How to avoid tantrums in young children??

1.Keeping consistent, and having a routine and structure will be huge in keeping your little one free from tantrums.

2.Do the best to keep rules in the positive form "walk please" instead of "no running" for example. And try to keep the consequences as fair and relateable to the offense as possible.

3.Stay consistent with naps and bedtime. A child who is over tired or off of a schedule will likely melt down.

4.Give 2 choices-both ones that you are comfortable with-so that your young child can feel like they have some independence and ability to choose. They like to assert their freedom and this lets them do that in a controlled way.

5.Stay calm and patient as they will feed off of you. If you do not give the behavior any attention they will stop. And you need to set a good example as to how to handle feelings of anger, frustration, etc.

6.Explain why to things as often as you can and in a kind-friendly way. Kids like to be treated with respect and appreciate understanding why.

7.Reward and praise the behavior you do what so that they will be more inclined to repeat it then drift off to the negative behavior just to get your attention. And of course try to avoid situations where you know things could be an issue.

Thought for the week!! (18th March 2009)

In the global marketplace of tomorrow, the successful company will be known for the quality of the employee that it keeps rather than the numbers of workers who are laid-off.
Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself.
It's no longer about the big beating the small; it's about the fast beating the slow.
Problems cannot be solved by thinking within the framework in which they were created.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be ignited.
The only thing that does not change is that everything changes.
Anger is only one letter short of danger.
The discipline of writing something down is the first step towards making it happen.
He who does not ask a question learns nothing.

Ways to save money !!

Buy prepackaged only if you need it.
Use sales and coupons.
Don't try to compare yourself to your friends and neighbors.
Contribute the maximum each year to your 401K or to an IRA.
Lower your cable bill by ending pay channels or switching to satellite.
Avoid credit cards with annual fee.
Cook at home often.
Go grocery shopping while you are in a hurry.
Buy in bulk whenever possible.
Bottle your own water.
Avoid the vending machine.
Plan vacations ahead of time.

Thought for the week!! (Presidents day special)

John F. Kennedy

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.
The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.
Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

Abraham Lincoln

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.
He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

Valentines Day Special !!

When love is not madness, it is not love.
Loving is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction.
Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.
A man is not where he lives, but where he loves.
Love is missing someone whenever you're apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you're close in heart.
Love is the silent saying and saying of a single name.
Love puts the fun in together, the sad in apart, and the joy in a heart.
Love is the poetry of the senses.
Love is the greatest refreshment in life.
Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds.
If you love someone, let them go. If they return to you, it was meant to be. If they don't, their love was never yours to begin with...

Don't worry, Be happy

They can because they think they can.

I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure--which is:
Try to please everybody.

Impatience never commanded success.

Present fears are less than horrible imaginings.

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

Enjoy the present day, as distrusting that which is to follow.

There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.

Take care of the minutes and the hours will take care of themselves.

Ways to Boost your Brain Power

1. Embrace ambiguity. Learn to enjoy things like paradoxes(A statement contrary to received opinion) and optical illusions.
2. Learn mind mapping(A mind map is a graphical way to represent ideas and concepts. It is a visual thinking tool that helps structuring information, helping you to better analyze, comprehend, synthesize, recall and generate new ideas).
3. Block one or more senses. Eat blindfolded, wear earplugs, shower with your eyes closed.
4. Find intersections between seemingly unrelated topics.
5. Reverse your assumptions.
6. Learn creativity techniques.
7. Go beyond the first, ‘right’ answer.
8. Turn pictures or the desktop wallpaper upside down.
9. Drink lots of water.
10. Vary activities. Get a hobby.
11. Laugh!
12. Go technology-less.
13. Be childish!
14. Learn a foreign language.
15. Learn a musical instrument.
16. Study how the brain works.
17. Deliver more than what’s expected.
18. Challenge yourself.
19. Debate! Defend an argument. Try taking the opposite side, too.
20. Change the media you’re working on. Use paper instead of the computer; voice recording instead of writing.