Preventing Child Disputes on Playground

Playing is Necessary for Children
Playing is an essential part of a child’s growing up and in order to play children have to get together. It is not always possible to have a like minded lot or a homogeneous crowd that makes playing a pleasure. If it is in a school the children are monitored but this is not always possible. Most disputes in playgrounds one sees are in neighbourhoods and even clubs. One can reduce disputes in the playground but to eradicate them totally is like asking for the moon. What the child seeks in a playground is justice and each child has its own definition of justice which makes it impossible for them to see eye to eye resulting in disputes that sometimes could get to blows and other physical injuries.

Causes of Child Disputes
There is an inbuilt desire to always get the best deal for oneself and the child is no exception which tempts the child to get benefits that actually do not belong to it and in order to achieve this it will adopt measures that are not fair. When this happens there are bound to be fights. One will find groups formed that take sides which make the playground a battle ground and what started the dispute is forgotten and the whole issue takes an ugly turn prompting elders to step in. But the grudge continues even after the game is over and is carried further for days on end.

Dealing with Increasing Obesity in Childrens and Teenagers

When a child weighs more than a normal child weighs at its age and height then the child is either considered overweight or obese The Body Mass Index is an indicator for which there is a formula which is BMI = [weight / (height x height)] x 703. Unlike adults where there is a standard BMI to determine whether the adult is obese/ overweight or underweight for children it is different. If a 10 year old boy has a BMI of 23 he will be considered obese but not a fifteen year old with the same BMI. It is best left to the expert calculators which make use of several factors when determining the BMI of a child. One needs to just feed in the data in those calculators.

Once the BMI is obtained it could be compared to a chart that is worked by experts which is looks something like this::

Underweight: Less than the 5th percentile
Normal weight:: 5th percentile to less than the 85th percentile
Overweight: 85th to less than the 95th percentile
Obese: Equal to or greater than the 95th percentile

Teaching Your Child Discipline

When a child is born into this world all what it knows is to demand, demand food, demand love, demand attention and if its demand is not met the child gets into tantrums. The mother normally gives in when the child is too small to understand that its demands are not be fulfilled each time they are made. But as the child grows disciplining becomes imperative. Disciplining is simply a way of telling the child that it needs to behave in a manner that is acceptable to society and in the long run it will benefit the child itself. The tendency of a child to behave in a way that gives it joy but hurts the other or destroys itself in the long run needs to be curbed and this is called disciplining the child.

Pet Pup: The Idea of Child owning a Pet

Owning a pet is considered a status symbol by some and if that is the case that animal will not get the kind of love and attention it requires. Unless and until there is enough indication that a pet can be taken care of either by the child for whom the pet is meant or by those around the house it would be cruelty to own a pet .Normally a child will show interest to cuddle a pet and once it grows it will neglect it. In such circumstances unless the adults around the house have time to care for the pet, no pet should be brought to the house. The child should show an inclination to put up with the obvious hassles that a pet entails. A child normally expresses a desire for the kind of pet that it would like to own and it is for the adults to know if the child is capable of taking care of that pet. Parents need to explain the various problems one would have to face to ensure a pet is properly cared for. Invariably however the load falls on the parents and so it needs to be reiterated that unless and until parents too have the inclination to feel and care for animals no animal should be brought to the house.

Autism and Children

Autism, especially in India are common cases usually encountered by children. Autism is defined as a psychological deficiency which affects communication behavior and shows significant short attention span disorders. Children with autism are regarded as having their own world.

It is believed that identifying traces of autism in children at the early stage is most beneficial for families. Frequently, 1 out of 100 children suffers from autism. Some people believe that the common signs of autism are when a child does not smile nor reacts to the things around him. In as much as they tend to have their own world, they disapprove of being shown affection to or attention. Unlike the normal children, they would want to be cuddled, loved and pampered. Incidentally, people with autism avoids eye contact.

The Intro to Children Life

Life is an interesting journey. The voyage is like a learning curve that gets steeper as one explores the phases to it. One is oblivious of the fact whether which segment of time may make or break one’s expedition. Yet the base line remains the same saying every peal of time shapes, defines and refines the journey to its penultimate purpose.

It takes 36 months of gestation for a human to avatar onto this orb. He enters the first phase to the tour of life – Baby. The age range defined to this phase is 0-1 years. When a new born is introduced to life he begins with a serious anxiety of exploring his senses and begins adapting to the ambience. This phase marks the commencement of the phenomena called identification. The young one easily identifies the mother and showcases displeasure if any unfamiliar person comes in between. Milicent Washburn Shinn one of the first women to earn a Ph.D from University of California in baby psychology refers the sixth month as ‘The Dawn of Intelligence’ in one of her works, ‘The biography of a Baby’. This is evident through various activities viz. toe sucking. He starts flexing his muscles and tries using it to the fullest. The observation stint too begins in this phase when the baby begins noticing the ceiling fan and the flickering tube light as it glows. The way he tries to fix objects of miscellaneous shapes marks the other arenas of intelligence. The exploration to the baby’s senses reaches its pinnacle and he enters the next phase toddling all the way, the toddler stage.