Published in November 3rd, 2008
I managed to get a caring friend, Zheng Yi, to share her path as a preschool teacher with all of us. She is a young graduate who venture into early childhood development instead of corporate working life. I admire her enthusiasm and dedication that she shows in her preschool teaching career. Our children need [...]
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Published in October 28th, 2008
Most of the time punishment is used to nurture our child’s discipline. An adult will use a rattan to beat a very “naughty” child because he thinks that beating can stop his naughty behavior and get him to become more discipline. Before we proceed, it is important for the adults to understand the meaning of [...]
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Published in October 23rd, 2008
Most of us do apply punishment when we are trying to nurture our child’s proper behavior. Do you think punishment is effective in nurture our child’s behavior? What type of punishment do you normally use when your child misbehaves?
Some parents love to apply physical punishment to their misbehaved child. Physical punishment includes slapping, spanking, shaking, [...]
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Published in October 20th, 2008
One of the common issue in nurturing our child among the parents or teachers is that we find our child not listen to us! “Son, clean up your room!”, an instruction given to your son early morning, but the room is still messy when you enter your son’s room at night. In actual fact, you [...]
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Published in October 15th, 2008
“My child seems not socialize in the school..She doesn’t talk much in school or with other people except her daddy and mummy.”, a concern shared by a parent. This is a very common behavior that we may notice when we nurture our child. We just need to find out the reason behind his behavior. How [...]
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Published in October 14th, 2008
Do you ever argue with your husband/wife over the issues surrounded your child? Each have different opinion on child raising issues. The discussion becomes tense and may lead to argument if neither party wants to tolerate or compromise. If the situation repeats, the frustration will soon develops and lead to more serious problem in the [...]
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Published in October 8th, 2008
“I wonder how is he doing in the school..but I don’t feel like talking to this teacher.”, does this thought occur in you sometimes when you pick up your child from the school. Well, this is one of the common incidents happen when we nurture our child. Many parents do not have the habit to [...]
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Published in September 30th, 2008
We face lots of challenges when we nurture our child. If we use taste to describe the journey, we do taste sweet, sour, bitter and spicy (this is the Chinese saying about life!). Children sometimes bring us so much joy that we smile and laugh with them. Sometimes they just give us so much frustration [...]
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Published in September 25th, 2008
“I own my child!”, a parent claimed. If you are a parent, do you ever have this thought? Well, I’m not surprised if any mother or father possesses that thought of owning her/his child because I believe it is the act of love! An act of loving her/his child too much that she/he thinks that [...]
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Published in September 23rd, 2008
“He is so naughty!”, a parent complained about his son. Doesn’t it sound familiar? This is a very common remark that we heard from adults in the journey of nurturing our child.
A child is categorized as “naughty” :
when the child disobey you.
when the child climbs up the table.
when the child pulls and breaks the vase.
when [...]
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