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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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Parenting : Curiosity does not always kill the cat

1 July 2009 | Posted in: Parenting | 4 Comments

An interesting food for thought.
When we are curious about something and go all out to find out MORE about it ourselves, the chance of us REMEMBERING what we’ve just found out and learned is HIGHER, …

Why (always) so serious?

25 June 2009 | Posted in: Inspirational, Parenting | 6 Comments

I love how little ones laugh out loud. So carefree. As if nothing in the world could ever stop the outburst of their super giggles.
And sometimes, when I see my two kids play and laugh, I think …

Parenting Siblings

24 June 2009 | Posted in: Inspirational, Parenting | 2 Comments

… why should we see each other as rivals, when we can actually be friends
… why should we push, when we can use our hands and arms to hug and cuddle
… and why should we …

On being a Good Dad

21 June 2009 | Posted in: Inspirational, Parenting | 4 Comments

How much does it cost to ‘buy’ the qualities of a good dad – being there, understanding your kids, honoring your wife, believing in your kids, letting the kids go through pain?
Last time I checked, …

Not always all hugs and cuddles

15 June 2009 | Posted in: Daily, Parenting | 2 Comments

People ask me, ‘Do your two kids ALWAYS get along with each other?’
And I’d be like, ‘Noooo … of course they don’t ALWAYS hug and cuddle each other lovingly.’
They’re after all individuals who have unique …

Parenting : When the mindset needs to change, from full of complaints to full of thanksgiving

4 June 2009 | Posted in: Daily, Inspirational, Parenting | 11 Comments


count your blessings, name them one by one
count your blessings see what God has done
count your blessings, name them one by one
count your many blessings, see what God has done

Singing the above song obviously is …

Parenting : When our reaction affects our child’s confidence

27 May 2009 | Posted in: Daily, Parenting | 14 Comments

My 2-year-9-month-old son saw the really tall umpire’s chair on the badminton court near our place this morning. And he asked,
“Mommy, can I go up and sit on the chair?”
“Sure. You’d need to climb quite …

When children cry. When children smile.

20 May 2009 | Posted in: Daily, Parenting | One Comment

Children cry.
Children whine.
Children demand and their persistent disobedience is mind-numbing.
But.
When children smile.
When children run to you for a big hug.
When children ask for you to be by their side so they don’t feel alone.
We too …

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