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All in a Day's Game: 5 Fun Ways to Teach Money Management
Get ready to play games to teach kids about money in a fun way. Quick and easy to play, these games will capture your kids' imagination. With smart money management skills up their sleeve, you will see them handling money matters with flair and enthusiasm. Get set, go!
Money matters can be difficult to explain to preschoolers, right? They may have seen you pulling out coins and notes at their favourite stores, but are obviously quite dumfounded about the concept of money. Fortunately, with these interesting games that teach a thing or two about money, teaching them some essential monetary facts in an extremely friendly way is possible. Take a look.
5 Fun Ways to Teach Your Kids about Money
1. Introduce money magnets
Jazz up your fridge magnets with the money theme to attract your kid’s attention. An interesting DIY activity for kids would be to attach self-adhesive magnets to the posterior side of one rupee, five rupee, or 10-rupee coins. Use a different set of coins and attach their other sides to the front of the magnet, so they can see the inscriptions on both the sides. When your child asks for a fruit or juice, ask for a 5 rupee or 1 rupee magnet in return.
2. Money to jump
Stash all notes in your wallet into an opaque sack and ask your little one to pull them out one at a time. Next, she has to read out the number printed at the corner to determine the number of times she needs to jump; a rupee denotes once, ten rupees means ten times, and so forth. You may like to mix it up with other activities like take giant steps, balance on one foot etc.
3. Puzzle out money
Puzzle games to teach kids about money can be a good idea too. This tot-appropriate activity comprises sticking fake notes to thin cardboard, that are then cut into small pieces to create a puzzle. As your preschooler puts it back together, give her a real note for the purpose of later recognition. With regular play, you may start seeing her identifying the currency at the checkout counter, and how!
4. Sorting and saving
If your little kid loves to sort out things then one of the finest money management games for kids involves the same too. Though a not-too-challenging game, this activity helps them play with different piles of coins. Write the numerical 1, 5, and 10 on three paper cupcake liners with bright coloured ink and hand your preschooler a lot of spare change in a jar. You'll soon have your change sorted into the right cups.
5. Pretty cash
Teaching your tot to create her own currency is another great game for kids about money! Once your darling has her own idea and design, hand-drawn counterfeit notes will start flowing your way. Encourage her to draw a face, present a pattern alongside, and add a number to make fake notes fetch her various goodies.
So, what are you waiting for? You will love every moment of these games to teach kids about money, with challenges that can be made more difficult for greater fun! Read more
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Fairy lights add glitter to seasonal decorations and are affordable too. Just weave, twist or wrap these twinkling lights to transform your space into a fairy world. Serving as X-mas lights and holiday decor alike, fairy lights room decor will add a delicate glow to every inch of your home.
Less expensive than big-ticket holiday decor and more convenient to string than traditional Christmas lights, fairy lights are in high demand these days. These seasonal lights can be easily wrapped or woven around pillars, furniture pieces or doorways, and are fast turning homes into exotic wonderlands. Use these starry strings to make your rooms and nights glow-the right way. Are you ready for the magic?
Know How to Decorate your Room With Fairy Lights
1. Weave Through Trees and Garden Lights
Decorating with fairy lights indoors is fun when you have the right ideas emanating from your thinking cap. Do you have an outdoor evening party coming up? Start weaving light strands on the most unexpected places in your lawn. Try getting creative by wrapping these lights behind earthen decorative pots, splash some excitement on dark shrubs, or simply line your pathway by zigzagging the cute lights on little poles.
2. Greetings That Glitter
This Christmas light idea can be used on other special occasions and festivals too. Spell out your greeting-of-the-day on walls with creative fairy lights room decor touches. Your guests will love to see the words “Happy September” or “Love is in the air” twinkling on the otherwise clean walls in front. Yes, your calligraphy skills on ‘oh-so-usual’ greeting cards can take a back seat with these lights, just for once.
