Yesterday I had a busy day babysitting my 6-year-old nephew. Managing kids is such a task these days, especially if you do not want them to get hooked on to television and iPad. They are so much full of energy and you constantly need to keep them engaged. My friend and her hubby wanted to go for a movie and then they had other work, they could not take their son along so I volunteered to baby sit him for the day. It was planned from before so I was also prepared with what all things to do with him to keep him busy. As it is he is a hyper active child and his parents struggle to keep him occupied in a better productive way. I too do not like to get kids hooked up to the screens. That's a very easy way to manage them but then it is not the healthy way. It's very convenient for parents to give their children iPad and keep them busy while they can do their own things.

I always think about my times as a child where there were no gadgets. There was a television but I had strict timings to watch them and that too not daily. It was twice a week, where on a Wednesday night there was a music show and a Sunday evening a movie which I was allowed to watch and it used to be a big affair. Nowadays the scene is very different. I always keep some children books, color pencils, blank papers at home. On and off my cousin or neighbors' children are visiting me and if I want to keep them engaged, I give them these things. Though I see these days not many children are interested in reading, especially if at home that culture is not developed and if they are hooked on the screens then it's very difficult for them to sit and read.

Morning, I had not done my gardening and was waiting for him to come. When he came then along with him, we did the gardening work. I made him water all the plants. Since he is small, he was slow and that took him quite some time. I could see he was very happy and excited doing it. Once we finished the gardening, then I gave him some time to relax. He had some school homework so we got onto doing that. It was not much so it got over very fast. Then he took a snack break. Later on, I got him to reading a book on interesting facts of the world. He is only 6 so his vocabulary is still limited, I was encouraging him to read, but I had to do most part of it and explain it to him. By the time we finished it was lunch time and that's the most difficult task with children. I had prepared a non-spicy mutton gravy with rice. He liked it so thankfully not much of fuss he showed in finishing the food. Then was nap time, but he did not want to nap, so even I could not. He wanted to watch the T.V. and I did not want to encourage that. I gave him some blank papers and color pencils and ask him to draw. Later we played some games and that's how we spent the day. When his parents arrived to take him, he did not want to go home. That was very sweet, I felt good because this only meant that he enjoyed the time spent with me. He very excitedly told them all the new things he had learnt.

In a long time, I had not done babysitting for a day so it was challenging for me, because children need our attention all the time. You just cannot leave them alone for a longer time. Also, their questions are never ending and one after another something will keep coming to their mind which they will keep throwing at you. It was a hectic day but I enjoyed it thoroughly. Now that I do not have any small children at home, I thought that I would not have that tolerance level but then it was not bad. I did manage it very well.

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