Grooming your kids during the pandemic

Everybody seems to be living in a very restrictive zone. Kids though not more but equivalently feel stressed out.

Kids are the future of our economy and its crucial to handle their curiosity with the utmost care. Nurturing them in the right direction is the foremost responsibility of parents. The current pandemic situation is going to take a long time to recover and leading a normal life as before seems to be tardy.

Useful tips to create a strong bond with your kids

1. Talk to them clearly about the pandemic and what is going around
2. Address your child’s fear and provide them assurance when needed
3. Provide them extra love and care along with some extra choices
4. Don’t be very strict, in-fact be a problem solver together
5. Use positive discipline instead of punishment

The above-mentioned points highlight how to keep your child happy by implementing a positive attitude at home and hence a healthy family environment for everyone. But besides these, it’s very crucial to keep your child engaged in some kind of productive activity for the whole day. Below am trying to jot down some ideas as to how it can be done.

Set a healthy daily routine for the whole day

Children of all ages prefer a timely daily schedule of when and what needs to be done. This reduces boredom in children and results in productive outcomes. Set a sleep-wake to upcycle for every day. Set a specific time for breakfast, lunch, and dinner along with school work and active play. Older kids can help with household chores as well. Never forget your family time and some reading before bed.

Create a healthy learning environment at home

Currently, all the schools are closed and virtual classes are on the limelight. Attending virtual classes may not be that effective and children may lose interest in it very soon. In such a scenario it’s very important that we come forward to help our child in studies. Prepare some small assignments relating to their lessons and clear their doubts relating to studies. Set a specific time for studies besides virtual classes and if possible be with them during this time.

Engage them in indoor activities

Besides studies its very essential to engage our kids in some indoor activities. Involve your kid in some kind of puzzles or craft activity if they like so. Board games such as scrabble, carrom, monopoly are also some interesting options to be looked at.

This stay at home thing has reduced the physical activity and outdoor playing of kids to a minimum. Yoga and exercise are also an option to be considered. Older kids can help in some household work.

Keep in touch with your love ones

Visiting anyone’s place be it family or friend is impossible. We should try to maintain contact with everyone and encourage kids to talk with family members over phone. Allow children to talk to their friends as well. Do arrange for some video calls with friends and family. We can also look for some fun activities which the kids can do with their friends by staying virtually connected.

Upscaling the hobbies

This is the right time to divert some of the kid’s time towards their hobbies and interest. Singing, dancing, drawing, painting, playing musical instrument etc. You can enroll your kid in some online courses be it related to their studies or just for the sake of grooming their knowledge. Like online computer classes or learning some new language or even some art related courses.

Lastly to conclude, would like to say that, we can try to make this pandemic as a memorable period for your children. Make it a fun-filled pandemic. In our normal day to day life we get so busy that we don’t get time for kids and family. Consider this as an opportunity to cherish it for life long and enjoy some family time daily. Don’t restrict your child, and be liberal to them especially during this tuff time.

Let the beautiful butterfly come out of the cocoon.

Sruti Agrawal