allahabad a 15yearold boy ran away from his house and landed up in mumbai we have heard that before many youngsters have done that in the hope of becoming a bollywood superstar but pushpesh kumar a class ix student ran away to mumbai to skip the monthly tests in his school here he returned after four days when the tests were over when the police questioned him the boy said that he had boarded a train for mumbai as he did not want to appear in tests to everyones amazement the boy cooked up a story of his kidnapping but faltered when cops quizzed him in a stern mannerthis is not an isolated case between january 1 and october 31 the cops had gone through at least 43 cases when children had returned to their homes with concocted abduction or other adventurous stories there are cases where teenagers committed suicide due to stress or domestic problems in the last 10 months 11 teenagers had reportedly committed suicide police claim that economic crisis puts strain on parents or guardians particularly the working ones who fail to give sufficient time to their wards officials feel that there are simple ways to make life easier and improve your relationship with your children parents should also try to apprise their children that families who love each other and are willing to work things out can overcome any problem if it comes factors like good homely environment proper training circumstances options solutions recompense and disadvantages are key notes for parents and they can go it for easily when it comes to creating friendly atmospheredigssp chandra prakash said that parents should keep an eye on the activities of their wards and develop friendly atmosphere at homes investigations into cases where children ran away from homes indicated that they were not properly guided by the parents and there was a communication gap between the youngsters and elder of the family according to experts parents should keep an eye on the activities of their wards especially those who suffer from anxiety and examination phobia such children need delicate handling stress low selfesteem and sibling rivalry are some of the reason for the truant behaviour of childrenasp vk mishra said parents should give regular guidance to the wards and take interest in their daily activitiessome parents keep their eyes closed and ignore the activities of their wards such children become stubborn and often fall in bad companypaediatrician dr sam meesum said that parents should not only take care of their children but also adress their grievances properly so that they dont feel isolated it would also develop a friendly atmosphere at home and the child would be more obedientpolice tips on positive parenting always remain polite to your children repeated aggression can develop negative tendencies in a child address your wards problems carefully in case of difficulties to get their demands fulfilled tell them the real picture in a proper and polite manner always keep a tab