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Since today is Friday, let’s not be too serious.
Why not I tell you a joke. I read about it in Reader’s Digest (yep, no iPad) while waiting for J and K to finish their classes recently.
Roughly, the joke goes like this: [Read more…]
I am going to share with you one of the biggest lessons in parenting.
At least for me…
I thought I was the most carefree father in the world until I found myself being too protective over J and K.
Here’s the story:
Every bicycle for children comes with training wheels. I think the inventor’s intention was good. That is to help children to learn how to ride a bicycle more easily.
However from my recent experience, this is NOT the case. In fact, the training wheels did not help J and K at all.
In contrast with what I thought, training wheels HINDER children from learning to ride.
Let me explain. [Read more…]
Even though I have not breastfed before (for a very apparent reason), it doesn’t take long to realize there are many parties are against breastfeeding mothers.
Mother-in-law. Friends. Neighbors. Aunties and uncles. Cousins.
Even confinement ladies. And worst of all… the milk formula company. [Read more…]
“Son, if you are Top 2 in the whole school, I’ll buy you an iPad.”
She’s having exams now. J related this to me a few days ago. This was exactly what the father of her classmate said to his son.
Don’t ask me why #2 and not #1 or #5. I don’t know. Go ask J’s classmate’s father.
Anyway, at a glance, the statement looks okay although it sounds like a bribe. Many parents say that. I heard of it even when I was a student then.
Nothing wrong with that, right? [Read more…]
This incident caught J off guard.
Sad but true, she’s beginning to see the “real” world and it is not as “nice” as she used to think.
You see I would never have thought this would happen to J who is one year short of 10. To top it off, this shouldn’t have happened in school. [Read more…]