Before we deal with this question, let’s ask another important question.
How present are you to your own life? At what pace do you go through your life? Do you go at a pace where you pay attention to the joys around you, the things to be grateful for around you, the experiences you have, the needs you have, the inner experiences you have to guide you through life? Can you pay attention to your thoughts or what your body tries to communicate with you or your inner voice? Or do you rush through life at a pace where all these things become a blur?
How present are you when you are with your child? Children naturally live more in the present moment unlike us adults, who tend to live more in the past or the future. If you observe your thoughts, most of them are about the past or the future. Can you be in the present with your child? Or are you preoccupied with work or relationships or your own thought spirals or social media and so on? Do you keep your phone or laptop or television or computers away in order to be fully present with your child?
Because of the pace that most of our life has, we often have very little time to spend with our children on a regular basis. What if we could enrich this time with our presence? Because more than anything else, any child needs a stable parent who is present and conscious.
At Aajol, a warm and nurturing preschool & daycare in Pune, we understand the deep importance of presence in a child’s emotional and developmental journey. As one of the best preschools & daycare in Pune, we don’t just focus on academics—we focus on connection. Children thrive when the adults around them are fully present, offering them undivided attention, empathy, and genuine engagement. Daily routines and activities at our preschool & daycare are designed to encourage mindfulness, bonding, and simple joys. When parents and educators work together to bring more conscious presence into a child’s life, it creates a secure and enriched environment for the child to grow.
Activity:
- Make sure that you carve out regular time to spend with your child.
- Make sure during this time you keep all devices (yours and your child’s) away.
- Do daily, mundane activities with your child, trying to be fully present to the activity and to your child.
- Think of some special activities to do with your child which are free of devices and which follow the principle of sustainability. Eg. nature walk, gathering leaves and flowers and sticks, drawing/painting together etc.