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How a puppy taught my children about time and promises

May 15, 2013 By Abel Cheng

Dogs and children
Photo Credit: M&Co

J and K love animals. Dogs especially.

They have been bugging me to adopt one since a long time ago.

But I turned them down. Reason: too much responsibility.

Their life took a turn for the better when our neighbor brought home a Rottweiler puppy last February.

J and K immediately befriended the neighbor with the intention to get to play with the dog. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Blog, Parenting

Banned baby names that parents use

May 3, 2013 By Abel Cheng

When you’re expecting next time, be careful how you name your baby.

There are rules that you can’t break.

Yes, even though it’s your baby but you can’t just name her/him as you wish.

And this includes promoting your baby to a higher ranking such as King or Queen.

According to the Department of Internal Affairs of New Zealand, it has released a list of baby names that put forward by parents but were rejected.

Reasons?

Too bizarre.

Too offensive.

Here are some examples of such names: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Blog, Parenting

What lousy politicians can teach you about parenting

April 24, 2013 By Abel Cheng

Everybody has a fever. No it’s not the virus that I am talking about.

It’s the election that I am talking about. Malaysians would go for the 13th election come May 5th.

Not that politicians are without jokes on normal days, but during election season, they are more rampant and daring to say and do things just to fish for votes.

They prompted me to write this post.

For the record, I refrain myself from touching on politics. If you notice, I have never written anything about it in the past.

It’s different this time. Because I have found some useful lessons parents can learn from our politicians… even though they are lousy! [Read more…]

Filed Under: Blog, Parenting

Day Trip to Banting, Jugra, and Jenjarom

April 17, 2013 By Abel Cheng

I couldn’t stand the itch of not traveling during the recent one week school holiday.

By hook or by crook I had to bring the family somewhere. I have a list of “Where to Go” and Banting and Jugra are on the list. So that’s how our Banting road trip started.

I began planning the trip a week before and had a few items lined up.

We wanted to get more people to go but everybody was busy with their own plans.

As a result, only four of us embarked on the day trip.

Let’s go through where we went one by one: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Blog, Fun Times

Unlikely Lesson from Easter Egg Hunt

April 10, 2013 By Abel Cheng

Last Sunday, we had an Easter Egg Hunt for kids during our monthly run.

Somehow the organizer was short of eggs, I guess.

Even though a “rule” was already in place – that each child could only get one egg – the shortage still occurred.

It was obvious that a significant number of children did not manage to find even an egg.

It’s easy to tell from the facial expressions of the children who did not find the eggs.

They looked so disappointed and depressed. Some at the brink of crying.

Poor thing. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Blog, Parenting

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