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As the cases of COVID19 are multiplying daily and stay at home advice giving endless US time to spend with child,

below are some of the acts to gratify the child

1. Screen Time - sharing the screen time with her favorite shows & most importantly limit consumption of news

2. Art & Craft - doing trash art painting on recycled materials

3. Cooking - involving her in flame less cooking

4. Fitness -  registered her for "Home Fitness Challenge for kids" and she is participating actively

5. Daily Chores - involving her in doing laundry, cleaning, arranging toys, cleaning room, etc

6. Communication - Stay in touch virtually with near and dears via video calls sessions

7. Religious and Spiritual - spending quality time with grandparents and learning ethics, morality & religious values.

At the end best practice is to describe & monitor kids rather than controlling.

Parents of Anvika Sharma

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In this current scenario, it's vital to take proper measures to safeguard ourselves. So I keep telling my son Aarnav about the pros and cons of covid pandemic, how to keep ourselves clean, wash hands regularly, sanitize ourselves, wear mask, importance of social distancing  ,not to go outside and stay safe inside..
During this period, my son has learnt to be self independent. He does most of his work by himself like brushing teeth, bathing, wearing clothes, eating on his own, keeping his books and toys at right place. Moreover, he helps me in household chores like dusting, keeping his clothes, arranging utensils in kitchen and taking care of his younger brother.
Besides studies, I keep him engaged in various activities like coloring, painting, playing indoor games like ludo, carrom, jigsaw puzzles etc..
Since he is fond of dancing, I have limit his screen time and I just make sure that he spends quality time with his family, enjoys with his younger brother and utilize the available time in the best possible manner..
Thank you
Mother of Aarnav Jain

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The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic forced us to remain indoors and spent the entire day at home due to lockdown. This routine was new for working professionals and school going children. The most challenging part was how to spend quality time with family during the lockdown. Unfortunately, it was became more difficult because my mother went home just before lockdown. Initially, I faced problems but I managed it. More so, I was afraid how I would handle the situation if lockdown existed long. Thank god, school management started virtual class. Then teachers made it easier. This decision changed the situations in two different way.  First, children and parents were engaged in either class or activities thereof. Second, parents have now so many ideas. That were/are using for spending time during pandemic situation and children are also happy and doing works like..yoga, craft activity, gardening, play some indoor games, also some outdoor games on roof, helping in household works etc.,. This also have an opportunity that I am enhancing knowledge of history, families values to children. Further, I also worked on that weaker areas of children in which I felt that improvements are required.
Father of
Master Atharva Singh

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Pandemic mode is a perfect opportunity for us to introspect
Although it's an awfully feeling but it is an opportunity to know our kids interests and speciality in various aspects.
We are getting more time to know our kids.
Making our children to grow in their interest also have taugh us alot.
Anwesha has became self independent and sometimes remind us in the same.
She has developed a habbit of getting up early in the morning doing dailly necessary works like brushing teath, bathing, washing her clothes,toys etc.
Cleaning her study table and managing her books after reading.
Plantation and taking care of plants is also a habbit that she has developed.
Reminding us to wash our hands after every 1 hour for atleast 20 seconds.
We are thankful to our teachers and school authorities to arrange online classes which has been really effective for the betterment of my child.

Regards
Himanshu Sehgal
Father of Anwesha Sehgal

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I made my kids feel very privileged that we have all the basic needs and that they are the only ones who have ever got so much family time.we did lot of house chores together and they felt blissful to have parents around playing there games. I asked them to think about the positive things that happened and ignore the negative. Ronak have learnt baking cakes.Gracy takes interest in fireless cooking. We are playing carrom,cards,doing crafts work. We are learning from kids n they from us. Making the best possible of this pandemic times.
Mother of Ronak Jain and Gracy Jain

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In this worst situation my son is spending time with his grandparents and cousins.Actually we live in nuclear family but in this pandemic we had come to live with his grandparents and paternal uncle and aunt and cousins.He is very happy in the joint family and feeling the family love and bond.

