Client: How to manage kids in this lockdown time? Last week itself you have promised that this week you will answer this question. VM: I promised!!?? Client: Sir, saying verbally is also promise. VM: Mam, please dont go to court and tell even saying verbally is also promise. They wont accept it. Anyways I will tell. Listen it. Client: Thank you. VM: First lets take kids below 5 years. Whatever they may do, they will get bored after 10 minutes. They will take another diversion and think what to do next. We parents should find new ways to keep them occupied. Client: Sir!!!! New way in every 10 minutes!! Then in 24 hours how many new way should we find?? OMG!! Where should I go for so many ideas. VM: Where there is a will there is a way. We can change in kids mind if we make some positive and useful changes in the time kids spend and the time we spend with kids. Client: How? VM: First of all allot some time for your kids and talk to them. Client: One day I called my kids and told them come lets talk. For that they said " Why?? Dont you have any other work? You got only us today? Go and do your work!!" VM: Ofcourse!! So long you were saying, go to school, go and study, whats the marks? And you were threatening them. Now all of a sudden you are calling them to talk surely they will get angry. Client: Now you only told me to talk. VM: Mam, if we are allotting the time to talk to kids, we shouldnt talk what we want. We should talk what kids like. You should go step by step only. First start with their favourite food, movie or game. Later talk to them about their friends. Talk to them friendly what do they watch on TV, mobile and what are they learning from it. At last you need to come to an agreement with kids regarding using the cell phone. Client: Agreement? VM: Yes!! Deal. If you use cell phone and net to learn something new, we will not scold you. But if you are going to be with cell phone always watching video and games I will not give you the phone. You should tell it strictly. Client: Ok Sir. You please give some ideas so that they can be busy.
