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Rewards for Kids - Best Ways to Motivate Your Children
Many parents have been confused about whether we are adequately reprimanding our child when trying to teach them a valuable lesson. How much is too much, is always the question. Some parents are worried about their reproaching techniques, not being strong enough as well. But how many parents have wondered about the system of reward and recognition with the children? It is important to adequately reward your child for good behaviour or good work done. This naturally encourages them to be better. The child stays motivated and does better than before because of the good feeling that comes along with being rewarded. So, what are the best ways to reward a child? Read on and find out more.
Amazing Ideas to Reward Your Children
There are some fantastic reward ideas for kids that can help reinforce positive behaviour and practices. Take a look at some of them:
1. Affection and Genuine Appreciation of the Effort Made
The best reward for children’s good behaviour is your love and affection. Nothing drives home a point like genuine love. Give your child that extra cuddle or that kiss to reiterate that their behaviour was good. Use positive words to appreciate the effort they made to complete a task or show good behaviour.
2. Give Them Their Favourite Food
A happy kid is one that loves his food. Even if you have to indulge them with his favourite snack that is conventionally off limits, do it because your child will understand what a deep impression his good behaviour has had on you. Naturally, don’t make this the only kind of reward you are giving out, because you might just be encouraging unhealthy practices without meaning to.
3. Buy Them that Toy They Have Been Nagging About
Not every reward has to mean spending money, but occasionally, you can give your child the toy that they have been losing sleep over. Make the reward worth the task accomplished. A class topper, a medal won, or an exceptionally selfless act deserves a gift of value.
4. Do a Fun Outdoor Family Activity
Spend quality family time at a picnic spot or a nature trail. This is a reward that combines the goodness of family time with inculcating a love for nature and the environment. Your child will begin to have a healthy respect for the earth thanks to your reward system.
5. Allow Their Favourite Friend to Accompany Them To A Mall or Activity Centre
As a special treat, allow a sleepover with a good friend or take a group of your child’s friends out to a place of their choice. This could be one of the fun rewards for kids that your child looks forward to. If you decide on taking the children out, make sure that you choose the right place. Taking them to a mall and then refusing everything they want will not really count as much of a reward according to the child. Decide on something that you are well within your capability to handle alone.
6. Winner’s Pride Cards
Keep some pride cards handy. This reward works especially well when you have more than one offspring. Healthy competition amongst siblings for a pride card can be a win-win for everyone in the house. Make decorative and pictorial cards that have phrases like’ I cleaned my room today’, ‘I finished my vegetables’, or ‘I always follow the rules’. Children love bragging about how good they are at things. Appreciation in the form of a Pride card or a Brag card can boost their will to do more in future.
7. Kindness and Benevolence Rocks
Have a set of beautifully painted rocks, shells, or pebbles that become an entire collection when done. Hand one out for exceptionally good acts of charity or kindness displayed. You could pick your baby’s favourite TV show or cartoon characters and make a collection of ‘Peppa Rocks’, “Avengers’, ‘Paw Patrol’ etc. Make sure that your child understands that what they have done is outstanding and that the collectable rocks are very special because they cannot be bought, just like kindness and selflessness.
8. Ask Them to Choose What Chore They Want to Omit As a Reward
One of the best rewards for finishing up daily chores is to allow them to leave out one chore of their choosing for an evening, an entire day, or even a week, depending on what level of rewards they have earned. This will ensure that your child completes all chores on time, even in the future, because it is a motivational rewards for kids.
9. Gift Them Something Related to Their Favourite Activity
Every child has a favourite activity. This could be gardening, painting, paper crafts, or even games like football, soccer, or cricket. Gift them something important associated with said interest. It could be an autographed bat from their favourite player, or simply a new gardening tool. These types of rewards for children can encourage them to take more interest in their hobbies.
10. Build It Up with A Reward Chart
One of the most positive rewards for kids is a reward chart. Your child can visualise how well they have done, what activities or behaviour has earned them the rewards, and how they can earn more rewards. This helps them maintain good behaviour in the long run.
Remember that you know your child best. The ideas that you pick should suit your child’s personality, temperament, and preference. Have some rewards that are given only under truly rare circumstances so that your child doesn’t end up taking the reward system for granted. Help them earn their rewards so that both of you can enjoy the fruit of perseverance.
