{"id":380,"date":"2006-08-06T01:47:47","date_gmt":"2006-08-06T01:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naveenbachwani.wordpress.com\/2006\/08\/06\/joy-and-pride\/"},"modified":"2006-08-06T01:47:47","modified_gmt":"2006-08-06T01:47:47","slug":"joy-and-pride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/2006\/08\/joy-and-pride\/","title":{"rendered":"Joy And Pride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our daughter &#8211; Pumpkin &#8211; is almost two and half years old.\u00a0 And, she is already making us proud.<\/p>\n<p>Just last week, me and the wife had the pleasure of attending our first PTA meeting with her playschool teacher.\u00a0 \u201cMa\u2019am\u201d (that\u2019s what all her students call her) had only praises for our little one\u2026<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cShe\u2019s such a lovely child.\u00a0 She\u2019s so attentive and obedient.\u00a0 She speaks so well.\u00a0 Sometimes, I think she should be in the next level course, but let her learn in a relaxed manner\u2026\u201d\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p>And, these aren\u2019t my words, but the teacher\u2019s!\u00a0 Here\u2019s what her very first report card had to say.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right\" align=\"right\"><span class=\"sizeGreater20\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right\" align=\"right\"><span class=\"sizeLess20\">(A+ = Excellent, A = Very Good, B+ = Good, B = Scope for Improvement)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Self Reliance<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>I take care of things\u00a0 = A<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>I attend to my personal needs\u00a0 = A<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>I meet people without shyness\u00a0 = B+<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Motor Skills<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>I like to draw\u00a0 = A+<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>I can string beads\u00a0 = B+<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>I can climb steps\u00a0 = A<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Work Habits<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>I work quietly\u00a0 = B<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>I clean up after work and play\u00a0 = A<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>I finish what I start\u00a0 = A+<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Social Development<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>I like to play with others\u00a0 = B+<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>I join organized games\u00a0 = A+<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Courtesy<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>I listen while others speak\u00a0 = B+<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>I accept and respect authority\u00a0 = A<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Language Development<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>I enjoy listening to stories\u00a0 A+<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>My attention span is becoming longer\u00a0 = A<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>I speak clearly\u00a0 = A<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>I share my experiences with the class\u00a0 = A<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>She\u2019s not even reached kindergarten, and she\u2019s already making us proud !<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right\" align=\"right\">Related Reading : <a href=\"http:\/\/papa.naveen.naveen.naveen.naveen.bachwani.com\/2006\/06\/18\/off-to-school\/\">Off To School<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our daughter &#8211; Pumpkin &#8211; is almost two and half years old.  And, she is already making us proud.  Just last week, me and the wife had the pleasure of attending our first PTA meeting with her playschool teacher&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parenthood"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}