Improving Toddler BehaviouralIssues - Some techniques

When a toddler does a wrong thing or shows a bad behaviour e.g. pushing a friend, natural reaction of the parents would be that child has behavioural problem and either give punishment or grounding them. Most of us are brought up with punishment being a part of our childhood life.

Why Punishing alone will not work in children?

Research has found that in very young kids like toddlers, punishing them alone for a bad behaviour will not have an impact or change in most cases. This is because their brain is still in developing stage and is trying to learn the cause and effect. Hence they cannot completely understand the consequences of their doing/ behaviour.As they are in learning stage, talking with them and making them understand can help.

Working through children behaviour issues

When the child is showing behaviour issues, a suggested method called “curiosity questions” can help. This will make child realise what has taken place. As we

Emotional Well Being of Children During Corona Times

Are you concerned about your child’s emotional wellbeing? Then we should worry for both emotional and mental well- being. Many top-rated schools in India have supported that as children are forced to stay indoors, any fear or anxiety they are experiencing increases manifolds due to forced indoor stay, lack of physical interaction with friends and most importantly no sports or play activities.Therefore, it is imperative that we recognise this fact and find some meaningful solutions.

1.   Eating a well-balanced healthy diet. 

This input to a child’s body has a huge impact on the child’s mental well-being. There is a direct co-relation with the food we eat on how good we feel. The same is applicable to children as well. Eating healthy food should include non-processed food. Try to maximise fresh foods to your children with good number of items containing different nutrients like proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins etc with a decent amount