Holistic Child Care is the Art of parenting your child in a complete manner through which you can develop his/her whole personality. Holistic Approach leads to your full involvement in your Childhood which God has returned to you in the shape of your next generation. Now it is time to multiply your achievements through your child. Holistically you can remove all the obstacles/griefs you have face during your childhood. Only your involvement with your children is important.

1. GOOD PARENTING TECHNIQUES
PROF. DR. SHRIKRISHAN SHARMA
DHH, D.A.T,D.M.T,D.N.T, D.E.H
ND, D.A.M.S, D.E.H.M,
M.D (E.H), MD (NM),
Ph.D. (AM), D.Sc.
F.R.H.S, F.R.C.P,
L.M.M.A, R.M.P
HOLISTIC HEALING CENTRE
SDS PUBLIC SCHOOL SECTOR-38C, CHD
Phone:- 0172-4633651, 4672180,
Mob:- 91+9888870216, 9417024267
Email:-hhcchd@gmail.com,
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2. What Parents Can Do
Following are more ideas for developing your child’s concentration skills:
- Play card games, puzzles, and other games with your child which encourage
concentration in a fun and non-threatening way. Listen to audio books in
the car. Limit your child’s “screen” time.
- Relax your schedule. Kids who are overburdened with activities and have no
down-time, never learn to discover their interests, be creative, or dream
about their future.
- Practice good study habits at home. Make sure your child works at his most
productive time of the day, has all the school supplies he needs, has a well-lit
and comfortable place for studying, and takes regular study breaks. If your
student is feeling overwhelmed, help him break big tasks into smaller pieces
or help himorganize his time to help him see that he can get it all done.
- Be involved. Show your child that you care about her by being present at
things that mean a lot to her, and encourage her when she is having
difficulty or when she has worked hard. Help your child find interests,
sports, or hobbies she enjoys. This helps her develop an experience of
focusing her attention while doing something she enjoys.

3. Additionally, students involved in extracurricular activities find that they have to focus
to get their work done efficiently in order to have time to participate in their
extracurricular activities.
- Teach your child that if his mind wanders to something else, he should take a
quick break and refocus his attention to the task at hand.
Sometimes it’s helpful to have a tablet of paper handy to write down things that are
distracting him. This will help clear his mind to focus on what he should be doing, yet
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- One of the best ways to improve concentration is to encourage goal setting.
This helps a student translate her hard work into something tangible and
keeps her motivated to do the things she needs to do but doesn’t necessarily
enjoy. After completing one or two studying tasks, students can reward
themselves by checking their email or texts or anything else they enjoy, before
moving on to the next item.
- Finally, an attitude adjustment is needed to stay focused. Students need to
develop a positive attitude. Anyone can learn to be self-disciplined and
motivated with some effort and a positive attitude.

4. Motivation Boosters:
- Explain to kids why something needs to be done.
- Use goals as motivators. Help children choose their own goals.
- Help your children know that you value them and love them.
- Encouragement works better than harsh demands.
- Children with a high sense of self-esteem are more willing to work hard at
goals.
- Expose your child to a number of different activities over the yyeeaarrss ttoo hheellpp hheerr
discover her hidden talents and interests and help her develop a strong sense
of herself.
- Help kids understand decision-making processes. Help them see possible
consequences from their actions.
- Know what motivates your children. Some kids are motivated by facts, others
are motivated by feelings.
- Have high expectations for your kids. They will often work as hard as they
believe you think they can.

5. Parent Involvement:
Five Principals of Successful Parent Involvement
- Involvement should happen both at the school and at home. When you are at the
school to help, remember that you are there for all the children, not just your own.
- Help students when they ask for help, but never do the work for them. Instead, show
them how to do a similar problemso they can understand the process.
-Be an advocate for your child. If you are concerned about your child’s progress or if you
have other concerns, make an appointment to talk to your child’s teacher.
- Be careful not to complain about everything, but choose your concerns carefully. A
parent who does nothing but complain is often not taken seriously and not an effective
advocate for their children.
- Stay positive. Don’t let your child hear you make negative comments about your child’s
teacher. Never let your child hear you say that you don’t know if she can do it.
- When you are frustrated, it’s best to take a break and have your spouse, an older sibling,
or a family friend help your child for a while.

6. Parent Involvement at School
You know your child--his talents, his weaknesses, and his unique style of
learning--better than anyone else. You are naturally in a position to be a partner
with your child’s teacher in helping your child be successful at school.
Take time to get to know your child’s teacher at the beginning of the year.
Introduce yourself. Make an appointment to meet for a few minutes to talk
about your child’s strengths and weaknesses and ask for suggestions on how you
can help at home. Share your goals with your child’s teacher. Send your child’s
teacher an email. Show appreciation with a card or a note wwhheenn yyoouurr cchhiilldd ccoommeess
home telling you about a fun experience at school.
Join the PTA. Become involved in activities at the school where you will get to
know the staff, the families, the teachers, and your child’s friends.
Volunteer to help in the classroom. Teachers will often ask for volunteers at the
beginning of the year. If possible, use your unique gifts and interests in your
volunteer positions. This will help make the experience more enjoyable for you.
If you are not able to volunteer in the classroom, sign up to go on field trips as a
chaperone whenever your schedule allows. This will provide you with a
wonderful insight on your child’s experience at school and how she interacts
with friends and participates in activities.

7. Parent Involvement at Home
The purpose of homework is to help students learn how to manage their time and projects, and to
help thempractice concepts learned in school.
As parents, we don’t want to undermine the students’ responsibility for their homework, but we
want to be available to them if they are not understanding concepts learned at school or if they
need help learning how to manage their time.
Generally parents are more involved with helping with homework in the younger years, and less
involved as students get older. Your function to help your younger students is to monitor your
child’s understanding, work habits, and to work with the teacher in solving issues that you are
seeing at home. This will sometimes mean extra practice with parents at home. For older
students, parents should be available if your student comes to you for hheellpp,, bbuutt wwoorrkk hhaabbiittss
should be in place by now.
Remember that you are not in control of your child’s homework. They need room to establish
motivation and organization in this area. Sometimes a hovering parent only produces a child who
is unable to function on his own when he is older. It is better to let your child make mistakes, face
the consequences and learn from them when they are younger.
Finally, parents can become involved with their children’s education at home by simply spending
time needed to develop positive relationships together.
Not everything needs to be a learning experience. Have some fun together. Share something you
enjoy. Plan a special evening or weekend together. Take an interest in things that interest your
child.

8. Most of Parent-TeacherConferences
To prepare for the conference, write down your concerns and any concern your child has,
collect any information you need on these issues, think about what some possible
resolutions to these problems may look like. Contact the teacher to arrange an
appointment, Stay positive, briefly explain the purpose of your meeting.
Arrive for the conference on time. Open and close the meeting with positive statements
directed toward the teacher, so she knows that you have intentions of working together,
not against each other.
Listen carefully to what the teacher says and write notes to help yyoouu rreemmeemmbbeerr wwhhaatt wwaass
discussed.
When discussing a problem, be careful not to accuse the teacher of not doing her job.
Discuss the problem in light of how your child is doing or feeling. Once the problem has
been introduced and explained, allow the teacher some time to reflect and give her
thoughts on the issue.
Once an understanding is gained on the problem, discuss possible goals to address the
problemand a time to check back to see if goals are being met.
Express appreciation in meeting with you and follow up with a written thank you and a
synopsis of what was discussed.