GOOD FAMILY TIPS

Good family: Tips you can use

Your children are doing it all - school, tuitions, homework and play. The obvious fall guy is nutrition. Here are some tips to help you along. Make the kitchen off-limits during the day unless it's time for a meal or a planned snack. This way you get them to stay off unhealthy knick-knack eating.

1. The days are longer, make sure your child gets enough nutrition throughout the day. Arrange for 5-6 small meals.

2. Get your children involved in the making of snacks.Younger children will especially enjoy being involved in choosing and preparing simple ones. Weave in the healthy ingredients, subtly.

3. Teach your children to make no-fire, easy snacks so that they can can prepare their own summer treats, any time.

4. Pre-portion snacks into small containers for the week - so you are able to control the amounts too!

Sharing Is Caring

For your children however, it can turn out to be their biggest nightmare. Sharing rooms between siblings can be a tough task to administer but here's what you can do to ease the trauma.

A.Divide the room space equally, especially if your children are of the same age. You do not want to be part of the daily bickering over room space.

B.Set guidelines but leave room for flexibility. "Lights out at 10", does not mean that one can't study when needed, it only means that one is sleeping peacefully while his brother/sister studies in the study/common room. Or simply provide for focus lamps.

C.Make sure the few rules you set are not flouted, come what may. Divide TV and computer timings if they share these.

d.Give them their space - don't barge into their room. But do check on them occasionally. Involve them in the cleaning of their room and with the decor.

e.Finally, if there's a difference of opinion, don't rush in to arbitrate. Let them try to figure it out themselves and get into it only if things get out of hand. This way they realise they are the "owners" of the room.

Ban Bedtime Texting

Children who text or surf the web right before bed have a harder time falling and staying asleep, and they suffer from more mood and learning issues during the day, reports a study from JFK Medical Center in Edison, New Jersey, U.S.

: 'Children should read, chat with family embers or listen to soft music. This will help them to sleep better.'

8 important manners you should teach your little ones

 

We all want to raise our little ones to be polite and well behaved, and learning those lessons starts at home. It's never too early to teach your little ones basic manners! Here are eight of the most important manners you should try to teach your little ones before they go to school. They won't remember them all, or get them right every time, but patience and perseverance should get you through:

 

1.    Always say please and thank you.

Whether they're activities as small as giving your little one a snack, or them asking if they can play in the garden, always reinforce the importance of saying please and thank you. No matter how young your children are, you can't start enforcing this rule too early!

2.    Table manners

When your tiny tots are just learning to eat at the table, start teaching them the manners you'd like them to have for the rest of their lives! Rules like not eating with their mouths open, or not putting their elbows on the table, are good life lessons for your children to learn as soon as possible.

3.    Play dates

When you're little ones go on play dates, or to birthday parties, remind them to thank their friends parents for having them over. If you aren't going to be attending the play date or event with your little one, ensure your little ones know they should treat their friends parents (and all grown-ups) with the same respect they treat you.

4.    Birthday party etiquette

It's often said that kids go wild at birthday parties - all the sweet snacks and fun can make little ones get excited, and sometimes forget their manners. But no matter how excited your little one is on their birthday, there are some manners they shouldn't forget: to open their presents thoughtfully (not ripping off the paper, or tossing the present to one side as soon as they've seen it) and to say thank you for every gift, and to every attendee.

5.    Mind the language

There will come a moment every parent dreads: the moment your little one swears. And then finds it funny! The worst thing you can do in this scenario is laugh. Let them know that you already know that word, you think it's unpleasant, not funny, and ask your little one not to use it again!

6.    Don't be mean

Kids tease each other, and they find it funny. But this can sometimes go a step too far and lead to bullying. Make sure your little ones don't call others mean names, and don't make fun of anyone for any reason. Ganging up on someone else is cruel, not clever.

7.    Excuse me!

Once your little ones have mastered saying please and thank you, teach them to say excuse me. It's the polite thing to say when you have to interrupt someone, or bump into somebody.

8.    TMI!

There are some things that are “Too Much Information”, and that your little ones should know or shouldn't talk about in public!

PARENTS HAVE TO IN GENERAL MONITOR IN A FRIENDLY WAY AND MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND