.   Today, gadgets are everywhere and dominate a child’s childhood, which shouldn’t be the case. Managing the use of media in your family is one of the big challenges of 21st-century parenting. It is convenient for parents to just play a DVD or stream a video online, but parents need to dial this down. Children, especially toddlers, still have rudimentary cognitive skills. As such, processing information from media found online may prove to be less beneficial than that of actual interactions with the parent. Toddlers and young children’s symbolic cognitive processing will benefit greatly when there is an adult explaining and interacting with the child as compared to being a passive receiver of information. Moreover, socio-emotional development will also improve when there is actual interaction.
           The more you spend meaningful time with your child, the less he/she will choose gadgets over you. Although the gadgets can really keep the child engaged for a considerable amount of time, creating the bond between parent and child is more beneficial.
           And the best way to keep your child busy is storytelling. Storytelling is also a really interactive and fun way to spend quality time with your kids which will thereby strengthen the bond you have with them. Storytelling plays a very important role in the cognitive development of infants and young kids. Stories help your child get to know sounds, words and language and develop early literacy skills. They also help your child's brain, social and communication skill development, spark your child's imagination and stimulate curiosity.
           Now the question is where will you get a collection of good stories. So here I am for. I will be sharing stories from Panchatantra, Mahabharata, Ramayana, Aesop's fables, fairy tales, Akbar-Birbal and many more... So keep reading and keep telling these stories to your lovely kidoos.. Soon I will share the first story..