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Ensuring your Child's Safety In Dahi Handi Festival
Janmashtami, or Lord Krishna's birthday, will soon be here on September 5. In many parts of India, the most anticipated event of the celebration is Dahi Handi. Young boys make a human pyramid to break an earthen pot of curd. The catch? The pot is placed at a huge height, often a few floors high! So, how can you keep your teens safe in Janmashtami Dahi Handi?
Dahi Handi is inspired from how Krishna would steal butter from his mother Yashoda's kitchen. The naughty Baal Gopal was popular all over Gokul, the village he grew up in, for stealing butter no matter how well protected! The human pyramids made for dahi handi celebrations are spectacular to behold, complete with foot-tapping music and lots of colours. But they have also been notorious for injuries. This has since led the Supreme Court to ban under-12 kids from participating. If you're mom to a teen who's gearing up to smash that pot of curd, there are some precautions you must heed.
4 Safety Tips for Kids in Dahi Handi
1. Make Sure They Get Sufficient Practice
Making a human pyramid requires immense coordination, patience and agility. If your teen is keen on taking part in a Janmashtami contest, tell him he must get sufficient practice. Enroll him only in an authorised group that has experienced teachers and adequate medical amenities, apart from getting good practice before the big day.
2. Keep Safety Equipment Handy
On the day of Dahi Handi, as also on all practice days, make sure there is a first-aid box on site. There should also be a vehicle on standby to take any casualties to the nearest medical facility. Kids should be equipped with helmets and harnesses. Injuries can be very common, thus making this one of the most important safety precautions for teens participating in dahi handi festival.
3. Check for Physical Fitness
Not all kids may be fit enough to be part of a human pyramid. It requires flexible limbs, good stamina, decent eyesight and a light-weight physique. Discuss this with your kids if you are worried they are not fit enough for the event. They can always practise warm up exercises and be on their way to wellness!
4. Tell Them It's The Spirit, Not The Money
Dahi Handis often keep high prize amounts for the winning team. Often, this dilutes the spirit of participation. Teens can become reckless and go to any extent to win – something that's very dangerous! Discuss this with your kids and teach them that safety and sporting spirit supersede everything else.
If your son is gearing up to be Dahi Handi govinda, join him in the festivity by all means. It's not even restricted to boys anymore; all-girl pyramids are becoming popular too. Just ensure that they keep safety precautions in mind so that Janmashtami celebrations can be enjoyable and peaceful at the same time. Read more
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Fearful Mom to Happiest Mom, My Journey Towards Happiness
I want to share my motherhood which was always fearest till now. During pregnancy I was in gestational diabetes I carried my baby with my sugar till delivery during that time I was not able to eat whatever I liked. For my baby I sacrificed everything. After that my bundle of joy was born his name was Rikesh(boy). After that my life was not happy I underwent all struggles. I got fear that my baby may have some issues he did not use to drink milk. He cried a lot, there was no one for me to help. Only my husband was with me. My mother was also not with me. My mother-in-law did not help me no one was there for me and my husband struggled. We worried a lot. We got fear that my baby is not like other babies, but I will not give up. I taught him everything, how to crawl, how to walk all milestones he achieved but later than other kids.
That is ok but now he became normal I trained him much. Whatever I thought it was wrong he is normal. Each day I cried by worring about him, but now My son proved me that I was wrong, my fear was not worth. He is slow learner but absolutely normal. He is the most active kid in his class now and he is funny. He is happy. He is the most wonderful gift to me. I am happy nowadays after 3 years struggle. I achieved this happiness. He is going to complete 3 years now going school and enjoying his life. My fear gone started enjoying as a mom. He is late talker but whatever he talks it looks good and he is able to complete the sentence. Now communication is the only issue but I have confidence that he will achieve that too soon.
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A World of Reality With Shadows of Superstitions
We live in a fast-paced society. People are so engrossed with their own day to day affairs and have their heads buried deep inside their mobile devices. Nobody is bothered about anything else besides themselves.When you take a step back into the Susegad village of Goa, it's the complete opposite. Everyone wants to know what is cooking in your kitchen. Surely many of us have experienced this scenario in the rural parts of India, joint families or traditional families. When you come of age, their very first question to you is, “When are you getting married?" Once you are married, the question that follows, “When do we get the good news?" Well, I myself couldn't escape both these questions. Now that I was married and going to have our first baby, all eyes were on us.