Mother of Aadiv garg

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The best thing I find to gratify my daughter in this Lockdown is to exchange our roles 😂 She loves to take the charge of the house and decides how the day will go. In short she becomes the mother of the house and she loves to do that. That day of a week  is full of fun for all of us as she even cooks a meal on that day and we have no choice than to eat it😀 She feels great to even nag all of us on that day and that day is the talk of the whole week. Rest of the days we as a family involve in lot of fun activities and tries to keep positive energy keep flowing because that’s the need of the moment. Both my kids are learning lots of new skills online as well. Maintain Social Distancing and Stay Safe

Parent of Chitrakshi Gupta

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Vanshika
Sandesh kumar

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Mam

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In these difficult times it’s really hard for the kids to understand and except the situation but more or less they have managed to live with it .                         We as a parent also are trying our best to engage our daughter in different activities.                                 She has learn to do most of her work on her own like dressing herself ,eating on her own.,keeping her toys and books in the right place,making her room look good,she has also learn to make wall hanging to decorate her room . Nowadays she loves to water plants and we have bought ample of drawing and number books  and story books to engage her. We also try to fixed her time for watching tv and I pads as it’s difficult to avoid watching them fully.                  The place of outdoor games has been taken by terrace games like playing with ball or badminton. She has also doing yoga practice or dance regularly.   We are doing every possible thing to make them feel comfortable at home so that they don’t feel like going out.

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We have been talking to them about the pandemic since it started and the lives getting effected because of this. It has been of great significance teaching children about the pros and cons of the current scenario. Making them realise how nature has started healing after we humans were locked inside our houses. How pollution has been controlled, how there has been drastic improvement in the air quality, how freedom and fresh air matters to all living things. They are able to see and realize the importance of familial bonds.

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Sapna & Karn Pratap Singh
As the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic has barred children below 10 years from outdoor activities, we ensured that Bhoomi's stay at home is utilised to the maximum, although it isn't easy for us to make her understand the reasons for the restrictions. To make Bhoomi feel safe and secure, we regularly tell her about the Do's and Don'ts through interesting stories and simultaneously engaged her in various activities such as how to use a mask, clean hands, sanitise herself and her belongings, etc. Moreover, we have also prepared her daily routine calender and encourage her to follow it religiously. Some important and interesting activities the calender includes are:
**Waking up early and do her work on her own. It includes brushing her teeth, taking a bath, wearing clothes, doing yoga and eating.
(Aspiring to be self-dependent as Modi ji wants all of us to be "आत्मनिर्भर" 😊😋🤷🤘)
**Morning and evening prayers 🙏🙏🕉️✡️
**Drawing and colouring 👩‍🎨👩‍🎨🎨
**Helping us in household activities 👩‍🍳👨‍👩‍👧
**Awareness about our nation and it's uniqueness🇮🇳🇮🇳
**Lessons on various topics, including good and bad touch, all through story-telling👎👍✔️❎♻️
**Encouragement for watching infotainment channels like Discovery, Animal Planet, etc, to increase her love for nature. 🌍🌐🌅🏭🕷️🌲🌹
**And last but not the least, completing all her study work and homework in a time bound manner...✍️✏️📖📕🕒

Thanks
Parents of Bhoomi Singh

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We are doing our part to help contain the spread of the novel coronavirus by keeping children at home.

We as parent try to connect emotionally with our child, she becomes sad sometimes as she wants to go to swings, playground etc.

Daily morning I talk to my daughter, that how she wants her day to spend, set goals daily, achieve them daily.

Stay connected is the ultimate mantra of life, in my belief if you are not connected with your friends,relatives etc, there is no fun in living..so I make a point she talks to her friend or cousin.

As I am working from home, i may need to adjust expectations during this time. But i took this chance to show my child a part of my world. She has started loving my field.

Rest we do take her to walks on terrace, play board games (chess/LUDO), playing carrom board, read together, study together have family dance parties/online parties.

In these times keeping child away from screen is difficult, I will not flaunt that I have kept my child free of screen, but yes I have limit her positive screen time.

My daughter is found another area of interest in painting, so nowdays we are busy doing paintings although its messy but she loves it.

In the end I would say its tough to keep child engaged at home, but where there is will there’s way.

