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This post is inspired by ‘Marco Te Brömmelstroet’spost’ on Linkedin 4 days back, which spoke about children being deprived of interactions with their surroundings if they were driven to school instead of walking. What captured me was the MAP, which a kid had drawn, it was very detailed, and vibrant, made me wonder what I noticed that day while coming to work, of course, I did not walk the path! 

Following this, I was teasing all my senses, trying to recollect, what I would put if I had to make my map work. Not long after the day, I had a timid kid for consulting, it was a pre-booked appointment, with a probable ready diagnosis by the parent (dd: is she coming under spectrum?).  As much as I appreciate the steadfastness of the mother, to see to it that her daughter would be resolved with this consultation, I always see the need in such situations that, the pressure to have a diagnosis or sometimes to rule out their findings(thanks to Dr. Google & Dr. YouTube) and find a solution for the ‘situation in hand so that everything is “AS NORMAL AS IT CAN BE” & in the shortest time possible! So, after aligning with the child (i.e., me being a kid with them), I asked her to draw what she sees on the way to the school and is possible she could draw the same. 

The picture was ready in 3 sittings. By the time the kid completed there was a demand from her, that it could be done better (so read a few more lines). *First, the kid, drew a black outline, only the path-typical black road, but she had the arrows; 

*Second, she added drawings of things that she saw; this was after she was asked if she could draw all things she saw;

*Finally, the result. She colored it and said to me: I didn’t have green color in the colouring box which I gave her to color with. 

The above conversations were with the mother & I love to watch these interactions at the clinic to understand the dynamics in the family, at times it’s a peek into what happens back home and to prescribe HomeopathicRemedy!By 3/4th of the session & discussion, the mother said: I just want her to open up, I got her here so that she at least has someone to open up to, as she becomes almost teary. And here I was looking at the Kid, who was very expressive in her words, hands, and eyes, asked questions when she had some issues with the project in hand, was very well-spoken, well-behaved, and liked when I praised her work. No, she was not anyway near to the spectrum. Mind you, the kid is not more than 8 years of age, not a teenager, as one would expect. I began to wonder if it’s a case of a CORPORATE CHILD (not a kid in a nuclear family) when parents are Working From Home (WFH), and only the child/children are at home, and no one else. 

WFH had its many perks, or did it?

3 out of 10 kids have a developmental delay of speech. Screentime clocked almost 8 hrs at the month's end. Thanks to an efficient food delivery system, no one was ever hungry in the tummy at any time & the kitchen remained tolerably clean. Family time was equal to parents unwinding time, again on screen!! Speaking less is to be understood, rest all to be followed verbatim, with no scope of expression, mistakes to be penalized and punished, for example, dropping food on the table while eating or toys not arranged or homework not finished. 

The most important networking is not Fb/ LinkedIn but the Neurons in the brain & the second best is family. More and more exposure, more links! So, browsing: “How to connect with my kid” can give you a detailed list with the simplest steps with smiling pictures of people sitting in the garden on a sunny day but it's useless if one doesn’t do it. 

So if you would ask me: WHAT’S THE ONE THING I CAN SAY to connect: (drumroll): it's not ONE, but “EVERYTHING” you can think of, every single time, again & again, over & over. And so, in this process, you get connected! READ IT AGAIN!

End of the day: say out loud, today I connected with my kid with_____________!

(No same answer for 7 days straight—then you have done it). If you have read until this line: you have used your neurons! CONGRATULATIONS!