Everybody knows the value of a school, but many a times, parents who themselves desired to study in a good school, but couldn?t don?t want their child to miss out on good opportunities that come their way. How likely of parents. But alas! Schools don?t seem to think along those lines at all. Schools open their wholesale trade of forms not knowing what they?re going to get but make sure the process is filtered with their own whims and fancies mixed with a few rules.

Spelt out, the rules for the Indian Nursery System are full of points. A school was said to have given a prospective student 10 points for being a girl child, 20 points for having a sibling in the same school already, and ten points for choosing to apply at a neighbourhood school, and 20 points for a parent being an alumni. Infact the DOE has also given schools an upper hand to add on to some more points provided the DoE was intimated. Parents feel, the confusion over the point system is an addition to the existing chaos.

Anxious parents ponder over an uncertain future with the points system that no one knows whether a school even considers seriously when a child is selected. That does sound like a valid point! Do schools make rules to eventually break them? ?What does a parent?s education have to do with a child scoring a few points? asked a parent who didn?t have the backing of an IIT or an IIM, but wanted his child to study in a good school- something that he couldn?t get in his lifetime!

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Violent Video Game Effects on Children and Adolescents is an indispensable tool for parents and professionals who want to have important knowledge to make wise decisions about video game use in the lives of children and teens. One of the most exasperating challenges about trying to communicate about the negative effects of violent video games is that well-intentioned adults often say, “But the verdict is not in yet on whether violent video game play is all that harmful.

Video games are too new to have acquired any compelling data.” Anderson, Gentile, and Buckley comprehensively slice through this, and other inaccurate and misleading arguments, that have been used to prevent parents, professionals, and policy-makers to deal productively with this critical issue.

Divided into three parts, the book can be picked up at any juncture to enlighten the reader on the complexities of interpreting the research and in understanding violent video game play in the context of bio-social and developmental factors.

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One of the greatest things you can achieve in life is a family. Having a happy family including children then you can call yourself a happy man. But having a family is not the only thing you need to strive for in life, because even if you are lucky to have them, you are in charge of their well-being. And for this you need to have the resources to provide a certain lifestyle.

But where do those resources come from? The first thing anyone would say is a steady job with a decent salary. But when you look at the solution you have chosen, are you aware that a decent salary provides a mediocre lifestyle? Can you honestly declare that you would rather want your children to live a mediocre life, when financial freedom is within their grasp? Sure, any job is a great way for your child to start on the journey of life, because it can help him grow personally and professionally.

But the main ingredient that helps your children achieve their financial goals and freedom lies in the parenting education that you offer them. And by education I don’t mean teaching them to giving a sit in a bus for an older person. Teaching children the financial aspects of life does not have a minimal age. There is no such thing as too soon for your children to know how to manage their money.

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There is no parenting handbook (and don’t you WISH there is a parenting guide for each born kid!). Nobody knows the right way to parent a kid. In fact, there are no set guidelines for being the best parent ever. What works for you may not work for me.

There is a common parenting joke abut how the first child is always the ‘test child’, meaning that parents try out everything they know about parenting and learn what works and what does not work. (No wonder the first child is often the most rebellious) This is probably very true. Most of parenting is all abut learning as you go.

There are sources of parenting education though that can help you learn the basics. They can give you advice and things to try out. They will help you confront common problems and learn how to deal with things every parent deals with. Parenting education is a great resource to use.

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