My holiday ended with our little bun in the oven. Although the pregnancy was confirmed with the aid of a home test kit, we were still sceptical. We scheduled an appointment for our first scan. I was scared and had random thoughts flashing through my mind. I had heard of many cases where the baby’s heartbeat was not traceable and so couples had to terminate their pregnancy. Thinking of it broke my heart. I was too weak to handle a miscarriage and so I prayed, “Lord, take your own time, but give me a healthy baby”.
At the hospital, we explained the whole situation to our doctor and he suggested we first proceed with the scan. The room went quiet, all I could hear was the low humming of the machine and the loud pounding in my chest. I could see my tensed husband twitching as I prepared myself for the worst. As the doctor proceeded with the scan, we both locked our eyes at each other, all of a sudden, the silence was broken- it was the relieving sound of the baby’s heartbeat on the scanning machine. The doctor turned the monitor and showed me the first glimpse of our baby. One glance and I knew I was blessed. The doctor called over my nervous and even more confused husband who was trying to figure out what was happening. He couldn’t control his excitement and he hugged the doctor instead of hugging me and thanked him. I laughed and said, "Doctor, baby looks quite big". And he replied. "Yes indeed, you took your baby globetrotting for two months. You should have been on medications by now". Nevertheless, God was great and he had us and our baby protected, as she was fine and healthy.
Back home, we broke the good news to our families and they were thrilled. The thing about living in a village is that news spreads like wildfire. In a couple of weeks, my entire village knew that we were having a baby. Advice from the old and the young started pouring in. The elderly folk or should I say the experienced started to give their advice. Each time they met me, they would have something new to share. I sometimes wondered if they just made things up, just for fun. Most of their advice didn’t have any scientific or logical explanation, they were based on superstitious belief. I was advised not to play cards, as they were afraid that my baby would grow up to be a gambler. I really don't know. Some said I should wear white or light coloured clothes, as that would keep my baby calm (well I kind of agree to this, as it kept me calm and in a good mood, so happy mom, happy baby).
Then started the gender prediction. People would come up to me saying, small tummy means a baby boy. Others said, glowing skin means a baby girl. Well, the most hilarious one was when a lady said to us, “You surely will have a baby girl as the father of the child is gaining weight.” I don’t know how far it's true but we were blessed with a baby girl and yes, my husband was gaining weight during my pregnancy.
More advice poured when there was an eclipse. I was not allowed to eat, drink, toss or turn or even scratch myself during the peak hours of the eclipse. Poor me, I found all of this simultaneously annoying and amusing. However there are certain things that we youngsters cannot change, so it’s best we respect the requests of the elders and let the phase pass.
My first trimester came to an end, listening to all the superstitious beliefs and following them to a certain extent (I always tried to find some hidden logic) hoping I would have a safe pregnancy. What followed next took us by surprise. It was a quiet afternoon, we finished supper and were ready for a siesta. My husband was lazing on his hammock as usual. It was then that I realised I was bleeding and screamed in fright. All I could say was, “I think we have lost our baby".
My husband jumped on to his feet, calmed me down and rushed me to the hospital. For the entire journey, we didn't utter a word, I just prayed in silence. No sooner than we reached the hospital, we were taken in for an ultrasound. Scans revealed that the baby was out of danger and as we looked at the monitor baby stretched her hand out and made a very clear hand gesture of peace. We couldn't help but burst out laughing as it was an absolute icebreaker.
Doctor explained to us the whole case of a low lying placenta and said that it was a common occurrence during pregnancy. That’s when I was given bed rest for an entire month.That one month was the most difficult for me, as I was dependent on my husband for everything. He reminded me of our marriage vows, “I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. I will love and honour you until death do us apart.” He took care of me like a mother would take care of her child. Every day I would silently cry looking at how he would care for me. And so I decided that in order to make things easier for him, I would sacrifice my long curls as they were difficult to manage. My hair was my pride but it was nothing compared to my husband's struggles. Before I could get a haircut, he said, "Love, you don’t have to do this". I just replied, "You don’t have to do this either".
My pregnancy had a lot of ups and downs. It's true, a baby brings the parents close. Months of sleepless nights, labour pain and my pride - my hair was all forgotten when I held our baby in my arms for the first time. Every struggle was worth it. Our marriage grew stronger. It never tore us apart rather it brought us closer each day and made us realise that marriages are indeed made in heaven. This is the man I want to grow old with.
