There are many elderly people in this old who have nobody to take care of them. Such people live in special homes called old age homes.

We should respect our elders. We will learn the ways to help the old people.

Have you ever seen old people who can not hear properly or have weak eyesight or cannot walk without support?

Do you help them or make fun of them? We must remember that one day all of us will become old like them. How would we feel if somebody made fun of us? Behave with others the way you want others to behave with you. Do not let old people feel that they are unwanted. Spend time with them. Give them your love and affection to make them happy. Every weekend, Bheema’s family visits an old Age home. Bheema’s family enjoys spending time with people living there. Some of the people living there can not hear properly, some have weak eyesight and some may have to take support of stick or some one for walking. Bheema’s sister is giving medicines to an elderly person. Bheema’s is mother helping an old lady.

Is there anybody in your family who cannot hear properly nor has weak eyesight due to old age? How do you help the person in his or her day-to –day routine?

In an old age home, there are people who take care of the elderly people and help them in their daily activities. But when ever Bheema’s family visits the place, it does many things to cheer up the people living here.

Bheema’s father is giving a blind his stick in the old age home. Bheema’s reading a book for an elderly person.

Old age home is the place where old people live together who does not have any relative to take care of them. We should not make fun of the elder who can not hear properly or weak eyesight or are handicapped in any other way.

Raise funds from you neighborhood and set up an organization. Donate the collected amount to any local old age home. Also make it a point to visit n old age home whenever possible with parents and friends. Organize cultural programs like plays, dance programs, etc., to entertain elderly people living there.

Savita is a young girl. She likes helping people. For example, if someone cannot read very well, she will help them their reading. Two women she knows cannot see very well. She reads out their letters or anything else they ask, to them.

There were many children with special needs. Some were blind, some were deaf and dumb and some were lame. Some people cannot see, hear or speak. They are called people with special needs. We should never make fun of them and try to help them in all possible ways.

October I St is dedicated to the old people. It is celebrated internationally as old Age day.

``Loneliness and the feeling of being n is the most terrible poverty.’’-mother Teresa.

Relation ships

Parents and children make a family. A family is the basic of a society. In this families and family tree is there. How the family members help each other in times of need.

``Hello I am Chintu. I live a joint family. I live with my parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins. One of my uncles is not yet married. When he gets married, one more member would be added to our family. The girl who will marry my uncle will become my aunt. Their children will be my cousin.’’

Families can be divided into three main types. They are: 1) nuclear family or small family 2) big family 3) joint family.

1) A family in which parents live with one or two children is called a nuclear or small.

2) A family in which parents live with more than two children is called a big family.

3) A family in which grandparents, parents, uncle, aunts and cousins live less than one roof is called a joint family.

All of us love our families

Our home is the first school. The family members are our first teachers. They teach us many good things. They help us in growing up as good human beings.

An ideal family is one in which al the family members support each other in good and bad times.

Whenever there is any problem in a family, all thee family members get together to think and solve the problem. All of them also celebrate their happiness together.

a) Family members help each other in times of need. b) Family members celebrate their happiness together.

All the families follow some riles or customs. In some families, people do not have their breakfast before worshiping God.

A child learns good habits and values from his/ her family.

Our family influences us a lot. We learn many things from our elders. They teach us the difference between good and bad thins.

Sharing and caring

Chintu’ never helped his parents and grandparents at home. One day, his mother said, ``There is a lot of work in the house. If all of us share the work, it would be finished in a short time. Then we will get a lot of free time to spend with each other.’’

One day, his teacher asked him in the class, ``whom do you admire the most in your home? Chintu at once replied, ``my mother’’.

On being asked why, he said ``She not only goes out and works but also al the cooking and washing she also takes care of all the persons in the family.’’ The teacher then asked, ``what is the work that others in your hose do?’’

Chintu replied, `My father teaches me when he comes back from office.

We have a small lawn in our house. Before going to office, he waters all the plants. While coming back from office he brings milk and vegetables from the market. In the evening my grandfather takes me, my sister and cousins to the park. He also helps us in studies. He has a very vast knowledge. My grandmother us stories. She also helps my mother in keeping the house clean. I play with my cousins and sister. My cousin Madhu is a very good tabla player. He teaches me how to play tabla.

