Safe Motherhood

Safe motherhood is a process of protecting the mother from having complicated pregnancy and the problem of childbirth. A mother dies of pregnancy complications in a minute throughout the world. About half a million women die each year of pregnancy related cases in the world. This condition is found worse in many parts of the developing countries. Therefore, it is aimed to reduce the maternal mortality by one forth by 2015. To achieve this goal, the health of mothers is to be made safe. If we take care of our mothers in every respect of the complications, we can easily fulfil the above mentioned aims. Therefore, safe motherhood has become a part of reproductive health and rights.

The safe motherhood programmes should be conducted in an integrated approach with primary health care service, which are to be provided to all the population especially to the most vulnerable and under-served groups. While providing service to safe motherhood, the following should be emphasized.

•      Adolescent females and males must be provided with information, education and counselling to help them delay early marriage and unions, premature sexual activity and the first pregnancy.
•      A special programme should be implemented to address the nutritional needs of women of child-bearing age especially those who are pregnant or breast feeding.
•      Prenatal care and counselling with special emphasis on high risk pregnancies and prevention of STDs and AIDs should be given.
•      All the birth should be assisted by trained persons, preferably nurses and midwives but at least by trained birth attendants.
•    Mothers and other related family members should be provided with adequate knowledge regarding family planning to make a happy family.

So it is very necessary for the society and the family to give great care and attention so that the complications during pregnancy and after birth of the baby are reduced and the health of the mother and the child is in good condition.

Role of Parents in Educating Children

Education should be gentle and stern but sometime high-quality input does not result in high-quality output. Whatever is good to know is difficult to learn. The difficulties in learning are the serious results of different factors, different problems which can kill the curiosity and enthusiasm of the children. Children need love especially when they do not deserve it. All children have their own qualities and they are best in some way or the other. They are in search of those who will make them feel important; who believes them, who cares, inspires and encourages them understanding their feelings, emotions and necessities. Today there are still stories of humiliation, hate and fear in the learning life of children. The dispute and argument that sometimes arise between father and mother at home and the fear of child from parents may adversely affect the learning behaviour and capacity in a child. The main problem that kids face today is learning good manners. Too strict and critical parents make them irritate, angry, depressed, guilty, emotionally and spiritually exhausted increasing and self esteem. So, the children are not performing well at school.

On the other hand, children take the hurtful and destructive criticism of parents and teachers personally and feel attacked, leading them towards willful disobedience and academic problem. A wise parent hears one word of children and understands two. It is the sensitivity and intellectual challenge that makes difference and in children’s life by the intensity of their beliefs and action connected with sense of value that is within the child. Some children however elaborate power struggle, argue for their views, values, identities and commitments, and define a journey of hope based upon a set of ideas. It is all because they are in the presence of someone (parent) whose devotion delights the emotion and cognition from the perspective of emotional intelligence, one father is more than 100 school teachers. So, the entire job of parent is to make children capable of being honest which is the first and the foremost education that children must be provided. The moral behaviours and the words of love and respect is learnt from the parents. So parents are equal role in motivating children to the right path. Parents should manage time for their children and get timely report on their behaviours and progress on study and so on. They should give great care and attention towards their children and show a great love and affection.