How careful you are before children

Children arevery adept listeners and imitators. They learn and imitate what they see andhear in the environment they dwell in. So in today's high tech, internet savvyworld, it's very important for parents to be a little careful about what to sayand share in front of the tiny tots. Our little kiddos are very prompt inrepeating and memorising whatever different they might hear apart from theusual conversational scenario. They promptly catch words and phrases and laterkeeps on chattering and repeating those.

I have heard alot of hilarious stories from my fellow moms about how the little onesembarrassed them, as they said things that they shouldn't in front offamily/friends gatherings. A large chunk of people also misunderstood thatthose embarrassing things were being taught by the parents themselves but, thepoor parents, had no clue regarding those.

It's veryimportant for us as parents, to monitor and control what content the childrenare watching on screen and also are they learning unsuitable words frominternet usage and exposure? As digital screens and the internet are ourconstant stress busters and an important part of our lives. This control isimportant though it might seem tough at the beginning.

We must alsotalk to the children about their peers and the people they are connected to, incase we hear certain inappropriate words in their mouths. We must try to findthe source of those, if any and strive to lessen it's impact on the youngminds. Sometimes it might come from our own homes itself. So it's important forparents to be mindful about the kind of discussion we do and languages we usewhen our children are around.

Children arequite playful and their minds are constantly curious. Sometimes they might pickup words which are improper according to their age. Though these might soundfunny in their blabbering voices, but it's our responsibility to correct themimmediately, so that the perfection remain etched in their memories. In manysituations, the children might come up to us with words which are inappropriateand they might want to know their meanings. So instead of avoiding thediscussion we must explain to them politely without aggravating anger.

We as parentsare always paradoxical. We are tackling our own monsters professionally andmentally and the responsibility of children becomes another mammoth task. Butwe must remember that "Your future is in your hands, you just have toplant the right seeds" (adapted). So a proper nurturing is required to sowproper seeds of intelligence and insightfulness into the minds of our futuregenerations.

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