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LESSONS FROM CELEBS ON HANDLING MENTAL HEALTH

THESE EASY WAYS TO RECONNECT WITH YOUR FAMILY CAN HELP CREATE A SUPER POSITIVE DYNAMIC IN TOMORROW’S EDITION American singer Miley FUN UP FAMILY MEALS. We around them. Volunteer at a local soup kitchen know that eating together can or shelter,” Dr Haltzman says. If time is tight, Cyrus and other famous boost achievement in children, ask your children to donate a portion of people have spoken on 1lower the chance for eating dis- their allowance to a charity of their orders in girls, and reduce depres- choice, and tell them you will match it. mental health. sion rates in both girls and boys. But that doesn’t mean meals have to be CELEBRATE YOUR HISTORY. Shar- Read our special serious, formal affairs. Simple, ing details from your family tree humorous rituals are what chil- will help your kids feel like issue tomorrow dren remember as adults. Try a 6they belong to something monthly ‘backward day,’ serving greater than themselves and make breakfast for dinner and vice ver- them feel more grounded. Look sa, or watch Saturday-morning through old photo albums with cartoons together over breakfast. them and share family memo- “Silly things that don’t cost a dime ries, stories, and adventures. Activities to will bring you closer together,” says Michele Borba, EdD, author of ‘The START TEXTING. It's Big Book of Parenting Solutions’. one of the best ways engage in for to stay plugged in to STAY HOME, STAY TOGETHER. 7your kids life. A sim- Tape a note to the telephone ple, short ‘How are you? that says ‘No!’ to remind you keeps you in their mind. better mental health 2 not to spread yourself too lar, is a great way to stimulate fam- CREATE (AND UPHOLD) BOUND- And its an easy way to thin, especially during the holidays. ily conversation,” Borba says. ARIES. Families that set strict, say, “I love you” with- It’s fine to make cupcakes for the clear expectations for their chil- out embarrassment. Here are four simple ways to heal your body and mind school party, but do it with your BE THE COOL PARENTS. Cre- 4 dren are happier, ac- child. And staying home for a night ating a welcoming space for cording to Scott Haltzman, WALK TO SMILE TO TAKE DEEP LIFT WEIGHTS TO of reading books or watching your kids and their friends MD, author of ‘The Secrets REDUCE YOUR DECREASE YOUR BREATHS TO COMBAT ANXIETY movies may be a lot 3 is one of the smartest things of Happy Families’. “Kids more meaningful you can do. So, install a basket- may tell you they want to DEPRESSION PHYSICAL PAIN IMPROVE YOUR to your family ball goal and stock up on board be free, but the idea is ac- A lot of people report than a flur- and video games and healthy tually frightening to them,” Multiple studies show Researchers have discov- ATTENTION SPAN frequent anxiety lasting ry of par- snacks. “As your kids get older, he says. Make sure your physical activity can be ered there’s some truth A few minutes of deep 15 to 30 days a month. ties. they tend to be- children know and under- Symptoms include nervous- “Reading friend others stand family rules. an effective treatment for behind the old saying, breathing can improve aloud, in with similar mental health problems. “Grin and bear it.” If your concentration. ness, fear, apprehension particu- values and in- HAVE AN ADVEN- And it doesn’t have to be you’re in pain, smiling can Counting those breaths and worry; without inter- terests,” Borba TURE. A vacation intense cardio activity help you feel the vention, anxiety can says. “You can breaks down the tra- can be especial- find out a lot about 5ditional way of do- to provide bene- pain less ly beneficial lead to poor your child by who ing things. In fact, being in fits. Studies show intensely. if you’re a sleep, aches they hang with.” a new place increases 200 minutes of Frowning, and pains, dopamine (feel-good heavy chemicals) in the brain, which walking per week on the media poor health helps bring everyone closer to- (which is less than 30 other multi- and physi- gether. Research also shows minutes per day) great- hand, can tasker. cal limita- that people who give (time or ly reduces depression and intensify tions. Studies money) are happier. “Its im- Studies show portant that children learn improves quality of life. In fact, your pain. people who show that weight that they are not the centre some studies show walking can be just as Studies show smiling influ- multi-task have trouble lifting is a meaningful inter- of the universe and that effective as antidepressant medication. But ences your physical state. vention for anxiety. they can have an im- taking tests that require pact on the world you don’t have to be depressed to experience A smile can decrease your sustained concentration. Perhaps the best news is, the mental health benefits of walking. Taking heart rate during a stress- Taking a few deep you don’t have to do high- regular walks boost emotional health in people ful activity, even if you breaths can provide an intensity weight lifting to who aren’t depressed too. don’t feel happy. immediate boost in focus. reap the benefits. Credit: www.health.com BOOKS ON MENTAL HEALTH FOR 10-YEAR-OLD READERS How Full is your Bucket Have you tried red rice noodles? by Tom Rath and Mary an noodles ever be healthy? Well yes! REASONS