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Suneel's Blog Suneel Vatsyayan Namaste and welcome to my blog! I am Founder & Chairman of Nada India Foundation. I work as Consultant ,Trainer & Relationship and Rehabilitation Counselor. I come from India and I am very interested in NGO sector, culture ,interactive media and Society. Social Media And Best Interest Of The Child Category:   Alcohol Culture ,  Marketing ,  Policy ,  Youth What kind of social defence do we have for the social media? It socializes and influences to an increasingly greater extent. And its impact seems to become bigger compared to “real life” social relations. It seems impossible for parents and teachers to monitor their children online. I was watching a  televised debate  on National Television DD News this week about a  news story  published in a Daily news paper:  “Close Facebook accounts now, Bangalore school tells its kids”.  It was interesting to see how the decisi...

By Jann Blackstone McClatchy-Tribune News Service Published:  September 21, 2013 Q: I moved out of the house five months ago and in with a woman because I couldn’t afford a place by myself. We were not together — I needed a roommate after I separated and I wanted to be close to the kids, ages 12 and 13. Now we are in love, and the kids seem to like her, but their mother tells me they are very upset, and my ex is sabotaging both my relationship with the kids and my new girlfriend’s relationship with them. I think they need counseling, but their mother won’t bring them. I can’t believe how selfish she is being! What do you think? Answer: I love it when parents who act stupid tell me their kids are screwed up and need counseling. My answer is always the same — YOU get counseling first and then see if your kids seem so screwed up...... http://tbo.com/health/parents-may-need-counseling-more-than-kids-20130921/

Enter the Helicopter parent   Parents these days want t o control every aspect of a child?s life ? from friendships and hobbies to job interviews ? stifling his ability to make decisions Veenu Sandhu / New Delhi Sep 08, 2012, 00:18 IST ........The extent of helicopter parenting may vary from mild to extreme but it often proves to be counterproductive, say counsellors and child psychologists. For example, when a class of eight-year-olds from Delhi went on a picnic, the parents of one child followed the bus in their car. They may have done this simply out of extreme concern for their child, given that newspapers are flooded with reports of accidents during school trips. To the child, however, this sends out a different message — that his parents perhaps do not trust him and this exposes him to the mockery of his peers. Some children, say psychologists, might also feel reassured that their parents are always there for them. Such messages take root and the child does...

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Today's Paper » FEATURES » METRO PLUS Published: August 11, 2012 00:00 IST | Updated: August 11, 2012 05:08 IST A new approach to life Health An alternate therapy to kick your old habits that die hard It started with just one or two a day and now I can’t live without it. It relieves my stress and makes my mind alert. How often do we hear people say this when asked to quit smoking or any other addictive habit? For a few, what started off casually as a stress buster grips them so gradually that they don’t realise they are getting addicted. Many people desperately wish to release themselves from a toxic practice, whether it is alcoholism, drug abuse, sexual addiction, negative thinking, insomnia or depression. To address multiple issues on how to overcome numerous toxic habits, the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA) protocol in association with 7-Radiations-SATCH (Sanctum of Alternate Therapies and Conscious Healing)...