Helping Parents Succeed
Everything you want to know about raising happy, confident, healthy children.
By Abel Cheng
At different stages of life, elder kids tend to do different things than their younger peers. My philosophy is simple: I will do my best to let them do what they want to do as long as it’s not life threatening like jumping off from a tall building.
Recently, J and K, 10 and 7 respectively, have collectively gone through five new experiences. Sometimes, it’s fun to know your child is able to do stuff that only adults can – albeit not perfectly executed. [Read more…]
By Abel Cheng
All this while, I feel something is amiss with our current education system.
But I don’t know what it is. And I have problems describing the situation too.
Fortunately, I was introduced to this perfectly written article that sums up what I feel.
It struck a strong chord in me and what the author proposes should be the way our school’s future direction. [Read more…]
By Abel Cheng
You might not agree with me but besides sex, death is the most taboo topic for parents.
Where’s the fun of discussing about death, you ask.
As far as I am concerned, there’s no such thing as off-limits. I will do my best to adequately address my child’s curiosity to find out about certain thing.
Avoiding taboo topics is not the way. You have to explain to them accordingly when the need arises.
Death included. Something different about death is when you learn more about it, the more you discover about how to live your life with purpose… become more compassionate and less calculative. [Read more…]
By Abel Cheng
If you have been following my story, we have quite a bit of challenge with J’s piano lesson.
For as long as I can remember, she doesn’t seem to have found the “oomph” to learn piano.
She is not motivated and not looking forward to the class. Not to mention making piano practice her daily routine.
When she first started piano, my wife bought her a used piano without a second thought. That was THE most expensive purchase apart from the house and cars. That was how committed we are to see J through in piano.
We changed teachers twice and currently being taught by the third – hoping that J and the new teachers would click. As it turns out, having the right teacher is one of the important factors that will make sure your child’s continuity in pursuing something. [Read more…]
By Abel Cheng
In a rare opportunity, we took J and K to a book signing ceremony last Sunday.
Why rare? Because it’s hard to come across an author who is loved by them and is willing to do the autograph at the same time.
It turned out to be an exciting event for the kids and even for me. The crowd was manageable and we had the chance to ask the author anything we wanted and took pictures.
The problem is J and K only started to “love” this artist-cum-author a few weeks ago. Even though they knew about Cheeming Boey‘s first book “When I was a kid” long time ago, it was not time yet for them to pick it up and read. [Read more…]