Making new year’s resolutions can be pretty easy. But keeping them and ensuring you work for them is an entirely different question. Goal setting is incredibly important for children and it will encourage them to be responsible and mindful in decision-making. So, it’s important for children to make new year’s resolutions that are both valuable and realistic.
Category: Teenage
Help, my kids are throwing temper tantrums!
You’re shopping with your kid in a supermarket. He has spied on a product that you don’t intend to buy. Suddenly, you are in the centre of a temper tantrum. Sounds familiar?
Bullying is common these days – should I teach my kid to fight?
Bullying has become a topic of concern over the last few years. The topic has gained so much traction that many researchers and specialists have started to study bullying, its adverse impacts and the steps needed to overcome the aftermath.
Help your children make “good” friends
Friends are an important part of our life. A person’s life is most often influenced by the friends he/she is surrounded with, rather than their family. Before school days, they might be spending most of their time at home.
Help! My child seems to be bullying others. What can I do?
Well, kids bully because adults bully. In SIngapore, it was found that more than 1 in 4 of 15 year-old students reported getting bullied. This permissive culture is propagated by avoiding this conversation with the younger generation.
Help – my child’s friends are comparing their allowance!
With the Lunar New Year just passing us by, our young ones would have enjoyed being gifted with red packets or what is commonly known as “ang bao”. It is inevitable that some students tend to compare how much they have gotten, and this may extend to the comparison of their allowance.
Help, my child is addicted to gaming!
The definition of “gaming” keeps changing every single year. What we thought of gaming during our childhood has evolved so much that we hardly can relate to modern-day gaming.
How can I reach out to my child?
Children, especially teens, might be under stress that parents don’t know. Parents constantly keep a watch on the physical health of their children. But, what about their mental health? Due to the stigma associated with mental illnesses, parents often turn a blind eye to these issues. The constant pressure to perform academically, building a good image, focusing on their future- all these might be too much to handle for some children. Also, children are more at risk due to the changes in the brain during puberty.
How can I teach my child to be safe online?
If you were told not to use any electronic gadgets for an entire day, it would definitely make you worry or perhaps even suffer from anxiety, right?
Well, that’s the influence that the digital space has over most of us!
Youth Day 2021- Let’s celebrate our children’s youth!
National Youth Day in Singapore is on the first Sunday of July every year, and the following Monday is a holiday for schools. It coincides with the beginning of the second academic semester of the year and this year’s Youth Day falls on the 4th of July!
