Everybody worries or feels stressful from time to time. It’s especially true to parents for many reasons, like having a new born baby discharged from hospital, feeling helpless with a crying baby, children going to school on the first day, feeling unable to control sibling rivalry…the list goes on and on. These situational problems happening [...]

For those who are interested, here are some more activities and detailed explanations about Chinese New Year : The 15-Day Celebration of Chinese New Year Traditional Chinese New Year Foods Chinese New Year Decorations Chinese New Year Dragon Craft Dragons on Parade Craft Funky Chinese New Year Cards Chinese New Year Clip Art The Chinese [...]

Pathfinder Parent posted a vacancy titled “Help Wanted” on its website. I would think that no one would be interested in it or apply for such a demanding job without any wages and compensation at all. Would you agree with me? Have a look at the following excerpt: JOB DESCRIPTION: Long term team players needed [...]

Once I conducted a workshop for adults on learning, I gave them a brainstorming activity to start the session. I asked them to write their names, and then used their opposite hands to write again. After all people finished writing, I asked, “Did you feel uncomfortable with your opposite hands when you write? Did it [...]

Recent psychological theorists find the close relationship between emotional and intellectual growth in children’s brain. “The most important of the emerging revelations is that the key to stimulating emotional and intellectual growth in your child is your own behavior–what you do, what you don’t do, how you scold, how you reward and how you show [...]

Ever wonder what to put in your child’s lunch box. Child and Youth Health has launched a “Just for Kids” website which provides with tips and advice on bringing up happy, healthy kids. Here are the tips for packing a healthy lunch box: Important things to do Lunch box ideas Bread Fillings What else? Kid’s [...]

Being a parent is a very stressful job indeed. Many times we have a bad day, although not exactly like the one depicted in Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day : “I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there’s gum in my hair and when I got [...]

If you notice that your child has a lapse in learning, he/she might be suffering from limited sleep. Reuters Health reports researchers, Hairston and her colleagues, carried out a new study in rats and found that “skimping on sleep can slow certain types of learning” due to difficulty seems to arise from a lack of [...]

I’ve talked about spatial/visual learners, tactile/kinetic learners and auditory learners. Today logical learners are in the spotlight. When my son was at primary school age, I found that he especially liked playing math games with his dad. Here’s one of his favourite math games. Whenever they came across a car with a four digit number [...]

When is the right time to give potty-training to your child? Traditionally, most parents don’t think they should give infants toilet-training unless they wait until their children turn 2 or even 3 years old. They worry about it would cause long-term psychological damage on their child. Indeed, if early potty-training with too much pushing and infants’ readiness and needs are not taken into account, it would do more harm than good. If a child is not ready to receive toilet-training yet,…