FOR ITS POPULARITY Reckmeyer ✷ Brown versus red rice A gentle reminder that every moment Red rice noodles The bran in red rice keeps you fuller for a longer is a nutritious period of time. So, you thought brown rice was health- matters. Readers meet Felix, a young C alternative to in- ✷ The presence of wholegrains makes red rice ier? Red rice not only adds colour to boy, who begins to see how every stant or regular noodles. noodles easy to digest. our diet, but has 10 times more antiox- interaction in a day either fills or empties his Made with red rice and whole- wheat flour, they are rich in ✷ You can make it in a jiffy as it cooks very fast. idants than brown rice and regular pol- ‘invisible’ bucket. fibre and antioxidants. ✷ You can make it healthier by adding lots of green ished rice. It is also rich in iron, calci- What’s more, you can easily um, vitamin, phosphorus, fibre and get them from food marts or vegetables like broccoli, red/green bell peppers Activities The Scar order them online and also chicken or eggs. comes with an amazing nutty flavour. by Charlotte Moundlic and and cook at home. Olivier Tallec A moving story about a young boy who learns to understand, accept and cope QUIZ TIME (SCHOOL FACTS) KNOWLEDGE BANK (EDUCATION) with the grief of losing his mom. Q.1) This C. Martin’s School in Lucknow Gurukul primary school D. Oxford School C. City Montessori School Don’t Feed The in Chennai It was a residential schooling system whose origin dates back located in Tibet is WorryBug Q.3) A school in the D. City Montessori School to around 5000 BC in the Indian subcontinent. It was more considered the Philippines is made in prevalent during the Vedic age where students were taught by Andi Green highest school in entirely of _____. various subjects and how to live a cultured and disciplined life. In this book, Wince who worries a lot the world. A. Hay B. Glass A. Phumachangtang C. Recycled pop bottles The Gurukul was actually the home of teacher or acharya and discovers the secret to keeping his B. Dhujaachangtang D. Mud was the centre of learning where pupils resided till their worries from getting monstrous. C. Omunchangtang education got complete. All were considered equal at the D. Komachangtang Q.4) The largest school in the world Gurukul, the guru (teacher) as well as the shisya (student). TEEN/YOUNG ADULT READERS Q.2) The ____ in in terms of number ANSWERS Canterbury, England of students is the 1. A) Phumachangtang, WORD WISE TELL US A STORY is the world’s oldest ______. Tibet 2. B) King’s School Kissing Doorknobs school. A. City Montessori School 3. C) Recycled pop bottles Develop a story based in Nasik Circumlocution: like people using A. Queen’s School 4. B) City Montessori on the pictures in by Terry Spencer Hesser B. City Montessori School B. King’s School School in Lucknow (noun) Using more circumlocution around 250 words. 11-year-old Tara’s ‘quirks’ start inno- words than are when facts are Send your entry along cently before they develop into deeper necessary, instead sought. with your name, class, compulsions. This book will help to of speaking or school and picture at GRAMMATICAL MISTAKES IDIOM OF writing in a clear,  Siddharth was [email protected] understand obsessive-compulsive direct way indirect in his disorder and how to deal with it. THE DAY speech as he tried GOOD/GOODS ➤ EXPERIENCE IS Synonymous to convey the IDENTIFY THE PERSONALITY mitsakes words: tragic news. THE RULES: THE BEST TEACHER The Perks of Being a Circuitousness,  The girl put aside Few know that this famous ■ “Good” means having the right or indirectness; long- Meaning: Most the book as she got poet worked as an English Wallflower desirable qualities. windedness, bored with the teacher at New by Stephen Chbosky ■ “Goods” implies movable property, wisdom is gained verbosity, beating verbosity in it. A touching story that helps up learn about the bush, etc Hampshire’s Pinkerton merchandise. by experiencing  She loved to beat Academy from 1906 to 1911. about a series of mental health issues, Examples: HOW NOT TO DO IT: ✘ different things about the bush. mainly depression, anxiety, and PTSD;  She does not ■ Answer: Robert Frost and hope. His workmanship is goods. ■ The good sent by train were damaged in transit. still water goes 30 km What least number Fangirl CHECK YOUR APTITUDE downstream and comes 3must be added to HOW TO DO IT PROPERLY: ✓ by Rainbow Rowell A boat goes 11 km/hr A. 3 km/hr B. 5 km/hr back in a total of 4 hours 1056, so that the sum 30 minutes. The speed of is completely divisible ■ His workmanship is good. 1along the stream and 5 C. 1.8 km/hr D. 9 km/hr A story of twins who grow up without a the stream (in km/hr) is.... by 23 ? mother and a busy father. It shows the ■ The goods sent by train were damaged km/hr against the stream. The speed of the boat in A. 4 B. 10 C. 6 D. 5 A. 3 B. 2 C. 18 D. 21 effects of mental illness, not just on the in transit. A motorboat, whose still water is.... speed in 15 km/hr in patient but on the people around them. ■ This food smells good. 2 ANSWER: 1. 8km/hr 2. 5 3. 2 It’s about battles on the field. It’s about do-or-die situations. It’s about just one goal. It’s about victory. In short, it’s about playing fair. SIMPLY SPORTS Howzzat? Well, that’s SIMPLY SPORTS! 04 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2020

