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How to make children stop watching TV during exams #Mondaymommymoments
How do you stop children from TV watching during exams?
My answer to this. I don’t stop. My daughter is 4 years 9 Months. Not having too much schoolwork.
Exams are also very laid back. But habits need to be started early.
In our family luckily TV watching is not often.
Both me and my hubby read and a lot. So TV is not an addiction. What we try to do is make study time concentrated, productive and fun. My daughter responds well to a healthy competitive environment. So I tell her to write something beautiful and I will also be doing reading or writing during the same time. The game is to see who gets their work done well first.
This way 3 things happen :
1)Rai learns just getting work done, is not the way.
Quality is important
2)Making it a healthy competition, makes her want to perform her best. Life is competitive. Nothing ever is given on a platter. The competition is rarely fair. Grooming children to learn what is a healthy competition and what’s not prevents a lot of heartaches.
Learning well and doing well both matters.
Since we are doing two different type of work there’s no comparison between us. Rather it’s an attempt to measure her own abilities.
3)When I study with her, she knows learning occurs throughout one’s life. It’s not something you just get over.
TV watching happens as a scheduled activity and as a reward for getting work done. We all learn best by example.
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Protected: Blog Beautiful SEO for mompreneurs blogging journey (part 12)
10 Things I would do if I were a Superwoman
My fondest wish is one day, someone will discover my superpowers.
Like Dumbledore found Harry.
Someone will tell me I have magical powers, I just needed to train.
That it’s suppressed magic, waiting to unfurl.
There is a long list of things I would do.
One post is too short.
But I have to start somewhere.
This weekend,a list of 10 things I would do if I were a Superwoman.
#1 If I were a superwoman I would expect people,to stop polluting the air water and soil.
Tell them to stop noise pollution
Who makes a mess of their own home?
Mother earth is our home.
Don’t make it dirty.
#2 If I were a superwoman I would teach everyone to fly. It’s important to learn basic flying . You can fly at different levels and there’s less traffic.
#3 If I were a superwoman I would put an invisible shield around India, to protect us from terrorist attack.A shield that will work as a boomerang.
#4 If I were a Superwoman I will make all mothers the choice of working from home or from the office.
#5 If I were a superwoman I would make Child abusers and rapists have exemplary punishments . The type of punishment will never allow them or others to repeat the crime.
#6 If I were a superwoman I would tell our PM that we need a ban on, the lack of family planning and population explosion.
If you have 10 kids there’s no way you or the government can help you.
We just don’t have enough cloth to go around.
If I were a superwoman I would zip zap zoom population explosion. Because unmanageable numbers make, poverty, illiteracy, and poor health impossible to tackle.
#7 If I were a superwoman I would want all women, to see through the nonsense and lies people tell. That way they can protect themselves from marrying the riff-raffs and all the heartbreaks that go with it.
#8 If I were a Superwoman I would tell people, that having faith and hope can help you have superpowers too. So never stop believing in yourself and the almighty.
#9 If I were a Superwoman I would tell you the secret to staying young and beautiful forever.
The only way is to keep your heart kind and loving, your soul innocent and your mind forever learning. To read and learn. Always, forever.
#10 If I were a Superwoman I would make chocolates that have zero calories and zero side effects.
It would be jam-packed with deliciousness, vitamins, and probiotics and taste even better.
If I were a superwoman I will tell you the truth, without having a thought about political correctness.
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Thankful Thursday:25 days of Christmas
Thankful Thursdays is one of the best ways to practice thanking the almighty for everything she/he does for us.Why is it important to thank?Thanking is one way of remembering all the good things that happen to us.
When you are thankful, you open yourself up , to endless possibilities of goodness.
It’s Christmas season and what better way to gear up.
The more you say thank you , more chance of Santa being happy with you.
Adults don’t really believe in Santa.But I have found faith and hope to be very powerful.
If you are working hard and praying hard, there’s very little in the world which is unattainable.
For # Thankful Thursdays this week we are writing to show appreciation for all the gadgets/appliances at home, that make our life easier.What are those wonders which make homemaking easier for you?
I am a reluctant house manager.I like doing the pretty chores.Gardening , occasional cooking and decorating are things I enjoy.But washing clothes!My God! It haunted me in Delhi during my PG days.The chill of Delhi winters and cloth washing horrors.
I didn’t have a washing machine back then.
Living in a 1 room in a hostel didn’t have the space for a washing machine.Nor did I earn enough on my stipend to buy one.
I had a kind old woman named Martha who did the rooms and washed clothes. If I was asleep after my night duty and didn’t open my door, she waited.Sitting patiently outside my room on the stairs she waited for me to wake up and give her clothes to wash.I don’t know what I would have done without her.
It’s been 7 years I still remember her.
The first thing I did when we moved to a proper flat.Buy a washing machine.
Easily my favourite home appliance.
I give a silent thank you, every time I load the clothes into the machine.
The Second one
I hardly ever cooked before 2007 April.This is specific because that’s when I moved to Delhi.
Delhi training was more than just my postgraduate degree.It was a housekeeping learning curve.
A very steep curve.I was not yet married.Cooked only the very basic stuff.
Had to get a gas oven to have the occasional Maggi when the canteen downstairs made inedible food.Overall I managed.Just managed.
I got married in 2008.My hubby was a better cookBut I wanted him to be awestruck by my all-round talent.He was not awestruck!But he was kind.He ate all my experimental food .
Plus we had friends over who hated the canteen food so much,that my simple meals made them happy.Getting confident I wanted to buy a microwave with OTG . I bought it finally in 2009 on a 0% EMI through Bajaj finance.
Why do I remember such details?
I remember because then, I had to count my pennies.Save up.Live without small luxuries to get those appliances.But we did it.Plus we enjoyed our life more.
Enjoyed them more ,because they were deeply appreciated .That habit of saving up to buy something special ,is a great one.Most financial fitness gurus like Dave Ramsay will tell you the same thing .It’s called the envelope system .Remember the money saving trick I told you about?That’s saved using this technique.Since these are small denomination currency the Noteban was not a problem.
The 3rd thing that I am thankful for is my Samsung Tablet and wifi .Have to mention them together .Without them I wouldn’t have started blogging.Ever.A 2-year-old would never allow mommy to play alone ,with an interesting toy like a laptop .
If not for my tablet and wi-fi, my story would be different .What are your favourite 3 gadgets at home ?Write a post and Link Up now.
This week our featured winner is Preethi Venugopala.
Preethi Venugopala is a Civil Engineer by education. A writer, avid blogger and artist by passion.
Her debut novel ‘Without You’ which was published by Write India Publishers, attained the coveted #1 position on the best seller list on Amazon, many times and is receiving rave reviews.
Her debut novel ‘Without You’ which was published by Write India Publishers, attained the coveted #1 position on the best seller list on Amazon, many times and is receiving rave reviews.
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Mompreneur’s blogging journey: Why do you blog?(13)
People blog for different reasons.
For some it’s a personal diary .
For some it’s a way to share stories with friends and families, all over the world.
For some it’s a part of their business .
And for some blog is a way to make their dreams come true.
I belong to this last category.
Dreaming is great .The problem comes when you have to chalk out a plan for making the dream a reality .
When I became a doctor it helped me fulfill two dreams at the same time.
One was to help people .
Another was to help my mom and support our family
I could earn from the moment I was an intern.
Knowing my income was not dependant on other people giving me jobs,was a relief.
Blogs have that little magic too.
What and how much you can earn from your blogs depend on what you are willing to do.
If you are in a rut.
Find out your why.
This December I am sharing with you all the ways blogs earn.
What do you do to make your blog earn?
Comment below to let me know.
