Everyone is good at something! This is a real story about how a teacher uncovers the extent of a child’s potential out of a genuine curiosity to find out “how far can this child go?”. Two days ago, Ms. Lim, a special needs school teacher, decided to tell […]
A Grave Mistake That Parents Make On the 21 November, the results of the this year’s Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) were released. Now that the dust has settled, it’s time to chose a suitable secondary school for the children. As the school-posting system is entirely based on […]
If parents are already stressed out, what about the children? On a Saturday morning, I greeted a neighbour, “Have a happy weekend!” “It’s a sad weekend,” he replied unexpectedly before going on to explain, “The children are having a grilling time preparing for examinations.” My neighbour’s daughter was […]
Last evening , a friend VK asked me, “How is your elder son doing?” VK is a kind man who is temporarily taking care of a child in neglect. Out of concern, he asked how I coped with the challenges of raising a child with special needs. My […]
A Boy Who Thinks Cleaning Is Somebody Else’s Job One Sunday, a ten-year-old boy interrupted the swim coach, SC, who was giving my son Kyan individual coaching. “Yucks! Coach, there is tissue paper in the water over there.” The coach replied, “So, what are you going to do about it?” “I don’t know. It’s […]
Know Why Children Suddenly Dislike Reading Parents are blamed for the things that their children do, and not do. When children do not read books, parents are told to read more books to them. And parents are questioned if they are setting a good example of reading books […]
Are You Done With Reading To Children? I thought the days of reading books to my children were over. I do not know how many parents still read books to their adolescent children. Like many parents, I read books to them when they were young. Now that they have […]