We are done with one third of the tournament. There are strong contenders emerging for orange and purple caps, but there are other unsung heroes who perform admirably without getting the due credit. We list such players…

KIERON POLLARD (MI) Kieron Pollard is a vital clog in Mumbai Indians’ scheme of things. Pollard’s 163 PRITHVI SHAW (DC) runs in 6 innings at a strike rate of over 200 shows his Prithvi Shaw has been a class. His 24 ball 60 against key player for Delhi MOHAMMED SHAMI (KXIP) RCB and 20 ball 47 against Capitals who won A veteran of 49 KXIP displayed his superhu- four of five games Tests, 77 One-Day man abilities. That’s not all, to hit the second Internationals and he comes in handy with the spot in the points 11 T20s, Shami has ball too. table. Shaw has been in top form in scored two half- the recent past. He centuries and has picked up eight (DC) missed one by just in four eight runs. Experts games though his attribute a change in team is struggling. technique to the improve- He says, “I like to ment. Shaw has moved a perform to the best bit to the off-stump, open- of my Axar Patel was given a chance ing for himself space on ability.” against RCB, and the spinner the leg-side to score runs returned with the figures of 2-18 and correcting a small from his four overs as Delhi error that was Capitals defeated the Kohli-led side seemingly by 59 runs. Patel is regarded as a causing him ‘hero’ within the side. trouble.

JAMES PATTINSON (MI) Defending champions Mumbai Indians signed Australian speedster James Pattinson ahead of the It was very pleasing to see Prithvi Shaw, we are tournament and he certainly has not disappointed. starting to see the real class of the top order players in the IPL. He is technically very Pattinson has taken nine wickets in six innings with a econ- good, he is very good against fast bowling and omy rate of 7.72. With his fabulous performance, he has kept pacers spin bowling. Nathan Coulter-Nile and Michell McClenaghan out of playing XI. , head coach DC

