Family Tips

Very few people won’t agree that children - are fine. But there are cases when their birth is undesirable.
To kill unborn child – a big sin, therefore each sane, civilized person is obliged to take care of protection from undesirable pregnancy.
And it concerns not only women, but also men, considering that there is now great variety of contraceptive means.

There are so-called mechanical or barrier contraceptives which hinder penetration of spermatozoons: intrauterine contraception, condoms. The first start to function right after introduction and ability to become pregnant renews right after its removal, that is from the beginning of a new cycle, but they do not protect from Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and can increase duration of catamenia.

The second perfectly protect from illnesses, undesirable pregnancy, but many complain that cannot feel all charm of intimate relations.

Hundred thousands American teenagers take strong drinks and drugs. Such are the results of the research conducted on demand of one of the U. S. Department of Health’s divisions. In 2006 in the USA 1,2 million teenagers smoked, 631 thousand - took alcohol and 586 thousand - smoked marihuana.

At that about 27 thousand took hallucinogens, 13 thousand smelt cocaine and 3,8 thousand took heroin. Head of the division Terri Klein has marked, that the collected data show essential reduction in number of the teenagers who smoke, took alcohol and narcotic substances.

The situation began to improve since 2002. It was informed also that a year before, in 2005 over 76 thousand teenagers underwent out-patient treatment for alcoholic, nicotine or narcotic dependence, and more than 1 thousand of minors were treated in the specialized establishments.

American scientists have found out that children and teenagers with depression and increased feeling of anxiety, and also other mental disorders are more subject to an allergy.

American scientists examined more than 180 children and teenagers in the age of from four to twenty years for various mental disorders and allergies. 57% of the research participants had allergic reactions, including asthma, hay fever, eczema and rash.

Sixty seven percents of children and teenagers had mental disorders, such as depression and increased anxiety, and also behavioral disorders, such as attention deficiency syndrome.

Researchers have noted that children who suffered from mental disorders twice more often had allergic reactions.

 
The idea is that children of the smoking mothers have problems to keep on their family. The theory, certainly, is supported by a number of experiments with mice, when during pregnancy they were injected the toxins contained in the cigarette smoke. It has led to ovary dysfunction at their female posterity.

In this connection scientists once again pay attention of the future mothers that influence of a smoke on a fetus even at the very early stages can be dangerous. And smoking during pregnancy can result in many complications, including small weight of a newborn and premature birth.

As to sterility of the future posterity, researches have shown, that not only girls, but also boys are exposed to the risk as “due to” harmful habit mothers have the lowered level of the gene responsible for development of ovary.

The most comfort temperature for children in a room is determined by adults and equals approximately 18 - 23 C. However, if you are constantly afraid of colds, you should know the following:  

It is easier to not accustom kids to heat, than to train then. Children do not feel a cold at all as do we, the adults, already spoiled by our parents and grandparents.

The child at a birth is a more perfect organism; he or she knows better than adults when it is hot and when it is cold.

We more often meet kids who complain of heat. 

The child can catch cold once from a cold if the temperature is very unusual for him, but it won’t happen for the second time. Children are ill because of our ecology, bad food, or congenital weak immunity, but not because they freeze: provided that there is a central heating in your apartment, instead of 5 C below zero.

Learn to see the positive side of things. How often do you wake up in the morning grumbling? Pay attention that children very seldom wake up in a bad mood. They are ready to be pleased with each new day! Any trifle causes delight: new, cheap, a toy and simply a trip to a new place.

Learn to see the world without prejudices. Children initially have no prejudices and perceive people from the impressions. They more easily submit to circumstances than adults.
Children in their estimation of the person never look at the well-being, color of skin, etc. If the child loves any person – it’s only for internal qualities - care, compassion, cheerfulness, etc., instead of how he looks, behaves or which toys gives. As a rule, if the small child has prejudices they are imposed to him by adults.

Learn to be honest. The child initially is not inclined to lie. All his “lie” is harmless imaginations. Children younger than six years frequently tell the stories thought out by them and sometimes they even trust these stories. It is not lie or deceit; they just do not precisely distinguish a reality from fiction. Child learns to lie knowingly from adults, and first “teachers”, unfortunately, are parents.

Learn not to give up. Have you ever seen the child, trying to learn to go? He or she falls, rises, again falls and again rises. Children are incredibly persistent and persevering in their desire to achieve something. Besides they have a good stock of patience and can wait for results of the activity for a long time.

We have got used to teach children everything. But actually the adult also have something to learn from children. You should only want it and open the soul to the world the way children do it.

Learn to laugh. Children are able to laugh very well - with great ease and from the heart. Sometimes they laugh even through the wet tears. And frequently they laugh simply because they want to laugh at the given moment, not paying attention to surrounding people and conventionalities. It is proved, that the frank laughter is useful both for a body, and for mentality. Have you laughed today?

Learn to be surprised. Children actively investigate this world. They feel curiosity and surprise at a meeting with any new thing or event. Why many adults become such boring and prefer cynicism to a joyful surprise? May be because they got used to hide behind cynicism, like behind a fence, the true feelings, which they are ashamed of for some reasons?
Actually there is nothing shameful in curiosity and surprise. Adults forget how to be interested in a life and to take pleasure from the life, from fine events, such as the first flower in spring or a beautiful butterfly.

Since 2010 Russia turns to the international standards of perinatal medicine. Doctors will start to struggle for a life of babies whose weight makes only 500 g. Before such kids had no chance: it was fixed as miscarriage. An experiment on nursing of the smallest will be launched in two regions of the country the next year. To tell the truth, experts prophesy a failure.

In the Western Europe prematurely born kids weighting 500-600 g were rescued in the middle 90s. In Russia doctors tried to help only to kilogram babies. Absence of the equipment and desire prevented rescue of smaller kids. Children who have been given birth with underweight, were not registered, and were fixed as an abortive material. It allowed the country to support rather low parameters of infantile death rate. In Russia it made 11 %, in Europe - 9-13 %.

On the wave of general demographic campaign Ministry of Health’s officials have decided to change the situation. For this purpose it is planned to buy the necessary equipment and medicines. Doctors of Novosibirsk and Irkutsk regions will work in accordance with the international standards the first.

Do not give the child too wide choice concerning the food. It’s better to say - here is today’s supper. And your child will choose from those products which you have prepared.

When you offer new products, do not offer too much at once. In the beginning offer a little – just to taste. After you have understood that your kid liked it, offer the same food the next day.

Do not forget, there are no identical people and tastes. One likes this, another - that. There are no multi-purpose recipes. Some children do not like the certain food only because they ate it last time when were ill.

Whenever it is possible, give your kid the right to choose food independently. Remember, that children, as well as adults, can make their choice.

When your kid goes to a kindergarten or school, he or she will try other new for him products. It will expand his or her food horizon.

First of all, do not panic, if it seems to you, that your child grows insufficiently quickly. Children grow jerky. You have already seen it. Still yesterday he or she was little one, and today it seems to you, that you child has already become absolutely adult. If it seems to you, that the child grows insufficiently quickly, you’d better go to your children’s doctor.

Simply suggest him or her various foods, and you will see, that the child will choose what is necessary for an organism. Recent researches of the American Dietary Association have shown that in spite of the fact that 49% of mothers are worried that their children are hard to be pleased in meal, their children receive enough useful substances during a meal.

Provide various and diverse food for your child. Remember, that the more often you offer the child different products, the higher is probability, that your child will start to eat various products.