Dr. Nappinai Seran , family therapist , captivated the minds of the teachers and parents of the students of St. Britto’s Academy on Saturday ,the 9th of July 2016 as she explained the different ways to help them to teach the children to adapt to the norms of the society. The doctor exhorted the parents and teachers on anger management and said that problems should be solved through communication .

The counsellor remarked that all the children are talented and that all the talents of the kids were to be identified and developed . Involvement, she said would make children less hyperactive.

The psychotherapist observed that every parent is a psychologist . She wanted the parents to prepare the firstborn to receive the newborn. She was stern against the idea of making kids dance like a doll before all. The psychologist said that it was fine if the kids cried on the first day of the school as they would evolve as fine girls and boys by class eleven . The therapist admonished the IT parents to abstain from giving junk foods to the kids to give healthy food to them .

The doctor gave a strict no-no to T.V serials and video games that encouraged violence and killing . She opined that sensitive kids were over-protected , while the kids who complained of asthma had to be allowed to do yoga and the hyperactive ones needed to be involved.

Drawing a fine analogy with learning cycling , the counselor said that teaching the kids to write was similar to the way we learned to cycle . Initially, the hand is to be held and then left . Addressing the mothers, she said kids tend to vomit when there is lack of variety in food . She also asked the parents to be innovative in cooking . The psychologist warned the parents to keep talking to the child or else to face a day when the child stop talking to the parents.

The doctor advised the teachers not to teach the children to attack exams . She instructed the staff to avoid comparisons and to teach values to the children. The counselor explained that children have only a very short attention span and we need to manage time wisely . She appealed to the teachers to be very friendly with the students and to treat them as adults. Dr. Nappinai opined that we need to bring about desirable behavior changes and make kids adaptable to the society. She also said that it is important to let the child explore his intelligence. Today, children are vulnerable to depression and they do not have buffers . Teachers ought to be very careful as to what they say because children value their teachers’ words.