Parent of Naira Malhotra

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In these uncertain times, parents have the added stress of keeping their children busy and connected with friends and family
Children are the most vulnerable section of society right now as schools across the country are closed and they are forced to be at home day in and day out.
They are free-spirited and like to go out and play and interact with their mates. They dislike staying indoors too long. It is, therefore, the responsibility of the parents to keep children engaged during lockdown with productive quarantine activities.

We are doing a few activities for keep Shashwat busy during this time :
1. Practice and teach yoga
2. Give a cooking class
3.Do some art and craft
4.Teach your kids the art of writing letters
5.Practice writing skills by becoming pen pals with friends.

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The pandemic has upended family life around the world. School closures,working remotely, physical distancing- it's a lot to navigate for parents as well teachers.
1.We have made Mehar understand the current situation and precautions to be taken during this difficult time. As i have a four month baby it was very difficult immediate after my delivery to adjust with work and family, but Mehar has helped in all the ways - she helps me in massaging the baby, making him bath and even at times take care of him while i am finishing the household chores by singing rhymes and playing with him.
2.I make her sit with her father and make them race to see who finishes the given work first. This way she does her studies with her dad.
3. She also loves painting and colouring
4. She has developed special interests for cooking - at various times she has helped me in setting the dinning table, serving everyone at home. She has learnt various recipes from Youtube out of which CAKE is her favourite one.
5. In the evening she does gurbani paath with me and has learnt various shabad.

I make sure that i spend quality time with her.
Parent of Mehar Sharma

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Dear Mam
I am thankful to you for such query, as I am glad to share that I suggest many ways to my son to explore and entertain themself such as  indoor games and family chatting, by utilizing lock down time they are getting during this pandemic mode.
Mother of Keshav Jaiswal.

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Mam a very interesting question that made us introspect whether we are in the right direction or not. However,these are some of the things that I'm doing with my kid at home-
1. We are spending quality time with him by telling him stories,talking to him,making him study,playing games etc.

2. We make it a point that he is not hooked to phone or TV or any other such gadget. Instead,We've got him picture books,colour books,story books and  practice books which he keeps himself busy with.

3. We make sure of his good hygiene as make him wash hands after every half n hour.

4. I've observed that people are having a gala time these days in the sense that lot of cheese,butter,sauces,fried etc are being consumed. But we make sure to feed him more of healthy food and a bit of all this for taste.

5. We involve him in daily chores as to cleaning the bed,stacking his books or toys,planting trees and we make it a point to appreciate him everytime so that he feels confident and motivated.

6.  We let him spend time with grandparents and keep a connect with other family members through video calls.

7. Last but not the least and the most important is that everyday we make him do Puja and chant Aartis and Mantras. We teach him to seek blessings of God and thank him for all his blessings.

Mother of Audvik Roy

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We engage her in activities like colouring, fireless cooking, watering plants etc. she loves dancing on Bollywood songs also. We tell her to wash her hands often and maintain proper hygiene. We both try to teach her new and interesting things everyday and she also love to play with her brother. Due to corona pandemic she cannot visits her relatives and friends so she does video calling to them.

F/o Janya Beri

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The COVID -19 pendemic has affected family life a lot.The schools are closed,social distancing etc.From this children are affected a lot as they can not go out to play and meet their friends.At this time our responsibilities are increased.To gratify her
I have planned a routine with her.We do lot of activities together.I do play with her.She helps me in kitchen.She does cycling on the terrace.She does painting. She watches her favourite cartoons.We try to spend a lot of time with her so that she doesn’t get bored.
Mother of Myra Arora

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1. we tell him to wash hands regularly and keep his surroundings clean.
2. we don't let him feel bored, he keeps in touch with his grandparents and cousins through video calling.
3. we don't share with him all the news about corona virus which can frighten him.
4. we tell him that this tough time will be over soon and every thing will be usual as it was before and we will go on family trip.
5. we keep sharing positive thoughts with him.
6. we spend time with him, help him in his studies and activities, story telling at night.

Parents of Divit

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Mother of (Samarth Chaudhary) Neetu Chaudhary

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Mother of (Samarth Chaudhary) Neetu Chaudhary

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I try to teach him new things. He does cycling, he helps me in cooking. He study everyday.