"Child's Play"; Pestering Power Influencing a Parent's Purchasing Behavior in Sri Lanka

Aims: For years, there has been extensive attention in both theoretical and sociological literature regarding a child's ability to exert influence on behavior; in both developed and developing countries, a child's pester power has well recognized by interested parties. Pester Power, often known as the 'nag factor,' refers to adolescent shopping requests directed at their parents. Methodology: Due to the scarcity of information available on this social phenomenon in Sri Lanka, this paper focuses on conceptualizing a consistent set of factors and determinants discovered after an extensive literature review from a large number of sources and providing a foundation for future research that addresses an empirical and practical gap. Results: This paper presents a concept model that can be used by Sri Lankan sociological as well as theoretical academicians and researchers to predict the pester power of Sri Lankan youth and adolescents. The model includes demographic, socio-psychographic, and informative factors that could influence the pester power of Sri Lankan youth and adolescents. Originality: Because this is the first study of its kind in Sri Lanka, marketers and academics will be able to focus their attention on the growing behavior of young consumers in Sri Lanka in relation to the FMCG market by using this consistent set of factors. Conclusion: Despite the fact that Sri Lanka has a very traditional culture that places a premium on conformity to group norms and social acceptance and thus confirms a collectivistic culture in which children are expected to be subservient, there is this new wave of incredibly energetic, more informed young children who make their own consumer decisions. Empirical evidence on the increasing participation of children in family purchasing and their conversion into active consumers in a rapidly expanding market in south east Asian countries is predominant.

The Playful Role of the Girl in Empedocles’ B100

Empedocles’ B100 contains an analogy between a girl handling a clepsydra and respiration. This article argues that proposals to establish Love (Bollack 1965, Gheerbrant 2017) or Persephone (Rashed 2008) as the girl’s respiratory equivalent are rendered unlikely by differences between their respective causal roles. Rather than her gender, this article emphasises the importance of the girl’s age: Empedocles required a playful child to handle the clepsydra. This child’s play results in the extra phase of submerging the clepsydra while the upper vent is open, which Empedocles needed to form a parallel for the first static phase of respiration.

Subject-spatial environment of children’s playgrounds formation in Moscow

The analysis of the subject-spatial environment of children’s playgrounds is presented. Their special importance in the formation of a comfortable, stable and safe environment for children is highlighted. The importance of selecting play equipment for playgrounds is indicated not only based on its availability and accessibility, but also based on the age-specific characteristics of the child’s perception of the environment. The scheme of using different types of children’s play equipment is proposed, depending on the age of the child (the type of child’s play). The reasons for the lack of interest of children (4–7 years old) are revealed) to the installed gaming equipment and their preferences. The subject-spatial environment is analyzed on the example of 20 playgrounds in the Maryino district of Moscow. The principles of selection of equipment in accordance with the age category of the child, and the problems of spatial placement of this game equipment, designed for children of different ages, on the playground are considered.

ADAPTATION OF THE CHILD AT KINDER GARTEN – „MY FRIEND PINOCCHIO VISITING ME AT MY HOUSE”

Children’s play helps to gain sensory cognitive and motor experience, which is the basis for the development of emotional intelligent. Toys occupy an important place in the child’s play – not only as tools for its realization, but also as a means of expressing various social roles and relationships, through puppet theater and in particular the plush doll Pinocchio. The activities with the doll contributed to the development of the child’s intellect and the formation of a creative personality and healthy habits, knowledge about road safety and the various professions. Puppetry can help to create a number of everyday habits. The Pinocchio toy gave the children a sense of the magic of puppetry. Building trust by involving parents in the activities of teachers and children on the project and diversifying the forms of cooperation with the parent community and strengthening the relationship between the kindergarten and the institution „family“. The activities in the communication through the doll created conditions for easier adaptation of the children 3-4 years of age when entering the kindergarten.