Helping Parents Succeed
No I am not talking about ass-cleaning.
It’s about something that J and K have come up with.
Let me tell you how it all started.
Not long ago, I have “assigned” some chores to J and K: wiping the table and washing dishes.
Both of them take turns to do one of the chores after dinner every evening. [Read more…]
Being a stay-at-home dad has a lot of thinking to do.
No. Not that type of thinking. It’s not about how to hit sales target. Nor is it about using blackhat techniques and NLP to close a deal.
But questions revolve around what to feed the family.
I admit packing a lunchbox can be a bit of a chore.
I always come to a mental gridlock when figuring out what I want to let J to bring to school for snack. [Read more…]
In the past, he got no luck with gardening. Be it flower or vegetable or tree.
Whatever he planted, died.
That’s what his wife claimed. No hope of growing anything (with the exception of weeds, of course). Let alone enjoying the fruits of his labor.
He accepted the fate that he did not have a green thumb. Finally, he gave up hope and hung up the hoe and boots.
Not until recently, he took the courage to prove that he is not a hopeless gardener – after a few years of hiatus.
He wants to make sure that this time it works. So he read a few books on gardening, especially organic gardening, to make sure that it’s a success. No failure allowed.
That ego-satisfying reason is not the ultimate reason. In fact, there’s another more important reason for this revival: he wants to teach a lesson (or two) to his two young children. [Read more…]
Here’s a report I read recently:
There’s a 20% increase in the spending on luxury items for children among Chinese parents this year compared to the last. They spend more than 3,000 yuan (USD $471) a month to pamper their children with elite brand items (i.e. Gucci Kids, Burberry Children, Baby Dior, Armani Junior).
It gets even more interesting: It’s estimated that the amount is going to hit 8,000 yuan (USD $1,255) per year by end of 2013 regardless of the income of the family. Given the current average income of China is at 21,800 yuan a year, the spending on luxury items is going to touch 36.7% of the income.
Oh boy, more than a third goes to luxury clothes and toys. [Read more…]
Children are not the only ones have the ticket to be sneaky, parents too can be crafty.
When you’re cornered, you have to find a way out.
I made almond milk this week. Not wanting to waste it, I forced myself to come up with new ideas to use almond pulp in my cooking.
What did I make? [Read more…]