Be A Stress buster for your child .

Stress in children? Yes, stress is not only common in adults but affects children as well. Gloominess, bed wetting, stubbornness, upset stomach, quietness, loss of appetite, irritability, nightmares, clinginess, unwillingness to do anything all of these can possibly be the outcome of stress in your child. Stress in children can be due to various reasons change in home, in school, in teacher; unhealthy home atmosphere; birth of a sibling; bullying at school; death of a pet; inability to cope with education and many more.

Parents should understand that changes, big or small, can disturb the emotional balance of the child. Conditions, slightly or acutely adverse, can have a major impact on the child's mental health. Having understood the effects of stress and accepting the fact that your child can also be stressed, parents need to know how they can avoid being stress givers and how they can be stress busters.

Pressurizing children to perform, academically or in sports or in any talent, is a big no no. Set realistic expectations from your child without making success or failure the deciding factor of your relationship with him. Create a loving atmosphere at home. Try to spend some relaxing moments with your child everyday by reading books or playing games or cracking jokes.

Most important is to give freedom to express to your child. Let him express his emotions, his fears. Talking his heart out to his parents will relieve your child.
And with this kind of open communication, you'll know how you can be of help to your child. Give your child time and guidance to handle changes in life. Assure him it is alright to feel low sometimes but at the same time one has to move on. Acceptance and assurance of parents is the biggest encouragement to the child.

Enhance your child's self worth. Encourage, appreciate and love your child. Give him opportunities to succeed and know his worth. Give him the space to think for himself independently and feel in control of his life.

With this kind of a relationship with your child and a strong support system, your child will be able to handle stress in his life with ease. Gradually, he will start taking less stress and become emotionally strong. And that will surely relieve you of stress!

So go, have a friendly football match with your child and kick out the stress out of his and yours life.

About The Principal
Mrs. Sudha Gupta is an educationist par excellence and a visionary with a difference. Her expansive vision encompasses children, parents, teachers and the society as a whole. ‘To create a better world' is precisely how she explains her vision.

She has done extensive work in the field of education for the past 11 years. As the chairperson of 15 branches strong chain of preschools known as Mother's Pride, she has propagated the concept of holistic education that focuses on overall development of children namely academics, life skills and talents. To bring the concept of holistic education to formal education, she established Presidium with a unique vision of ‘Be what you want to be'.

Being a renowned educationist herself, she knew that only happy and motivated teachers could make her vision a reality. This led to the conception of ‘The Knowledge Tree', an academy which imparts new age expertise and skills required in teaching and school management. ‘Leaders in education' and not teachers is what she aims to produce.

Sudha Gupta is also one of the nation's most sought after parenting expert. As the chairperson of Mother's Pride chain of pre-nursery schools and Principal of Presidium Senior Secondary School, Sudha Gupta uses her 11 years of experience of dealing with parents and children to pen down some inspiring tips of positive parenting. She has conducted research on thousands of children and parents to reach some very effective methods of parenting. Sudha Gupta has written more than 1000 articles on the subject of parenting in leading newspapers and magazines like Times of India, Hindustan Times, India Today and Femina. She has authored several books on early childhood education and parenting, Celebrate Childhood and Jingling Rhymes to name a few. Her seminars, publications, T.V. and radio programs on parenting have transformed thousands of parents of Mother's Pride and Presidium, her staff of more than a thousand members and over a million of readers and listeners.

Mrs. Sudha Gupta plays another role with aplomb, that of a humanitarian through the NGO Sparsh. The NGO has so far touched the lives of millions of children, the elderly and women who have been victim of life and circumstance. Her next dream is to create a school for mentally challenged children as soon as possible.

Mrs. Sudha Gupta's work speaks louder than her words but it is an inspiration for everyone when she says ‘I want to leave this world a little better than I found it'.