Injuries and deaths due to beatings at school, suicides committed by students when they receive punishment at the hands of their teachers – these news have lost their shock value, they seem to occur every other day. A recent case was that of Rouvanjit Rawla of the prestigious La Martiniere School in Kolkata, [...]
Ten points to become best parents
June 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The family life is like a heaven-as per Vedas (divine sacred books). Family is the foundation for the well being of the society. If every home has to become a heaven –the wife and husband should observe certain norms, as follows. Advice for Husband and Wife to lead good family life: 1. The [...]
Anguish of a Girl Child
May 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
“Ashtaputravathi Bhava” (May you be blessed with 8 sons) is an old Hindu ‘blessing’. What does this kind of sexist benediction or rather a curse, mean for a little girl in India? In many Indian villages, the girl child is not wanted at all. They would rather she not live and female infanticide [...]
Kids or Super kids?
May 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Television abounds in programmes with children – dance shows, music shows and even serials with children as protagonists. Watch a children’s reality dance show. The chances are that instead of impressing, one will feel disgusted with the adult expressions and obscene dance steps of the little children in the course of the show. When [...]
Children adoption: Some cautions, some facts
May 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Bearing a child is considered to be the very purpose of life, especially by the orthodox and those with a traditional bent of mind. A childless couple performs endless poojas, goes through various treatments, for that bundle of joy which has not yet arrived. They are ready to go to any extent, shell out [...]
Values : The best legacy for your child
May 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A child is the apple of a parent’s eye. For the parent, nothing is good enough for the child. He must have the best clothes, the best education, the best of everything. In the process of providing all this, the child gets pampered. And if both parents go out to work, there will be [...]
How to get better Grades
April 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Every parent knows that success in school is important for success in adult life. Parents want to help ensure that success, but what, exactly, can they do to help? Here are ten steps to helping your child succeed in school this year. 1. Develop a schedule: Many families today are incredibly busy. In [...]
Teen Suicide: Reason, Precautions and Treatment
April 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Why Do Teens Try to Kill Themselves? Suicidal behavior is defined as a preoccupation or act that is focused on causing one’s own death voluntarily. Intent to cause one’s death is essential in the definition. Suicidal ideation refers to thoughts of suicide or wanting to take one’s own life. Suicidal behavior refers to [...]
Why our children need Moral science?
April 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Most of our schools and colleges have one subject called moral science. But the true fact is this subject is not utilized effectively by the teachers who taught this subject. But the present conditions of our society remind us the importance of moral science in schools. Education is not only acquiring knowledge in [...]
Influence of media in Children
March 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Long years back, in villages, children and grown up people had libraries and old reading room to depend for information. News papers were also very rare in houses. But what is the situation now? By the last 20 years media improved much and it reaches its peak. Our children have now got many [...]
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