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Invoking Batman name promotes healthy eating

Invoking super heroes such as Batman or Superman could help parents get their children to eat healthy, says a study.

Playschool teaching methodologies

It is not all play at a Playschool. Progressive education, Montessori system, multiple intelligence, Playway method, holistic learning - the terminology is bound to boggle the mind, especially when you consider that all this jargon is used in the context of preschool education.

Understanding child's fascination with the bizarre

Dinosaurs, fanged robots, icky slime, movies about vampires and zombies, morbid blood-oozing stories or the gross toilet humour - why can't children fancy the more simple, pleasant stuff around us?

How Olympics can benefit your child

The countdown is on and there's less than a fortnight to go before the London 2012 Olympics. It is important then to encourage kids to get excited about the Olympics.

Perfect posture for a painless future

The best lessons are learnt in retrospect, especially when the consequences are painful! Maintaining a perfect posture is one of those lessons driven home soundly, albeit a little late, by the neck and shoulder spasms we suffer in adulthood.

Students turn samaritans

College kids to distribute food and clothes to underprivileged kids in the city as part of their annual festival.

How to fight childhood obesity

As far as children go, round is in and healthy - even in their teens! This is one dangerous myth that needs to be busted urgently - fat accumulation is a potential health hazard.

Parents’ pyjama party at school

Bangalore schools may have recently issued a diktat to parents against dressing in night clothes while dropping off their kids, but mamas and papas in Delhi continue to have a pyjama party at the gates every morning.

Swimming etiquette: Unwritten rules of a public pool

There would be few among us who have not been victims of the public pool, at the receiving end of pool atrocities by overstimulated kids and frazzled parents. Unfortunately, manners often go right out the window in public spaces like the pool.

Make a date to play

This is not the kind of 'date' we knew about when we were growing up, but it is something we find ourselves indulging in a lot now! We're talking about a playdate - when parents of children as young as 2 to 6 years, schedule a time with other parents, to get their children together for a few hours to play.

Reliving the good ol’ days

Several celebrity ex-students of Hindu College attended the Annual Hostel Meet held by the college recently.

Understanding food safety

Do we need to fear our food?  After reading about hormonal additives in milk, antibiotics in meats, irradiated food and other similar reports on food contamination - unfortunately the answer to that question is yes.

Relieve the stress of managing after school activities

Enthusiastic and encouraging parents that we are, we enrol our children in hobbyclasses the instant they show an aptitude in a field. Or sometimes we enrol them hoping they'll show some aptitude.

Here's how to choose the best preschool for your kid

Preschool - sounds like a big scary word, especially when you havejust about mastered the challenges of infancy and got used to the quirks of toddlers!

Parents have little idea what teens do online, says study

A new US survey of more than 1,000 teenagers (13-17) and 1,000 parents of teenagers by online security company Mcafee has highlighted the discrepancies between what parents think about their teenagers' use of the internet, what is really going on, and what each group is doing to outsmart the other.
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