“What to Do????????????’

HI. ALL…

YOU MUST BE FACING THIS THOUGHT PROVOKING BUT SOUNDING, CLICHED, QUESTION UMPTEEN TIMES FROM YOUR TODDLERS. SPECIFICALLY, DURING SUMMER BREAK.

“WHAT TO DO, AT HOUSE?????” BECOMES USUAL REFRAININ POINT FOR CHILDREN TO GO AWAY FROM MORE DEMANDING ASK AND TO RUN AWAY, PLAYING WITH HIS/HER PEER GROUPS. THAT’S FAIR ENOUGH & THAT SHOULD BE LIKE THAT, ONLY. AS OUR KIDS HAD PUT UP LOT OF EFFORTS, AFTER 10 MONTHS OF HARD DRILL DURING VARIOUS ACTIVITIES INCLUDING EDUCATIONAL CHORES. SO, IT’S TIME FOR THEM, TO RELAX & IT SHOULD BE PLANNED LIKE THAT, TAKING THEIR CONSENT. BUT DUE TO OUR PRE-OCCUPIED MINDSET OF “ONE UPMANSHIP” AMONG OUR PEERS, NOT TO BE LEFT BEHIND AND ALL SORTS OF REASONS, WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO INFLUENCE CHILD’S DECISION IN SELECTING THEIR SUMMER ACTITIVITES. I MEAN THAT WE PUT THE IDEAS INTO THE CHILD’S MINDS THAT HE/SHE HAS TO SELECT FEW OF THE SUMMER ACTIVITIES & THEY CAN’T SIT IDLE / PLAY AT HOMES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SUMMER VACATION. IF THEY CHOSE THAT THEN IT’S NOT “GOOD”. AND, FINALLY WE END UP IN A SITUATION, WHEREBY CHILD IS RELUCTANTLY FORCED TO JOIN ACTIVITIES, IN WHICH HE/SHE IS SEROUSALLY INTERETSED AT THAT AGE. AND, THAT CAN CREATE VERY SORRY SITUATION, WHEREBY “WHEEPING” CHILDREN ARE DRAGGED EVERYDAY TO ATTEND THOSE ACTIVITIES.

NOW, WHAT WE, AS A PARENTS, HAVE GAINED. NOTHING.  SIMPLY, BIG NOTHING.

NOW, THAT’S NOT FAIR. LET THEM DECIDE. EVEN IF THEY SELECT TO SIT OUT ENTIRE VACATION AT RESIDENCE, PLAYING WITH LOCAL PEER GROUPS. THEN IT MAY ALSO BE A GOOD LEARNING EXPERIENCE. IT’S UPTO US TO MAKE IT LIKE THAT, WITH INNOVATIVE INTERACTIVE “LOCAL & OLD” GAMES LIKE 1 MINUTE ACTIVITIY / HOUSIE / OTHERS.