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...
Category - Parenting
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...
After a divorce or separation, children need time and understanding if they are to cope with moving between two homes. It is a difficult time and a huge...
You probably think that it is ridiculous to claim that there are benefits to being a single parent. All of us heard the same complaints: The divorce process is...
The teenage years are difficult for both the kids and the parent. It is a long period of constant changes that are often accompanied by pains, troubles...
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 quality that really...
The trend of single parenthood is on the rise in today’s relatively open society. The percentage of a nuclear family that is made up of a father, a mother and...
What is it that ensures a child’s success in life? That is the million dollar question! No matter how you attempt to answer this age-old question, there...