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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is ensuring her kids grow up as grounded individuals so that she never has to turn around and think they are spoilt and arrogant. iTALK tells you what it takes to be a good parent

To a query on the extensive involvement of her kids in political campaigns, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, in a

television interview said, "I don't want them to suddenly grow up, when they're 14-15 and be intimidated or to suddenly think that they are great shakes because people are running around them. I want them to be used to it." The mother of 8-year-old Raihan and 6-year-old Miraya is making sure her children are comfortable about being public figures.

Discipline must be consistent
Dr Vandana Tara Consultant clinical psychologist at VIMHANS
Parents must be role models for their kids. Kids mirror their folks, so set an example for them to follow. Do not give in to your kids' pleas, tears, demands or pouting. He/she will learn to respect you more if you mean what you say.
How to do it?
>> Don't compensate for physical and emotional absence with
materialistic things.
>> Try to involve the child in different activities to make sure he/she is not sitting in front of the tele or surfing the net all day.

Parents need teaching pehle
Dr Shyama Chona Noted educationist and author of Effective Parenting
Chona is all set to open an institute for parental learning in Delhi. It will be a holistic experience for parents, she assures. In her book, Effective Parenting, Chona covered all aspects of parenting, and believes, "It is a bedside bible for parents." Parents are a crucial source of love and security for a kid. And this book decodes the bond between the parent and child.
With both the parents working and the disintegration of joint families, new age children get love and affection only in small doses.

Shelf help: Titles to help raise your kid
Cures for Parental Wimp Syndrome: Top Ten List for Effective Parenting by Thomas J Zirpoliu00a0u00a0
It gives real-world advice inspires parents to think about what they are teaching their children by what they say, what they do, and by what they are not doing.
Simple Ways to Make Your Daughter Worldly-Wise by Promod Batra
A beti special, it stresses not just the parents' responsibility in grooming their daughter but also the need to deal with children in a way that is acceptable to them.
Kids Are Worth It: Giving Your Child The Gift Of Inner Discipline by Barbara Coloroso
With this book make your kid learns how to think rather than what to think.

They have stars shining down on their kids
Hollywood is replete with star kids who lead extravagant lives thanks to their parents' super indulgent ways
The Beckhams: David Beckham and wife Posh have added a $50,000 fibre-optic ceiling to a bedroom already painted with 8,000 cartoon characters in their kids' room. As the stars merrily twinkle, projectors built into the wall change the sky's hues from dusk to dawn while the lad snoozes.
Madonna: When Italian designer Patty Shelabarger created a line of limited-edition velvet and appliquu00e9 chairs, Her Madgesty bought miniature replicas for daughter Lourdes, for $3500 to $4000 per piece.
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes: Three-year-old Suri is a budding fashionista just like her mum. The tot is spotted wearing designer clothes all the time u2013 with Burberry being her favourite. Well, if you have it, flaunt it u2013 the money,
we mean.
Hugh worry: X-Men hottie Hugh Jackman recently revealed that he fears his children (his adopted kids, Oscar, eight, and Ava, four) will grow up spoilt after the lavish lifestyle they have been living.u00a0 "They've been brought up with more privilege than I ever had. I lived on a hundred pounds a week until I was 26, with rent and everything. Everyone I knew lived the same way, it was fine."

Young moms share tips on good parenting
Communicating is the key
Mini Mathur Actor-Anchor
Communicating with your kids is a very important aspect of parenting. If you spend quality time with your kids then most of the things are taken care of. My six-year-old son Vivaan gets a toy only when he has to be rewarded and he gets only one at a time. This way he learns how to value things. From my experience, I can say, this has worked wonders for me.

Don't let them over-indulge
Nayonika Chatterjee Former model
Rearing a child in this media-frenzy world is difficult. Children are exposed to so many things that parents just can't isolate them. I let my six-year-old daughter Nayantara have fast food once a while.u00a0 At home we lead a simple life, which gives her the message that she cannot overindulge.u00a0

Slot special family time
Shalini Verma Homemaker
There has to be a fine division of the child's time. My five-year-old son has a fixed time for studies, games and extra-curricular activities. This way the kid learns to be organised and focused.

teach them to value money
Indu Pandey Media professional
Make your child understand that he/she is not going to get whatever he/she demands. This helps them value money and people. In the current scenario, I talk to my kids about recession so that they understand the global crisis.

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