Planning for a positive break Just half-way through 2020, but it feels like we’ve been in this year for ages! So, how is your 2020 going? This year, people across age groups have had their lives disrupted like never before. For kids, these disruptions are sure to have an extra impact. The pandemic related challenges…
Category: Stress
Time To Applaud For Our Super Moms!
Academic research continues to tell us that mothers spend a great deal more time taking care of the children and the household than fathers. The most recent of these studies, conducted by economists from the Universities of Cambridge and Zurich in the month of April reaffirms this. The average mother is spending 6 hours a day on childcare and home-based schooling activities while the average father is spending only a little more than 4 hours for the same.
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.
Health is Wealth! Do stressful childhoods affect your health at later ages?
Health is Wealth – How many of us have heard of this phrase before? Yes, this is very true especially in times like these, where the Coronavirus threatens to disrupt many spheres of our society.
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
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.
How to optimise my child’s learning?
A good bonding with your child that is constantly nurtured with quality parent-child time would make you better aware of your child’s strengths and weaknesses and the specific challenges that she faces at school. Identifying the challenges is the first step towards optimising learning and spending quality time with your child would help you in this process of identification.
Handling the PSLE results – stay calm and look forward
We live in a highly competitive world and at times all of us get carried away. As parents we may want to see our children finish at the top spot in everything that they do. When they do not achieve this or fare badly, it might disappoint and frustrate us. We might also be drawn into a more devastating vice – comparison.
