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Exploring Our Children’s Potentials

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“Thanks” to today’s gadgets, more and more kids tend to say, “I don’t know what I’m good at. I don’t know what I like. I’m not interested in anything actually.” (But somehow they are interested …

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Instilling Love for Reading

30 July 2018 | Posted in: Daily, Parenting | No Comment

 
Some kids love to read without being encouraged.
Some others – like our 2nd and 3rd kids – may choose ‘play’ over sitting down and reading.
Which type ares are your kids, btw? =)

While we don’t force …

Teaching Children What Sharing Truly Means

13 July 2018 | Posted in: Inspirational, Parenting | One Comment

‘Mommy, this is for you‘, a 4yo gave a big chunk of her cake to her Mom.
‘Oh, don’t you want it?’
‘No, you can have it, Mommy‘, the little one replied with a smile.
People who saw …

Checking Out: Bamboo Bridge, Bagan Fajar at Teluk Naga, Tangerang

 
Once a while, we simply feel like escaping the busy city of Jakarta, and … do something different.
Recently, we decided to go fishing with friends and their families, and … enjoy some ‘bamboo bridge walk’ …

Relationships OVER Material Things

9 July 2018 | Posted in: Inspirational, Parenting | No Comment

‘When is Mommy coming home?’
‘Is Daddy on his way home?’

Upon hearing it, some people may go, ‘Awwww, so sweet!’
It sounds sweet to hear a child asks for his/her parents like that.
*cue for heart emoticons*
❤️❤️❤️

Now.
If your …

Better Today: 17 Years Together

7 July 2018 | Posted in: Marriage & Relationships | No Comment

I guess we are now closer to ‘reality’ than 17 years ago.
On the left:
We’re well-dressed, in an air-conditioned studio, standing by a piano, and asked to look out a window (with no view, haha).
Things ‘had …

Brie and Her Art of Passing Her Responsibilities to Others

2 July 2018 | Posted in: Parenting | No Comment

 
Brie came along to my office during NRETC last week, and she left some toys on my desk (read: She didn’t put the toys back into her bag when we went home)
 
The next day:
Me: ‘Brie, …

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