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.
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How can I help my child be an independent learner?
When it comes to education, the ultimate aim of parents and teachers is to make children self-sufficient and able to think for themselves. One of the key steps you can take in that direction is to nurture independent learning in children. So, what is independent learning?
Happy April Fools’ Day!
All Fools’ Day or April Fools’ Day falls on the first day of April in most parts of the world. Even though this day has been observed as the day for pranks, its true origins are clearly not known.
How to encourage your child to enjoy their Mother Tongue?
In Singapore and other Asian countries, it is common for people to be bilingual. Children often grow up learning at least two languages – their mother tongue and English. Most use English for communication, and once they step outside their home, the usage of their mother tongue becomes scarce.
How can I teach my child to manage time better?
Time is what life is made up of, it is the one thing we all have in common. The way you utilise the time that is available to you determines where you end up in life.
Character or Intelligence: Which is more important?
It’s very hard to believe it when we share that character traits can have more influence on a child’s academic and extracurricular performance, as compared to their level of intelligence.
How can I help boost student motivation?
Motivation allows one to focus on the task at hand and move past all the distractions and temptations. It is something that can help you excel in academics and any other field you are working on.
March Hols Special: How can I help my child improve in Term 2?
Children are all looking forward to playing and going on vacations. Even though holidays are about fun, they shouldn’t exclusively be just about that.
How to teach my child creative writing?
Being able to record ideas, thoughts and feelings gave us more power than any other discovery in the history of mankind. Writing, be it scientific, creative, or recording of events- all are important. But creative writing is a tad more special as it involves the active use of our imagination. Human imagination – without any bounds – has produced all the technological and scientific marvels that we see around us today as very scientific inventions or discoveries that started as a creative idea in someone’s mind.
Happy International Women’s Day!
Women have it hard everywhere in the world. The gaping gender inequality and discrimination – women succeed despite that. They are heroes without capes.
