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Looking for ideas to have fun with your family? You have come to the right place. Here you'll discover excellent tips, checklists, and real life examples of how parents have fun with children.

Winter Clothing in Summer Playground

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playground fun
Photo Credit: Patrik Jones

Last Saturday, there’s nothing unusual when I took J and K to playground for a round of cycling exercise.

It’s as packed as any other weekend.

Kids were running around and screaming in joy.

Bubbles (blown by both children and parents) were carried away by evening breeze.

A few kites were dotting the sky.

And in the far corner of the park was an ice-cream vendor ringing his bell attracting attention.

It was just a normal, hot, dry evening…

Until I laid my eyes on something rather unusual: [Read more…]

Kluang Family Road Trip

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Not wanting to let the recent school holiday over without going anywhere, I planned for a short trip to a town in the southern part of Malaysia: Kluang.

Kluang is chosen because we have almost visited other parts of Malaysia and what is left unexplored and overlooked is Johor – the state which Kluang is situated.

This 2D1N trip started last Friday. [Read more…]

Play to strengths

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Golf Joke
Photo Credit: David

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…]

Handholding Kills Learning

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Teach Children to Ride a Bike
Photo Credit: Richo.Fan

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…]