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Unhealthy trend among wealthy parents

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luxury clothing
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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…]

The encounter of the fourth kind of…

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Teething
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A week ago, K complained that his mouth was painful. Also before that he had a mild fever.

I thought, “Oh no! Not HFMD again!”

We took a flashlight and shined on K’s mouth. And found nothing.

We felt relieved for the time being.

The next day, he complained again. But this time, he said the pain came from the gums of the bottom left of the mouth. [Read more…]

Harmony among triplets

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Triplets
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My wife’s friend (let’s just call her Anne) has triplets and the trio is as old as my daughter, J.

During our recent hometown trip, we caught up with Anne and let the kids mingle among themselves while we adults engaged in conversation.

We shared stories and one topic that was unavoidable was parenting. Imagine you have to take care of not one but three babies simultaneously. There’s a lot to learn from Anne.

I thought Anne was like any other ordinary mother who is submissive to children’s wishes.

Lucky for her. She is not. [Read more…]

The Key Ingredient of Empowerment

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Photo Credit: Richo.Fan

Luke has not learned to take good care things under his custodian. He tends to break of lose them.

That’s the reason why his parents do not buy him a new bicycle, among other things.

He has to use his sister’s girly, pinky bike.

Things change one day as his father, Phil, decides it’s time for Luke to have a new bicycle of his own.

It’s time for him to teach Luke about responsibility. [Read more…]

Sh*t My Dad Does

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My Dad is Sh*t
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Shhh….

Be quiet.

After making our daddy sleep by forcing him to watch the 112th time rerun of a Spongebob series, we took over the computer and wrote this article to you.

I know you always receive emails from our daddy, Abel Cheng. And he always says how good a father he is.

Enough is enough. Things may not what you think of him. We don’t want him to mislead you further. [Read more…]