Batsmen let team down: MS Photo: REUTERS Djokovic defeats Busta to Dhoni promoted himself to No. 4 but was cleaned up by spinner Varun Chakravarthy reach 10th semi-final Photo: GETTY IMAGES hennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra HIGHLIGHTS Singh Dhoni said the batsmen let the team down after a spirited comeback by the In other men’s singles bowlers in their gameC against . Chasing 168, semifinal, 12-time champion veteran opener Shane Watson struck his second successive fifty to give CSK a perfect start on Rafael Nadal will lock horns Wednesday,but the team choked at the back end of the innings and was restricted to 157 for five with Diego Schwartzman. to suffer its fourth defeat in five matches. In the women’s singles event,

Photo: ANI Kvitova booked her place in the last four following a 6-3, 6-3 In the middle overs, there was You have to be slightly innovative in a phase when they bowled two- these scenarios. If someone is bowl- win over Laura Siegemund in 78 three good overs. Then we lost two- ing just back of a length, you have to minutes. Kvitova will face this three wickets in a row. If our find a way to hit boundaries. We did Liverpool midfielder World number one Novak Djokovic year’s Australian Open champ was different during that period, the not adapt well defeated Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the last Sofia Kenin for a finals place result would have been different. MS Dhoni, CSK Marko Grujic joins FC Porto four of a major for the 38th time

d) Fourth Generation ❑ c) An electronic device that can store and Who was the inventor of ❑ process data to give desired result. d) A Ctrl+C (copy), Ctrl+V program instruction machine. ❑ Q11: What is the full form of (Paste ) and Ctrl+X (Cut)? TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE Q6: URL? a) Bill Gates ❑ b) Larry Tesler ❑ a) Uniform Resource Locator ❑ b) Uniform Which was the first c) Christopher Latham Sholes ❑ Resource Link ❑ c) Uniform Registered computer installed in d) David Sundstrand ❑ GK QUIZ | Theme: Internet, Computer and its devices ❑ ❑ Q8: Locator d) Unified Resource Locator ? ❑ ❑ Who is the father of the Transfer Protocol ❑ d) Hexagonal Transfer a) ENIAC b) HEC-2M The first Generation c) SZ 40/42 ❑ d) Harwell CADET ❑ Q1: computer? Text Protocol ❑ Q12: Computer used ______for a) Charles Newman ❑ b) Charles Babbage circuitry and ______for memory. ❑ c) Henry Babbage ❑ d) Henry Luce ❑ Which type of software is What is the name of the a) Transistors, Magnetic Drums ❑ an operating system? Q9: first supercomputer in b) Vacuum Tubes, Magnetic Drums ❑ Q4: ❑ Charles Babbage designed a) Utility Software ❑ b) System Software ❑ India? c) Circuits, Magnetic Drums ❑ ❑ ❑ d) None of these ❑ two engines. They are? c) Application Software d) Firmware a) Saga 220 b) Param 8000 Q2: Software❑ ❑ ❑ a) Addition and Subtraction Engine ❑ c) ENIAC d) Param 3000 ANSWERS: 1 b) Charles Babbage 2 c) Analytic b) Analytic and Digital Engine ❑ and the Difference engine 3 b) Hyper Text c) Analytic and Difference engine ❑ Which generation of Binary Codes as used in Transfer Protocol 4 b) System Software 5 d) d) Addition and Multiplication Engine ❑ computers used VLSI (Very Q5: Q10: computer sciences are Fourth Generation 6 a) Uniform Resource Large Scale Integrated Chips) codes made up of which of the Locator 7 c) An electronic device that can store What is the full form of technology that brought changes Which of the following following two numbers? and process data to give desired result. 8 b) Q3: HTTP: into the hardware industries? Q7: precisely define computer? a) 0 and 9 ❑ b) 1 and 3 ❑ HEC-2M 9 b) Param 8000 ❑ a) First Generation ❑ b) Second a) A machine which is lightweight and used ❑ ❑ 10 c) 0 and 1 11 b) Larry Tesler 12 b) Vacuum a) Hyper Transfer Text Protocol b) Hyper ❑ c) 0 and 1 d) None of these Text Transfer Protocol ❑ c) Hexagonal Text Generation ❑ c) Third Generation ❑ for calculation. b) A unit record machine Tubes, Magnetic Drums