child " my dear have you read what happened in "X" country ? how hike are the prices of fuel? what you think about "XYZ" matter?will the issue resolve?" . Then child will say "I dont know . Whats that?" . Then instead of speaking ill or being atrocious as many parents speak like " oh God ! you dont know about this , you are so silly, You dont read news,what would you do in life?" . No! thats not the appropriate way to encourage child to read newspaper. But you simply say , "dear why dont you read it in today's newspaper . I am sure you will find it quite intresting."
So, this is how you can and your child's chemistry would go smoothly and of course a gradual moulding of the child will began by you and the bond of love between you and child will get stronger by the passage of time.