The teacher said, ``we should all help each other at homes as well as at school’’.

Looks and behavior

One day, chintu’s grandmother was showing him the photographs of his father’s childhood. She said, ``Look, how much you look like your father. Not only the looks, but the way you talk, the way you walk, your eating habits are just like your father’s.’’

There was a family function. Chintu met all his cousins. He found that one of his cousins looked like his grandfather a lot. He asked his grandfather, ``Grandpa, Rohan looks exactly as you used to look when you were of his age. I have seen your photograph when you are young. Ow is this possible?’’

Grandfather explained, ``Many people in a family look alike. They have similar features –some have same color of eyes, some have same hair color, some have same face-cut, etc. Some people in a family have similar qualities. For example, you make beautiful paintings. You have got this quality from your mother. She is also very good at drawing. Your father is soft spoken like your grandmother. In this way, family members get the qualities and looks of their forefathers. It is because of heredity that we inherit many things from our parents or grandparents.’’

Relationships

People who live in nuclear families meet n special occasion and have fun together.

This is my friend Suresh. He lives in nuclear family with his parents. On Sunday, they visit their relatives and spend the day together. On holidays and on special occasions like festivals, birthdays and marriages they meet al their relatives and have fun.

Whenever anybody is in the family is sick, all the relatives him/her. They take proper care of each other in times of needs.

It is a well known fact that the children of the present day are the citizens of the future. It is also said that the child is the father of man. The seeds of the future society are in the children of the present age. As such these children have to be brought up along the right lines. Only then the society of the future will be a healthy one.

Man’s character is shaped as he proceeds from childhood to old age. But the impressions of his childhood are strong. It is better to teach children all positive qualities. Parents and teachers should share this responsibility. A child’s education begins at home. His parents should mould his character in such a way that he grows into a useful youth. Children should be made to understand that all men are brothers. Virtues like honesty and mercy should be taught to them. At every stage a child’s career has to be watched carefully. Boys and girls should be given a training in school that teaches them good social and moral values.

It is an unfortunate truth that many children in this country are neglected. They do not have proper upbringing owing to their parents’ poverty. Education is not given to them and they become illiterates. Some fall into bad company and become a nuisance in society. Alter they turn into anti-social elements. Poverty is the main cause of this. Some parents turn their children into labourers to support the family. In India child labour is a big problem. In spite of several laws the practice continues. We cannot hope such children to grow into responsible citizens in future.

The government realised the importance of providing free education to all children. In schools, children are taught social values. The ideas of equality, patriotism and honesty are placed before them. They are exposed to the lives of great men like the Mahatma. By this they have an object-lesson before them that can be followed. Children growing with these ideas in the mind will grow into healthy citizens.

As Rajaji says children and youth are the bricks with which the edifice of the nation is built. These bricks should be strong. Otherwise the national structure will collapse.

In the modern world the media of communication play an important role. Today everyone want to know what is happening around him. To satisfy this need media like the news papers radio and television have come in.

In the olden days it took a lot of time to convey information from one place to another. With the growth of civilization the picture has changed. With the invention of printing and electricity communication underwent revolutionary changes. Among the different forms of media, newspapers occupy an important place. Nowadays news of any event reaches the reader in few hours. Besides factual reporting newspapers provide their own commentary and analysis. Newspapers reflect the conscience of a nation.

The radio comes next. Broadcasting over radio is still the chief mode off communication. Radio reaches the masses even in the remotest parts of a country. Even poor people can afford to have a radio. Almost anything can be conveyed over the radio. Hour to hour information is provided to people in times of natural calamities like cyclones. The Television is also increasingly used for this purpose. Today the television covers nearly 75% of the population. Like the radio, the television also provides us with news and other information.

This is the age of speed. Anything has to reach people in no time. The invention of the telephone and the telegraph made speedy communication possible. The teleprinter is another device that transmits messages rapidly. Fax machines and the wireless also help us in this regard.