Helping Parents Succeed
Everything you want to know about raising happy, confident, healthy children.
I let you in on a secret:
My wife and I never really got separated from J and K since they were born. Except our trip to Japan in 2010. Even that both of us were away together.
But this time is different.
My wife is assigned to a project in Brisbane and she is there for 10 days. Leaving me alone handling the household.
Today is the last day my wife is there.
While she’s away, I get a taste of how being a single parent feels like. [Read more…]
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…]
I take cues from life… though not all the time but this one makes it too obvious for me to ignore.
I heard it not once but twice, in just a week’s time.
I am Chinese but I didn’t know about this “joke” until this week. [Read more…]
Imagine you have a son. He’s very healthy and normal – just like any other kids.
Except that he has no hands and only a leg.
What are you going to do? Freaked out? [Read more…]
Whenever parents ask me to recommend a parenting book to them, I will point them to, without fail, the same book – “How to Talk So Kids Will Listen.”
(By the way, the book is 30 years old and it’s STILL relevant until today. In case you are interested, here’s our How to Talk So Kids Will Listen review.)
Some say, “Books are expensive. I can’t afford them.”