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Too much of anything is not good and this also stands true about exposure of Media available today to kids. I have been receiving numerous queries from parents in this regard: What shall be the permissible limit to play video games? To which extent shall we allow our kids to watch TV How to differentiate their viewing of educational videos from entertainment videos?   Good part about this problem is that parents at least started realizing that problem exists. Let's  discuss how to address this issue. Rules for TV watching: 1. Separate Viewing from Chewing: If you allow your child to watch television while eating meal, it might make your child become heavily dependent upon it. Research shows that the particular combination of eating while watching something is a strong motivator to get your kids hooked to TV. 2. Decide What is allowed to be watched: Children can easily hook upon a movie or a TV series that aren't meant for them. This is why it is

Parents usually understand the need of praising child. But most of them don’t have much idea about the effective manner, timing and frequency of praising chid.  Studies and literature also have different opinion about this.  Some experts recommend that we shall praise freely and lavishly, on the other hand few warn not to overdo the applause. Both of the opinions seem correct as experts have strong premise to prove their argument. First set of experts says it’s very important to praise children as it;  encourages them to improve keeps them     motivated boosts their self esteem and confidence helps get right behaviour repeated   Second set of experts warn not to praise too much because; child will find it difficult to judge his/her work accurately the more praise children receive, the more they rely on adult evaluations instead of forming their own judgments they afraid to take risks and try new things for fear of not always being on top. it can also lead t