Today’s parents may find it hard to teach their children how to resolve conflicts without fighting because they are unable to do so themselves. The problems...
Category - Parenting
Children are born honest, but as they grow up, they are exposed to a world of deceit, lies and dishonesty. How can parents educate their children about honesty...
Passive aggressive behaviour in a child is more common than you would think. We often face issues at home when our child refuses to do what we want her to do...
Having an angry child can be a headache as the home is often disrupted by angry outbursts, tantrums, or even kicking, fighting or biting. The other possible...
The recent price hike of water in Singapore has caused quite a bit of alarm for heavy water-users. The usual complains of “pay and pay” surfaced and plenty of...
The advance of technology has seen a major shift in today’s parenting – more and more harried parents are using their smartphones and/or tablets as a tool to...
The recent release of a series of comic by the Ministry of Education relating what “helicopter parenting” is has caused quite a stir among parents in Singapore...
July means the start of a new school term. With new challenges facing the children, they are going to need a break now and then. What’s better than bringing...
Helicopter parenting is a term that comes up in 1969 in a book by Dr Haim Ginott. Over the years, the term was so popularly used that it became a dictionary...
Believe it or not there is a right and a wrong way to praise children. So how much is too much? How much is too little? Is it quantity or...