3. Table Layouts with Interspersed Lights
Use exciting table layout schemes and add these tips to decorate with fairy lights; you'll have a winner on hand. Those seated or helping themselves at a well-spread buffet will be charmed by the ways in which your centerpiece lights up every other minute. You could keep the idea simplistic by leaving the focus on your beautifully arranged flowers with unexpected lights popping out from here and there.
4. Romanticize Your Bedroom
It’s your anniversary night and you’d love to surprise your hubby. Use lights as behind the bed decor or hang them from the ceiling to add a quaint touch to your net canopy. What can be more wonderful than sleeping on a bed with cascading lights transcending you both to a different world? Make love under the stars!
Adopt these fairy light decoration ideas for your home. Invest in strings to create a marked difference to the ways you entertain or celebrate. You'll be fascinated by the effect created by these dainty little lights in your personal space. Read more
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Habit of Comparing Yourself to Others? 5 Ways It is Stopping You from Becoming Successful!
The very act of comparing yourself with others can place you at the risk of depression and frustration. Remember, you are what you deserve to be. You will be the best you can be. Believe in these self affirmations and stop comparing yourself to others.
Comparing yourself to others is something we’re all guilty of. It takes much effort to undertake constructive comparisons–the type that foster motivation to grow and do better. Unfortunately, more often that not, comparisons can lead to self-doubt and low self-esteem. While it’s possible to break the pattern, you need to learn why it’s important to stop.
5 Reasons to Quit Comparing Yourself to Others
1. To avoid damaging yourself
‘Comparison is the death of joy’, said Mark Twain. We compare ourselves to those better or worse than us. While using people who are worse off as comparisons might provide a sense of relief, it’s just temporary. Eventually, it extends to people we think are better than us, spiralling us into a damaging state of low self-esteem, depression, envy and frustration. We fail to realize that being "better" at life is a matter of perspective.
2. To avoid living in a superficial world
Looking at things from another’s perspective is an adage we’ve heard time and again. Yet, when it comes to comparing ourselves with others, we pay little heed to this wisdom. So many times we do it based on superficial information – stories we’ve heard or things we've seen – without delving deep into the circumstances and causes for the same. Such comparisons are unfair, they don’t place you and the other person on the same ground.
3. It doesn’t help you achieve goals
Unless you’re the type who can take the positives from a comparison to better your life, drawing them can be time-consuming. If it leads to low self-esteem, you tend to give up and if it leads to a feeling of superiority, you tend to become complacent. Either way, it doesn’t help you reach your goals. This alone should be the strongest incentive to stop comparing yourself to others.
4. It’s a battle you’ll lose
There'll always be someone better or worse than you, although it doesn’t mean it'll remain so. Life is dynamic and full of chances, how you react to them is what makes you better or worse. Constantly comparing yourself to those around you takes away from your concentration and energy, making you miss out on opportunities when they arise. Instead of getting caught up in the never ending cycle of comparisons, learn to value yourself and your talents.
5. It screws up your personal benchmarks
Each of us set benchmarks for ourselves and when you compare yourself to another person, you’re doing so according to his or her judgement, not your own. Different people will see you differently at the same time. What matters most is how you see yourself. Create your own benchmarks and strive for them. Have you reached them or do they require work?
These and many more reasons are why you should stop comparing yourself to others. Each of us is unique and instead of heading down that depressing road of drawing comparisons, why not try building upon yourself in your own special way! Read more
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Unexpected pregnancies can either be moments of joy or fear. If you’ve always wanted to have a baby (or not) but figured it would be somewhere in the future, discovering you’re pregnant can be jarring. Can you afford to raise a child? Are your finances enough? Find out how to create sound financial plans to cope with an unexpected pregnancy.
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1. Make extra money
Parenting isn’t cheap. In fact, infants and young children can be very expensive. Diapers, baby formula, clothes, shoes, bedding, food and everything cost money. What you need to do is to find ways to increase your income. Try your hand at freelancing. Set aside a few hours in the day to earn extra bucks. If you’re a writer by profession, writing articles on a freelance basis can help you out tremendously. Your hubby can share your load by doing a little overtime at work too.
