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Proof that bonding can be simple and fun

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Bonding with children
Photo Credit: Bob Whitehead

You see it’s good to have friends and relatives who are migrating.

Not that I encourage them to but…

Anyway my nephew was migrating to the kangaroo land recently and he left us a few piles of stuff.

One of the piles is old issues of a local magazine which targets primary school students.

(By the way, it’s called “Ge Mei Lia” if you are interested.)

The pile was left quietly untouched in one corner of the house until J and K took the effort to dig some issues of the magazine out on that one fateful day.

Out of boredom and curiosity, I took a copy and browsed. [Read more…]

Happy that Miley Cyrus cut herself?

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Cooking at home
Photo Credit: Highways Agency

No I am not a psycho who likes to see people suffer.

I heard the news on radio that Miley Cyrus cut her finger (unintentionally) with a kitchen knife while preparing dinner at home.

But don’t worry, the former Disney star was rushed to the emergency room and all stitched up.

Back to why I am happy… [Read more…]

Why I wrote “The Nonconformist’s Guide to Parenting”

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Straight up, here are the reasons:

I wrote it because I want to preserve my writings, thoughts, and experiences.

Plus, in book form, it’s easier to read and the info is more organized. Not to mention you can read it anywhere, anytime.

In fact, there’s another reason I wrote the book.

Let’s call it the UNOFFICIAL reason. In fact I didn’t want to talk about this. It makes me look un-macho.

But I appreciate you becoming my subscriber and I want to be as transparent as possible with you.

To begin with, I was sort of lazy and I had no intention to write this book. [Read more…]

One Essential Skill I Want My Children to Learn

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Essential Skills
Photo Credit: Martin Terber

One of the many skills I want my children to learn which is essential in life is social interaction.

In today’s high tech world, face-to-face interaction has become a rare commodity. Youngsters now know only how to interact via the Internet (FB, chatting, Skype, etc).

But when it comes to face-to-face communication, they are stuck. They are lost for words.

Some of them can’t even speak one complete sentence, let alone express themselves properly.

They speak as though they are texting: [Read more…]