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SEMINAR FOR CLASS 6 & 7
SEMINAR FOR
MOTHERS-DAUgHTER
OF CLASSES 6 & 7
Guidance and counselling cell organised Rachita Narang talked about puberty and its
a virtual seminar for girls and their mothers effect on young children. Handling them with
of classes 6th and 7th on 24th April 2021 patience is the need of the hour. Stress was
to discuss issues pertaining to hygiene and laid on breaking the ice between all the family
sexuality. Expert Mrs Rachita Narang helped members on the issues like menstrual cycle,
more than 145 girls and their mothers to better periods, sanitary napkins, good touch-bad touch
understand the changes that are taking place etc. But before involving other members, the
in the body and behaviour of the girls during first step is to break ice between mother and
puberty. Besides physical changes, mental and daughter. They should be able to discuss freely
emotional changes were also discussed. and once they are open about discussing issues
related to sexuality it will be easier to handle any
Seminar began with a welcome by Mrs Renu untoward incident happening with the young
Singla, school counsellor followed by a prayer child.
by Mrs Abha Kakkar. After introduction Mrs
On 25th July 2021 a teacher’s seminar was
organised by the Pratham group on Zoom.
More than 200+ teachers attended the
seminar. Resource person Dr. Itishree Mishra
(PhD in Applied Psychology and founder of
MapMyCareer) talked about what features make
a teacher caring for students. Students remember
features like confidence, amazing, exceptional,
kind, humorous, thoughtful and understanding.
Research conducted by Dr Itishree and her team
was discussed in length and it pointed to a
child’s perception about a caring teacher.
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