Helping Parents Succeed
“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…]
Bonjour.
This statement does not come from me.
It’s from Pamela Druckerman. She is the author of “Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting.” She made the statement after her observations on French parents. [Read more…]
It’s more common in Western countries but Asians are not far behind.
It’s indisputable that cereals are a popular breakfast, especially among children.
If your child (heck, even adults) is one of them, STOP doing this. [Read more…]
I first heard of this crazy thing a few years ago when my friend told me about it.
I couldn’t believe what I heard then. I was floored, to say the least.
In this case, my friend told me his friend sent a maid to accompany his son to study in the US.
And just a few days back, I read an article about how undergraduates of Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University brought their maids from home to help clean hostels for them. [Read more…]