2. Start an emergency fund
A back-up plan to help you cope with an unexpected pregnancy is something every couple should have. As soon as you’re ladled with the ‘surprise’, start putting aside money. Your husband you can make a weekly or monthly contribution to the fund. The two of you will need to resist the temptation to splurge on clothes and frequently eating out. Remember, there’ll soon be another tiny yet hungry mouth to feed!
3. Say bye to debt
If your husband is the only breadwinner, high debts can equal disaster. So what do you do if you have an unexpected pregnancy? Don’t get into toxic debts! Use the money you have to pay outstanding bills and people you’ve borrowed from. Debts with the highest interest need to be taken care of first before additional payments are made. Work your way through getting rid of all your big debts.
4. Budget, budget, budget
One of the best unexpected pregnancy advices would be to budget your money on a monthly basis. Divide your earnings into ‘essentials’ and ‘most essential’. If you happen to have extra money, save it. It’ll come in useful when hospital bills need to be paid and provisions for the baby need to be bought.
5. Look for ways to get things cheap or for free!
Your purchases for when the baby arrives can also be made on a budget. It would be wise on your part to shop during discount periods to avail super offers. You can also ask your friends and family for baby stuff if they decide to throw you a baby shower. Don’t be afraid or embarrassed. They’d much rather buy what’s needed and inadvertently, help you learn how to deal with an unexpected pregnancy.
Unexpected pregnancies and financial planning should go hand-in-hand to ensure there are no major hiccups along the way. Think with a clear head, be determined and it should be smoother sailing. Read more
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Mom Twinkle Khanna Shares 5 Funny Things MOST Indian Parents Do!
As Indian parents, we are willing to sacrifice everything for our kids and fight with the world for their happiness. But we also have some nuances and unique habits that make us different from any other kinds of parents in the world! Recently, in her newspaper column, mom and writer Twinkle Khanna shared some honest truths about Indian parents (herself included). While these are super funny, they are also super true!
Twinkle Khanna has been married to Akshay Kumar for over 16 years and is the mother to two children – son Aarav, who is now a teenager, and daughter Nitara who’s a cute little toddler. Over the years, she has become an inspiration for other fellow moms, by working hard on her writing and blogging. Today, she is a bestselling author and blogger renowned for penning stories full of wit and satire. She’s someone who doesn’t hesitate from speaking her mind, and for this, we are sure her husband and kids are very proud.
Recently, one Sunday, Twinkle had a conversation with her young son and his friend, who had come to visit along with his mother. Guess what the kids got on to discussing? Indian parents! During the course of this conversation, several funny things that Indian parents do and say came out in the open…
1. We Think Praising Our Kids too Much Will Give Them ‘Buri Nazar’
Twinkle’s mommy friend, who is also a mom entrepreneur, was talking about US President Donald Trump and how he recently tweeted about his daughter. Trump said that his daughter is a great person, always pushing him to do the right thing. Now, as Indian parents, while we love our kids a lot and accept that they give us the inspiration to be good, we do NOT always say this out loud. And the reason is simple: Nazar lag jaayegi. Check out what the kids feel about this:
“All Indian parents believe that if they say, ‘Oh my son is so smart!’ then from the skies above, nazar with a guidance missile attached will nosedive towards him and shatter his skull. You guys wouldn’t refer to your child as ‘a great person’ because of some ‘evil eye’ business.”
2. We Cannot Seem to Stop Comparing with Other Kids
There is no denying this – we just love to compare our children to other children. And it starts right from the time they are babies. My baby sleeps for longer than yours. My toddler has already started walking; what, the neighbour’s toddler is running?! We mean no harm when we do this; all we want is for our kids to be the best. However, our children tend to feel pressurised if we keep doing this over and over. Twinkle’s son Aarav said:
“Also, if he was Indian then the first thing he would have done would have been to compare his daughter to someone else’s daughter, like maybe wondering why Ivanka can’t be more like Malia Obama. Yes mom, all of you do this. Don’t you say, “Why can’t you be like Abhay? He is so polite!”
