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The Power of Adversity in Developing Grit
Gattaca is a movie that has inspired me since the day I first watched it. It is a movie about achieving your dreams even when nobody else believes you can – or should – achieve those dreams. If you’ve...
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Blue Whales and 13 Reasons for Teenage Suicides
We had a parent workshop at school recently about the TV series 13 Reasons Why based on the book by the same name, written by Jay Asher. Although I had heard of the series, I had no idea what it was...
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How to Instill a Love for Reading in Your Child
On Tuesday, I was invited to speak at the Popular Bookfest 2017 at the KLCC Convention Center with Michelled Lim-Chua, author of The Mindful Mom, on the topic: How to Instill a Love for Reading in Your...
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What Activities Encourage Grit in Children?
This is a topic we invariably come back to time and again – grit. I’m not going to talk about why it’s important because I think we can all agree that having a bit of grit is always beneficial. The...
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Supporting Grit Development
In an earlier post, we looked at the activities that help to build grit. In this post, we’re going to explore ways for supporting grit development and gritty behaviours. Just like a personal trainer...
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How to Increase Your Child’s Competitive Fire
In our earlier posts, we wrote about how competition benefits our children and how genetics can affect our children’s disposition towards competition. In this post, we’re going to look at how we can...
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Parent Cheat Sheet: Metacognitive Questions
At the end of every enquiry unit, parents are invited to school to observe what our children have done. We are also encouraged to ask the kids questions about their work. This is something I’ve always...
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How to be a Parent of Successful Children
Want to know if you’re going to raise a successful child? According to the research, there are 12 key traits that parents of successful children have in common. Business Insider has summarised them...
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Bullying: Understanding, Responding, Preventing It
Bullying. It’s that “B” word that strikes fear into the hearts of parents. We could do everything in our power to protect our children from it and still fail. Perhaps it is the knowledge of our...
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The Effects of Social Media Influence on Our Children
Jessica Freeman The following article is a guest post from Jessica Freeman. Jessica Freeman is a blogger and freelance writer from Sydney, Australia. She enjoys covering various topics, from education...
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The Power of Adversity in Developing Grit
Gattaca is a movie that has inspired me since the day I first watched it. It is a movie about achieving your dreams even when nobody else believes you can – or should – achieve those dreams. If you’ve...
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Blue Whales and 13 Reasons for Teenage Suicides
We had a parent workshop at school recently about the TV series 13 Reasons Why based on the book by the same name, written by Jay Asher. Although I had heard of the series, I had no idea what it was...
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How to Instill a Love for Reading in Your Child
On Tuesday, I was invited to speak at the Popular Bookfest 2017 at the KLCC Convention Center with Michelled Lim-Chua, author of The Mindful Mom, on the topic: How to Instill a Love for Reading in Your...
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Competitive Fire – Favourable Odds and Conditions
This is the last post in a series of articles I have written on competition. The first three articles can be found below: Competition – Why Kids Need to Play to Win Being Competitive – Warriors vs...
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Lessons from a Hiking Adventure in Kota Damansara
Over the Summer Holidays, we took a hike through a new trail in Kota Damansara. I had never been there before, but I thought we would try something new. I think I remember seeing the words “family...
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Gender Stereotypes: Like a Girl
Let’s talk about gender stereotypes. I wrote about it once before but I made the mistake of thinking it was a message we needed to convey only to the girls. I never thought about the consequences of...
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Adrenarche – Pre-pubescent Problems with Boys
When G1 was 8 years old, we saw difficult behaviours at school that was completely out of character for him. It was so at odds with the boy that I knew that it was hard to believe it was happening. I...
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How Adults Affects Young Children’s Persistence
Raising children with persistence. This is a topic that has been very close to my heart since G1 was little. Whether you want to refer to it as persistence, mental toughness, grit, or a growth...
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Helping Children Manage Anxiety
With camp around the corner, G1’s anxiety levels are at an all-time high. It was pretty good timing that our school ran a workshop on anxiety and learning to manage it. These are my notes from the...
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Calming Activities for Kids
Recently, I wrote about a workshop I attended on Helping Children Manage Anxiety. It is a topic close to the hearts of many parents, myself included. The following guest post extrapolates further on...
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