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We nurture babies and give them good future for us not to leave us
When they got a successful career they forget us
Please give them education in India and advise them to do their job in India
Parents want their child in their old age don't make your parents alone
The day what your parents saw because you it will also come back to you as a return of your karma your child learns from you so do good to get good. Treat your parents as you want your child will treat you in your future
Life is a cycle the path is very clear if you do good with your parents you will definitely get good parents word doesn't mean to your parents only also mean to your in law's because a daughter in law can change the world if they will change their thinking about in law's then no parents will go to braddha ashram
I have a request to my all readers don't wait that why I should change only myself
Think as I will change myself right now I will make my parents happy 1 will change and will change millions
As a return you will also get lots of happiness they will also give you so much love as their daughter we should change our thinking life is tooooo short don't do bad do good as return your child will also do good with you because they saw you, your behaviour with your in law's they learns from you what should they do with their parents when they got success in their life
I am a mother of 6 month old little girl
I will teach my baby what I write in this story I am behaving my in law's as my own parents they also loves me as thier own daughter my baby is seeing this she will learn from the atmosphere of my home in result she will also behave good with her in law's in future and her child will also see her they will also did same see it is a chain so if we change ourself today in result we can change millions of people Read more
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Dr Vandan H Kumar has added a new answer
Guardian of 0 children
1 hour ago
Q. my baby girl is not sleeping at night.
Dr Vandan H Kumar
Paediatrician
1 hour ago
A. the sleeping pattern of the child changes from time to time and will improve with increasing age of the child. if the growth and weight gain of the child is proper along with proper urine stool then there is no need to worry regarding the sleeping pattern.
you have to just see that the child is not having any disturbance during the sleep because it can occur due to gas as well as due to digestion problem. aldso see for the comfort of the child and see the bedding on which the child is sleeping.
try to prevent temperature variations around the child that is from hot to cold and cold to hot weather because that also can cause disturbance in the sleep. d
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Q. #asktheexpert ozone face wash toner and hydrant use kar liya mera face khurdura ho gya kya kare bahut itching hoti hai jalan bhi
Dr Sameer awadhiya
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A. For the query asked needs consultation with doctor for proper guidance so it is better that the doctor will guide you the correct way .
Online consultation can also be taken abfccnd the expert will give you the proper answer .
Rashmi has added a new answer
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1 hour ago
Q. my baby is not latching the left side Brest milk . She is always crying and straching her leg , stomach. I am not able to understand why she is crying. but she is latching when she is in a sleepy mood
Rashmi
Mom of a 9 yr 7 m old girl
44 mins ago
A. Could be due to stomach pain and sometimes kids have an aversion to a particular breast and they do not like to take direct breastfeeding also since you haven’t mentioned the current age of your child I would recommend you to kindly consult a specialist one time
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59 mins ago
Q. At end of 4months baby weighed 5.7kg; suffered from loose stools and stomach infection and recurred again ; then at the end of 5.5 months baby weighed 6.1 kg
Baby is active but looks so lean and thin
Is this weight adequate since birth weight was 2.8kgs
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Paediatrician
57 mins ago
A. Loose motion are most of the time infective where it is associatedgn with fever and vomiting and its known as gastroenteritis where symptomatic treatment along with management for dehydration is required if loose motions are associated with foul smell mucous high grade fever than it could be bacterial infection which needs antibiotics treatment
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52 mins ago
Q. Still having Loose stool once a day but with foul smell but without fever/vomit . 3days passed since she completed her antibiotic dosage.
Dr Vandan H Kumar
Paediatrician
51 mins ago
A. you will have to give ors for every episode of loose motion. you you cannot give heavy diet like milk to the child for few days as well as you cannot give sugar based food. you cannot give packet based foods as well as biscuit maida. kindly give curd buttermilk apple banana poha upma daliya. you can also give any recipe made from rice dal as well as sabudanxa khichdi. you cannot give outside juice as well as glucon d to the child. please meet your doctor because if it is viral or bacterial diarrhea will be confirmed only on examination.
give sachet econorm twice daily for 3days.
meet your doctor if it is not improving x
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Q. Birth weight:2.8kgs
At end of 4 months : 5.7kg
At end of 5.5 months : 6.1kg
Is it adequate?
Rashmi
Mom of a 9 yr 7 m old girl
15 mins ago
A. Yes it is because your child is almost having more than double the birth fade by completing the age of 5.5 months like you’re mentioning so it’s going good in total the weight of the child currently as per the age is perfectly good so there is nothing nothing for you to be worried in this
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