Childhood is one of the most exciting periods of life and in this kind of tough situation, it is important for them to not lose their chill, and most importantly, child-like spirit. Your kids might be missing their friends, or simply be missing playing outdoors.
Category: Parenting
Keeping The Exam Takers In Good Spirits!
This is a challenging period. But we should never let the negativity get to us. For those who are taking important exams this year, there is a lot of ground that you can cover during this period when you are at home. Do not let your spirits fall. Make use of all available resources and cover as much ground as you can.
Helping our kids overcome the fear of failure
Logically we Singaporeans should be less fearful and more confident. This is the country that achieved high-income development within the span of a single generation. Yet we remain fearful about our capabilities and are still skeptical about future success. Why are our kids so scared about the future? The main reason is the pressure that our kids are put under related to academics.
Let’s destress our kids!
Are we making our kids sacrifice their playtime? Well, we never should. We need to realize that and make sure that they spend adequate time on the thing that they need the most – play. Let them play outdoors and let them play indoors as well. Our kids learn a lot of things when they play. Many of the vital life skills that define people and help them succeed are acquired in fruitful childhoods which give adequate scope for play.
How to help your child overcome the fear of failure?
Logically we Singaporeans should be less fearful and more confident. This is the country that achieved high-income development within the span of a single generation. Yet we remain fearful about our capabilities and are still skeptical about future success
It’s the new year, how to help your child be more optimistic?
Academic pressures, anxiety about the future, fear of failure, peer pressure and the burden of expectations – these are some of the common issues the average Singaporean child faces today. Is it then a wonder that a large number of our kids end up being pessimists right from a young age? Pessimism can have a devastating impact on the well-being of your kids and can shut down opportunities in their lives.
Striking the right ‘tuition balance’
A recent analysis of national data shows that Singaporeans spent around $1.4 billion on tuition for their kids during the last year. There is a debate around the topic of ‘tuitions’ and this debate has multiple facets to it. Ranging from costs to emotional reactions and efficiency, there are a number of things regarding tuition that appear to be controversial to many.
Is it time to change your tutor?
Is your child’s tuition centre far off from where you live? Do the schedules with the tutor tire your child out completely after his day at school? All these factors can decrease the utility of being tutored.
Results are Out! Now, what’s next?
How many of us have dreaded the day of the results? Well, no matter how good (or bad) we were, there would have been at least one instance in each of our lives when we waited with bated breath for the results – sometimes in anticipation of the failure otherwise with the fear of not getting what we expect.
To err is human… How to overcome crummy results?
Failure is a part of life just as much as success is, isn’t it? All of us have heard this dictum in some form or the other. Yet at the end of the day when failure strikes, a good number of us are left completely devastated and unable to get past it.
