I still remember one day, eleven years ago when my daughter’s preschool was closed and she spent day at home with me. I entered my daughter’s room and got horrified. Cute little Sofia was sitting in the middle of the chaos. All her toys were on the floor, the clothes from the closet were all over the room, on the bed, on the chair, even on the bookshelf. A few stuffed animas were in the sink full of water and Sofia was drawing pictures with my lipstick. It was the last straw! I was determined to change my daughter’s attitude.

I assigned to her task to do in her own room and around the house. With my persistence and her understanding things have changed and now she is the neatest person I have ever seen. She is helping me a lot around the house. What I especially liked is that she really enjoys keeping our house clean!

Children have to know their responsibilities from early. When they are two or three years old they can start putting their toys in the bin and feed the pet. At four and five: they can make their bed and put their clothes in the pile in the closet. At six and seven: help with dishes and keep their room tidy. The more moms will spend time in helping their children to understand the responsibilities around the house more mature and independent the child will be in the future. So be patient ages and you will love the result!

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The more I am watching TV the more I feel responsible for my child. It is scientifically proven that media affects our kid’s physical health. It causes eating disorders, attention deficit, addictive behavior and obesity. An anorexic fashion models distort a sense of normal body image. A sexual content shows provoke children to start sexual life earlier. Violence in the movies leads to increasing levels of aggression.  An addictive behavior like drinking, smoking, drugs and gambling have a direct correlation with onset life.

Marketers consciously advertise products in the entertainment to foster brand awareness with young children so when they grow up, they’ll gravitate to the branded products. We want our kids to have a healthy social life and do well in school. We want them to have good values and behavior. We have to help our children to understand what is right and what is wrong. Parents have to develop responsible and appropriate relationship towards media.  We should control the TV time for our children and pick the age-appropriate media. It is important to be aware of Internet and game addiction. This may lead to loss of sleep and social isolation.

We should care about all these things because children are not mature individuals. They learn by exploring the world, parent’s behavior and media. I truly believe that the parents should be a role model for their children and can set a good example by their behavior. I understand that it is not always easy but at least we should try to do our best for the most important people in our life – our children.

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My daughter started to read books when she was in preschool.  She used to read easy books by herself. My husband and I started to read more advanced books before she went to bed. Despite our efforts to teach her, we felt very said when we found out that our daughter didn’t show great interest in reading. She said that the books that she could read were boring. She would preferred to listen to interesting stories instead of reading by herself.

One day I was browsing around in a bookstore and my eyes stopped on the Junie B. Jones book series. These are stories about a funny girl who grew from kindergarten to first grade. The language of these books was easy and the stories were interesting. As you guessed, I bought these books. My daughter loved them! She could relate to the stories, that were happening with Junnie B. She told me that she and Junie have the same life experience. Now she loves to read. It is important to find books in which your child can feel a relationship with the story. 

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