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SUICIDE AMONG CHILDREN IN NEPAL

Childhood is considered as the most beautiful phase of life. With bundles of curiosity in the expanding tender mind, every little things around you appear amusing and fascinating during childhood. But as children step into the teen phase of their life, they start experiencing lots of changes (physical, intellectual, personality and social). Along with theseContinue reading “SUICIDE AMONG CHILDREN IN NEPAL”

PREVENTING CHILD ABUSE: THE ROLE OF TEACHERS

Parents want to be convinced that their kids are safe and they are capable enough to protect them from any heinous situation. But it’s almost impossible for them to keep an eye on their children all the time. Safety of a child is not just an individual concern. The responsibility of protecting children from maltreatmentContinue reading “PREVENTING CHILD ABUSE: THE ROLE OF TEACHERS”

Kashinath Joshi: Sacrificed All The Comfort to Serve His Nation

Nothing is more inspiring and greater than someone who step out of their comfort to make life comfortable for others. Serving as a Yoga Teacher at AIU University in Australia for five years and living a joyful life with his family, Kashinath Joshi never lost his connection with his motherland and his people. This deepContinue reading “Kashinath Joshi: Sacrificed All The Comfort to Serve His Nation”

PREVENTING CHILD ABUSE: THE ROLE OF PARENTS

Child sexual abuse is the most shameful social evil that ever existed. Children who fall victim of abuse may have to live with the burden of harsh consequences throughout the life. The ratio of children getting abused is frightening. Several studies have shown that 1 in 5 children fall victim of child sexual abuse. WhichContinue reading “PREVENTING CHILD ABUSE: THE ROLE OF PARENTS”

STOP COMPARING YOUR KIDS

Every parents want to see their kid performing well. In order to excel the performance of the kids parent compare them to the counterparts who is already and comparatively performing well. Parents are still living with the dogma that the comparing is the right way to encourage the kids to enhance the quality of outputContinue reading “STOP COMPARING YOUR KIDS”

PROBLEMATIC SEXUAL BEHAVIORS IN CHILDREN

We often see some children using sexual slang words excessively or are involved in sexual activities like repeatedly exposing their private body parts, inserting objects in sexual organs etc., which we find quite unusual, inappropriate, rare and regardless of their age, can be the common traits of problematic sexual behaviors. If not addressed seriously itContinue reading “PROBLEMATIC SEXUAL BEHAVIORS IN CHILDREN”

A TIME TO GROW: GARDENING DURING LOCK-DOWN

This period of lock-down due to covid-19 global pandemic has become very chaotic situation for the parents. Parents are worried about the future of their kids. Most of the children are unable to attend their regular school. They are stuck in their home and unfortunately lots of them don’t have proper access to the onlineContinue reading “A TIME TO GROW: GARDENING DURING LOCK-DOWN”

IMPACT OF THE PROBLEMATIC SMART PHONE USE ON THE CHILDREN DURING LOCKDOWN

Nowadays, most of the children have easy access to smart phones or they have their own personal screen devices. The average time spent by the children (7 years- 16 years ) using mobile phones or personal computers is more than 2 hours a day, in general. Due to the lock down the duration of useContinue reading “IMPACT OF THE PROBLEMATIC SMART PHONE USE ON THE CHILDREN DURING LOCKDOWN”

PARENTING KIDS DURING LOCK-DOWN

Jeena Shrestha Corona virus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered strain from corona virus family  which was first identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and rapidly spread all over the world as a pandemic. The most common symptoms are: fever, cough, and shortness of breath or breathing difficulties. InContinue reading “PARENTING KIDS DURING LOCK-DOWN”