One may wonder if his or her parenting style has effectively influenced his or her child’s complete development. 

A child’s holistic development, specifically psychological (emotional and social) and cognitive (intellect) developments, may be affected by numerous factors. These factors may be biological and environmental, which includes culture, family and more significantly parenting styles.

There are FOUR parenting styles namely “authoritative (demanding and responsive)”, “authoritarian (demanding and unresponsive)” and “permissive (responsive but undemanding)”. More recently, uninvolved parenting (unresponsive and undemanding) has been recognized as a fourth style.

Though each parenting style has varying characteristics, it is crucial for the child to receive both nurture and autonomy in order to obtain adequate development. Parenting styles such as authoritative and uninvolved influence a child’s cognitive and psychological development but authoritative parenting is preferred.

A child’s cognitive development is optimum for independence and decision making skills when experiencing positive and maximum parental support. Hence, an authoritative parent is said to be highly involved in a child’s development, offering positive and maximum parental support which encourages the development of a personality. A child reared by the authoritative parenting style exhibits high self-esteem, self control and task persistence.

In regards to a child who has high self-esteem, positive values and beliefs are passed on from the parents because of their high participation in the offspring’s life. For example, the importance of these parental beliefs and positive values are adopted from family discussions and family rules and practices.

Research has shown that children reared by authoritative parents have great academic success because the parents are extremely involved in all aspects of their lives and particularly, their academic achievements. Authoritative parents will praise their children for striving; help them with the difficulties they face in their school work and encourage them to do their best. Children given this positive and maximum parental support believe they have the competence to succeed in life.

The different areas of a child’s development are interconnected thus influencing one another.

Authoritative parents are demanding-have high hopes and expectations for their children.

Children of authoritative parents exhibit low amount of internalizing behavior such as depression and anxiety and externalizing behavior such as antisocial behavior and substance use.

Offspring of these parents are more socially and instrumentally competent than children reared by other parenting styles. Authoritative parents also show interest in their child’s social life. It is important that they know about their child’s whereabouts and the friends he or she keeps. Therefore, the child will be less likely to be antisocial in behavior because of their high autonomy granting. Similarly, it is important to note that though these parents are involved in the child’s social life, they do not dictate the type of friends the child should keep. Instead, they provide good advice and allow the child to make his or her own decision.

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Children of authoritative parents are better equipped to cope with life stresses and less likely to succumb to peer pressure, due to the competencies authoritative parents have instilled, it can be concluded that authoritative parenting has a positive impact on a child’s complete development.

Parenting styles, though not the only influence, wield great effect on a child’s development. Based on the scientific studies, authoritative parenting is preferred because it has the most positive influence on a child’s entire development while uninvolved parenting has the most negative impact.

Did you know that books of laws existed in ancient India too?

The concept of Democracy and republics are often considered as Western imports.

To understand, let’s recollect a known story, Once upon a time there lived a king called raja Bhoj. He found a Throne that belongs Raja Vikramaditya; it was made up of Gold with 32 wooden statues. The king wanted to sit on the throne but he couldn’t, every time he tried, a statue from that 32 came into live and stops him to listen to a story about the glory of the king Vikramaditya. Every statue told a different story but ended with the same question, “ARE YOU WORTHY ENOUGH TO SIT ON THE THRONE OF THE GREAT KING Vikramaditya?” and Raja Bhoj’s answer was, “NO, I AM NOT WORTHY ENOUGH OF SITTING ON THIS THRONE. Finally the statues got impressed by the humility of Raja Bhoj and blessed him and let him sit on that throne.

This story might be familiar for almost all of us. The book of these 32 stories wasn’t just a story book, is a book of guide lines, a book of laws.

Very recently we have celebrated our Republic Day – the day our constitution came into force. Being Indians it is very important to know that books of laws or the constitution existed in ancient India. But many of us are in this misconception that Constitution is a western concept.

Our history infact full of such stories and texts. Centuries ago the concept of Democracy existed in India.

Our honourable Prime minister, Mr.Narendra Modi calls India as the mother of Democracy.

Here I would like to recall the books of laws and constitutions from our ancient India.

Since the Vedic period we had institutions like central Assemblies to check the power of the king. Books like Rigved and Chandogya Upanishad, talks about those rules. Those assemblies are of two, the Samiti, representing the whole tribe and the Sabha, with distinguished members are just like the Upper and the Lower houses of the Parliament of today.

The Mahabharat represents GANA rajya – the meaning of Republic.

We usually think that Grease is the birth place of Democracy. But the Greek records talk about the republics in ancient India.

Be proud being an Indian especially when we are living under the influence of western culture. Let’s educate our young generation about the values of our ancient culture so that they would prefer to settle in Indian rather than flying away from Indian. Let us save our intellectual young generation from falling a pray to western world.

Physical activity is not only essential for healthy growth and development, it’s also important to learning. Increasing physical activity and physical fitness may improve academic performance and that time in the school day dedicated to recess, physical education class, and physical activity in the classroom may also facilitate academic performance.

Although academic performance stems from a complex interaction between intellect and contextual variables, health is a vital moderating factor in a child’s ability to learn. The idea that healthy children learn better is empirically supported and well accepted, and multiple studies have confirmed that health benefits are associated with physical activity, including cardiovascular and muscular fitness, bone health, psychosocial outcomes, and cognitive and brain health. The relationship of physical activity and physical fitness to cognitive and brain health and to academic performance is a proven fact.

Research shows that physical activity – whether it’s team sports, bike riding, swimming at the beach or playground games – has positive effects on the brain and on school performance.

The positive effects of Games or physical activity on the brain:

Physical activity has a direct impact on the behavior and development of the brain. 

The flow of oxygen to the brain is increased

The number of brain neurotransmitters is increased, which assists your ability to focus, concentrate, learn, remember and handle stress

The number of brain-derived neurotrophies is increased, which assures the survival of neurons in areas of the brain that are responsible for learning, memory and higher thinking

Physical activity linked to higher learning grades:

Physical activity has an impact on cognitive skills such as concentration and attention, and it also enhances classroom attitudes and behaviors, all of which are important components of improved academic performance and better language skills. The more physically fit children were not only better at reading, but they were also better at reading passages.

Physical activity has a relationship to parts of the brain that support complex cognitive processes during laboratory tasks. It also showed that physical activity is important for growth, development and general health. Physical activity was also found to boost brain power and academic performance, among other benefits.

Building their cognitive functioning:

Executive function and brain health underlie academic performance. Basic cognitive functions related to attention and memory facilitates learning, and these functions are enhanced by physical activity and higher aerobic fitness.

• Just one session of moderate physical activity instantly boosts kids’ brain function, cognition and academic performance.
• Mastering fundamental movement skills boosts brain power and academic performance.
• Time away from lessons in favour of physical activity doesn’t come at the cost of good grades.

Nurturing their engagement, motivation and psychological well-being:

• Physical activity boosts children’s self-esteem.
• It nurtures relationships with peers, parents and teachers.
• A caring environment that supports autonomy enhances kids’ motivation, their behaviour relating to physical activity and their general well-being.
• Regular and organized physical activity training promotes life skills (interpersonal, self-regulation) and core values like respect and social responsibility.

Supporting a culture of inclusiveness:

Culture- and context-sensitive activities promote social inclusion.