Its easy to make a kid smile – such a simple thing but a really rewarding experience. Once in a way when I’ve tried it, not only the kid is happy, its also brought out the best in me!
I’m sure any reader here can figure out his/her own way to make a difference to someone… 😎
As a new parent, I really would appreciate your ideas, experiences and tips on what one might try to avoid spoiling kids? Especially the key aspect fundamental to an individual’s growth – the ability to forgive. One may live to be a hundred years but without this – one is still a spoilt brat! 😈…
One of my colleagues had sent out this short story… > Bommaka was 10 years old and was working at the construction site. The > government implemented a total ban on Child labour. “Bommu”, her Amma > called out. “Yes, Amma”, she replied. Take care of your little brother > till 5.30 while I am…
[happened to accidentally e-unearth an old report from a few years ago – still very much valid actually] I believe that children are our future Teach them well and let them lead the way Show them all the beauty they possess inside Give them a sense of pride to make it easier Let the children’s…
Step 1: naanonthu yedheLallappa! there’s no way I’m going to wake up! Step 2: seri yochane maaDthini ok let me consider the option Step 3: aithappa nODONa… Ok lets see…. Step 4: nijavaaglu yeddelLebeka do I really need to wake up Step 5: hecchu kaDime yeddebute konege… more or less finally woke up… Step 6:…
Very unexpectedly, I ended up teaching a couple of neighborhood kids how to paint. Here are some of the ideas. Assumed that there is already an initial outline picture on the paper which is to be filled in… only the tip of the paintbrush should be dipped in paint, not the entire brush. first paint…
This is a very common scene… when a small baby falls down and starts crying, one way to console him (or her) is to exclaim “BAD floor!!” or “BAD table!” or whatever he bumped against, in a very angry tone. This kind of brings a pause in the crying… Then distract the child further by…
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Just some technical info, quite unrelated to this post.
This again is an image created for a report a few years ago, the original was from a really short few seconds video clipping in a forwarded email of a sad girl breaking into a smile… I took one of the first and last frames of that clip and converted it into this gif using some animation software.
Hmm another possibility is to suggest to the viewer clicks on the image to launch the animation, and have a line stating the fact that it can be as easy as a mouseclick to make a kid smile
Leonid‘s got a beautiful post on the same topic…
(Thought of posting an excerpt here but better to click ont he above link read the whole post 😉 )
More than what you have written in the post, liked this line in the above comment: “it can be as easy as a mouseclick to make a kid smile “. Sanjaya, neenu Bruhaspathi kanayya !
After seeing you play with my son, I can say that “makkalanna sakatthagi aata aadisthiya.”
read leonid’s post. thanks sanjay for the link.