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14 July 2022 – 3:34 pm |

“Thanks” to today’s gadgets, more and more kids tend to say, “I don’t know what I’m good at. I don’t know what I like. I’m not interested in anything actually.” (But somehow they are interested …

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Food for Thought : Tips on Being a Good Dad

19 September 2012 | Posted in: Inspirational, Parenting | 2 Comments

We all know, Daddies are usually less ‘available’ in a child’s life because they most likely need to be at work, for many hours in a day.
The question is, given the limited time a man …

Parenting : Do We Provide Our Children With What They Need ‘The Most’?

19 August 2012 | Posted in: Inspirational, Parenting | 9 Comments

Parents today are generally busy.
Very busy if you have more than one child.
Extremely busy if you have more than two children, no domestic helper AND work and deadlines to clear.

Today I’d like to share this …

Handling Our Anger Better, When Parenting Gets Tough!

2 August 2012 | Posted in: Parenting | 16 Comments

If you are a parent, I’m sure you’ve had days that are just … very,VERY mentally exhausting.
If you’re a non-parent, picture the following … perhaps this will help in better understanding what I mean :
You …

Parenting : Discovering our Baby’s Temperament

20 July 2012 | Posted in: Parenting, Pregnancy & Babyhood | No Comment

Brie is 14 months old tomorrow!
And I’ve been seeing more and more of her stronger ‘temperament’ in the past two months!
In the past two weeks especially, she’s been particularly more fussy than usual.
I assume it’s …

Three Good Reasons Why a Book can be Better than TV

18 July 2012 | Posted in: Parenting, Photography | 4 Comments

… It allows the older siblings play the ‘siblings role’ to the little one, allowing them to interact with one another too
… Books let the reader wind down, imagine, think and process what they’re reading …

A Baby is Born with a Need to be Loved

15 July 2012 | Posted in: Parenting, Pregnancy & Babyhood | 9 Comments

Recently I saw an article that talked about a Mom who physically abused her one year old baby.
It was caught on video, and she’s said to have physically abused her crying baby for about four …

Being in the Outdoors : Life Lessons for City Kids

13 July 2012 | Posted in: Parenting, Places to Visit | 2 Comments

The other weekend we drove out of the city of Jakarta for a few hours and checked out Cijeruk, West Java!
We’re there for three days.
I LOVE the fact that we finally could be away from …

Giving Our Child a Head Start in Education : To Join or To Not Join in the Rat Race

10 July 2012 | Posted in: Parenting | 5 Comments

We have this hot topic going on over on my Facebook right now.
I posted a shot of this Sunday Times article (courtesy of a fellow mom) and wrote something along this line:
There’s an increasing trend …

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