3. Our Nicknames for Our Children Are The Most Unique in The World
As Indian parents, naming our baby is a mighty big affair. Twinkle confesses how we “go through Sanskrit tomes, consult astrologers and after grave contemplation decide on an illustrious sounding name for our offspring.” However, “the moment the umbilical cord is cut, the name immediately changes to ‘Aru’ or ‘Pintu’ or something like that!” They sound cute, definitely, but when our kids grow up, they may actually find these less cute and more embarrassing. Her son complained:
“And also Ivanka would be called Ivu! What’s with all the embarrassing nicknames!”
Twinkle agrees that her son’s ‘accusation’ is not entirely unfounded. She calls her son Aru and her friend calls her son Golu! She took up this matter with husband Akshay.
“You know, our son is right about this pet name business too. Look at Akhilesh, such an imperial sounding name but guess what his father calls him, Tipu! I wonder if during their tiff, Mulayam told his son, ‘Arrey Tipu look at Lalu Prasad’s son Tej, that boy knows the meaning of respect, why can’t you be more like him?”
4. We Threaten Our Kids With ‘One Tight Slap’ and a Countdown
As a rough estimate, 8/10 of us parents are guilty of threatening kids with ‘one tight slap’ at least once a week! The slap never happens and we know it’s just a threat. But out it comes when the kids are being unruly or throwing food or refusing to listen. This, and the famous Indian countdown where the kids are supposed to listen to us at the count of 3, are the two most common methods we Indian parents use to discipline our kids. Check out what the kids had to say about our ‘threats’:
“And the threats that you guys keep making, ‘I will give you a tight slap now!’ What does that mean, mom? Otherwise would you give me a loose one, just flapping your hand around my face? And that famous countdown, ‘That’s it, you come here now, or you see what will happen, I am counting, bas 1, 2 and the last one is 3.’
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5. We Seriously Discuss All of The Above with Our Husbands
Well, let’s be honest. Many Indian Dads also follow many of the above ground rules. But they also prefer to just go along with the flow and not give much thought to the parenting style they follow. What matters is that the kids are happy and the rest is up to the mom to handle. Plus, it can be really difficult to extract a proper conversation when they are glued to the television screen! Twinkle also took up the discussion with her husband, as he sat watching TV.
“What do you think your parenting style is? I think it’s authoritative, and sometimes even permissive!”
Akshay was glued to the television screen. He replied, “Meri maa, I can’t think so much right now, it is whatever you give it permission to be!”
Twinkle’s observations about Indian parents are certainly funny, but they are also spot on. She says that as Indians, most of us tend to follow the authoritarian style of parenting. We make children follow the rules unquestioningly. Some of us are permissive parents who let their kids do whatever they want. The ideal parenting style, she feels, is somewhere in between – the authoritative parents.
These are the parents who definitely teach kids to follow rules and be disciplined. But they also explain the reasoning behind the rules and are willing to negotiate a little when setting limits. They use more positive reinforcement as opposed to threats. This style of bringing up kids, and research agrees with this, is the best to ensure that they grow up to become happy and well-adjusted.
So, how many of these funny things do you find yourself doing as well? Come on, tell us the truth in the comments – after all, along with having our own funny habits, Indian parents are also among the most indulgent and loving. We are all doing a great job and these little things only add spice to the journey! Read more
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Q. 22 week pregnant,baby konse month me or din me kitni baar move kartaa he ,pls bataye abhi sirf 2, 3 baar hi hota he
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A. hi
yes it's enough
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A. Hello there ma’am please do not worry about it too much. Please eat iron and calcium rich food items like spinach and pomegranate. You can also take iron rich supplements but only after consulting with your doctor. Please drink Shaadmani Blue fusion green tea which is good in this condition. Also take eggs and chicken and drink chicken soup. Please take lots of green vegetables and dairy products and soaked almonds.
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