A child once asked me in church to help him buckle up his shoe and I couldn’t help but ask “How old are you”? because to me , I expected that a child of his age should be able to fix up his shoes conveniently even without his parent’s supervision. There are some basic life […]
Five Ways to Make Homework Fun for Kids
When you say the word “homework” you can literally hear parents sigh and roll their eyes. Homework has always been a touchy subject even from way back. It was practically one of the things I particularly dreaded and of course doing anything possible to avoid. It’s still the same today when you tell your kids […]
Six Ways To Develop Your Child’s Social Skills
Do you want your kids to become adults that get along easily with other individuals in society? Then start improving their social skills. Just like many other adults, children are more naturally socially adept than others. Socially adept kids are the ones that become the kind of people others gravitate to and who can easily […]
Five Questions You Should Ask Your Child After School
Asking the kids questions and trying to engage them everyday after school is a great way to reconnect after a long day apart and this is not as easy you are reading it right now. Many parents get tired of hearing the word ‘’Fine“, ‘’Nothing’’ and other single syllable responses that may not really elicit […]
Back to School: How to Help Your Child Succeed
How was the look on your child’s face on their first day of resumption? The holiday was fun and my little man didn’t want it to end. A night before the first day of resumption, this man was still glued to video game and it was past 9pm already. After yelling twice, he finally dropped […]
Four Resources to Teach Kids About The Real Meaning of Easter
How can you teach the resurrection story to kids this Easter season? Unlike Christmas, the story behind Easter celebration can be a little difficult for parents to teach their kids. You would even agree with me that every parent should delay particularly, “The Passion of Christ”; (the movie that narrates the horrible violence that Jesus […]
7 facts Every Parent Must Know About Cambridge Primary Checkpoint Exams
When I say we are in exam season, it’s not a joke. My son keeps going on about how Year 6 is not an easy class (because he wants to be exempted from household chores). I’m like are you the first person? Lol.
5 Fun Activities for Kids this Holiday
Just one more week and School will be out. Perhaps its about that time of the year again when kids sing Mummy I’m bored to your hearing. Why not keep your kiddos busy while they enjoy every moment of this holiday? Here are just a few suggestions of fun things to do during the holidays!
6 Things I Wish I Knew About Money When I was Younger
“An early understanding of financial concepts accounts for the wealth gap between the affluent and those with low incomes”. Now that I am older and wiser, I wish my parents had taught me certain things about money. It would have made a whole lot of difference and made the roads to “riches” a less bumpy […]
5 SURE WAYS TO HELP A FORGETFUL CHILD
My 8-year-old can be really “forgetful”. I seem to have to always remind him to flush after using the toilet. If you send him on an errand from the sitting room to the bedroom, he will most likely come back empty handed. I have lost count of all the things he “forgets”. I guess what […]