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Behaviour-management strategies include praise to increase positive behaviour and negative consequences like timeouts for being bad. (Photo: Pixabay)

Parenting strategies to reduce disruptive behaviour in children

Most parenting programs aim to teach parents how to reduce their children's disruptive behaviour.

20 March 2018 7:24 PM IST

Empathising with children doesnt mean that parents should let them do whatever they want, but rather understand their emotions. (Photo: Pixabay)

Creating 'there for you' feeling in kids matters: Psychologist

Please remember that your child is trying his best to tackle situations created by people around him.

16 March 2018 7:26 PM IST

Children who received music lessons showed improved language-based reasoning and the ability to plan, organize. (Photo: Pixabay)

Not just mend, music can build bridges too!

Important for parents to note is that shared musical experiences with their children don't have to be complicated.

2 May 2018 5:07 PM IST

Parents of shy children need to be especially thoughtful about how they express conflict. (Photo: Pixabay)

Parental conflict affects children's mental health

Helping children get the message that, even when they argue, parents care about each other and can work things out is...

28 March 2018 5:42 PM IST

Music education has been decimated in schools around the globe, due to competition with academic subjects and an increasing lack of funding. (Pixabay)

Music lessons may boost your kid's grades: study

Music education has been decimated in schools around the globe, due to competition with academic subject.

28 March 2018 5:31 PM IST

More than 77 percent of the individuals with disabilities in the study lived with their parents. (Photo: Pixabay)

Less educated, new parents are at high risk

Peripartum mood disorders can persist for one year or more after childbirth.

5 May 2018 6:13 PM IST

Adolescents still shy away from seeking sex-related guidance

Parents were less likely to report discussing sex if the teen was younger or if the parent's ethnicity was anything...

5 May 2018 3:15 PM IST

The stepped-up measures follow an outdoor concert in Cairo on September 22 by Lebanese band Mashrou Leila, when the flag representing the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community was raised.(Photo: AP/Representational)

Reason why some transgender teens delay hormone therapy

Few transgender teens and parents are willing to delay hormone therapy to preserve biological fertility.

5 May 2018 1:54 PM IST

Effective parenting during adolescence was associated with a lower risk of violence in young adult relationships. (Photo: Pixabay)

Parental support can do wonders for career success

Parental assistance could help or hinder young people, depending on the nature of the assistance.

3 May 2018 3:49 PM IST

Far from hindering young maths pupils, these little magic boxes actually aid them with their arithmetic skills. (Photo: Pixabay)

Parents feel maths toughest subject for kids, not taught well in...

82 per cent parents believe some children have a "natural flair" for Mathematics while it is difficult for others.

12 Jun 2018 6:40 PM IST

Workplace cheating is a real and troublesome phenomenon. (Photo: Pixabay)

How working parents can balance professional-personal life

Solutions could involve allowing greater flexibility in the workplace or in providing paid family leave and access to...

21 Jun 2018 6:22 PM IST

With the worlds largest youth population, the second largest online population and number of smartphone users; India is touted to emerge as a leader in the mobile gaming arena. (Photo: Pixabay)

Attention! Your screen time is affecting your health

Surveys included sleep characteristics: two insomnia symptoms, habitual weeknight sleep duration; and depressive...

5 Jun 2018 6:55 PM IST