‘Eat healthy from young’, well that’s quite easy to say, isn’t it? But try to implement it with your tiny tots and voila! We arrive at one of the biggest parenting challenges. Before we go further, let’s just take a sneak peek into the causes of this challenge. The truth is that many parents today…
The Chinese Lantern Festival, 2000 years and beyond
The Chinese Lantern Festival (Shang Yuan) marks the end of the Chinese New Year’s celebration. It is generally believed that this festival originated more than 2000 years ago during the rule of the Western Han dynasty. Emperor Wu started the worship rituals and Emperor Ming, a devout Buddhist made it a custom to light candles…
5 ways to deal with your kid’s homework challenge
‘HOMEWORK’… This is a word that haunts almost every parent. A kid’s homework turns into a source of immense anxiety for parents. But all this can be easily avoided. Let’s see how it is done in 5 easy steps. Understanding your child’s needs Your child is an individual with her own tastes and skills. For…
What are your kids reading now?
Many parents today will not be able to answer this question. With our hectic schedules, we hardly get any time to spend with our children. But are we to be faulted for this? Does it matter much what our children are reading? Research points out that children start developing habits right from the age of…
Let’s avoid being too sweet during Chinese New Year!
“I’ll start my diet tomorrow!” This thought seems familiar? How many of us are guilty of putting off our new year’s resolutions the moment we spot the delicious-looking delicacies that are available during Chinese New Year? Not just are our eyes enticed by the delectable array of food, our scent of smell and taste also…
The Chinese New Year
“Gong xi fa cai!” For 15 days starting from 5th February 2019, this phrase will be commonly heard being used across many Chinese (and increasingly in non-Chinese as well) households. That’s right, it is the time when the new Lunar New Year is upon us again! Not surprisingly, with an estimated 20% of the world…
Bungee jumping: from the Pacific to Sentosa
Screams as people fall from 220 meters up in the air are not uncommon. Less expected, however, are when the screams come from excitement rather than fear – that’s what you get from bungee jumping. This adventure sport, where people jump off high points with nothing but an elastic rope around their ankles, is highly…
Screening Our Technology Use
Screen time is an easy demon to hate. As digital devices become more common in our children’s lives, we need to be careful about how we approach and use this double-edge sword. All screen time cannot be treated the same
Why Our Kids Should Try Mountain Climbing
We can liken our education system to the mountain climbing experience. In all that our kids do, it is important that we recognise and promote the effort to attain the highest. While we all try to perfect our scores in our academic subjects, let’s not forget to remind ourselves that that it is the journey that matters. We should all strive to learn as much as we can, to maximise our potential. Modelling this mentality for our kids definitely has its benefits, and kids will then learn that it is the journey that matters, more so than the results.
The Magic Never Ends-Why you need to go to Harry Potter World
For so many people today, Harry Potter was our introduction to reading. It showed us that just words can take you somewhere else and carry you along fabulous adventures. It taught us bravery and friendship and the importance of making the difficult choices.
