Saying Good-bye

Children like many adults have difficulties with saying good-bye. Saying good-bye also means having to deal with “closures” or “endings”. It can be as simple as “TV time is up” or “Let’s go home” after experiencing a fun time at the park.
When mum leaves the house (e.g. out to the shop), the toddler hollers. In [...]

A School with a Heart

As soon as my four-year old settled down to having a piece of banana walnut cake for tea, he said to me, “Mummy, tomorrow night we (switch) off the TV, computer, lights, air-cond and fan at 8.30.”

Early Drug Abuse Brings Adult Woes

In this day and age where drugs are so easily available, parents must be well informed about its effects to ensure our children grow up making wise decisions. In a recent study published in Psychological Science, which followed 1,037 children aged from three years to 32 years, children who tried drugs or alcohol before age [...]

In Praise of Raisa Menon

by S Jayasankaran

Nurturing Optimism

Many working parents inadvertently miss out on opportunities to help their children develop optimism due to their long hours spent at work outside the home. When they get home, all they feel like doing is chill out and for those without extra help, will have to get down to managing the household. Cooking and cleaning [...]

Five Love Languages In Neuroscience

I know lots of people who are pretty left brained; by that I mean, they think things through thoroughly before they will use it (the knowledge) or accept it. They want to know the scientific facts, empirical studies and even though some things have been tried and tested for ages, they still maintain a “wait-and-see” [...]

Love Is The Foundation

Every parent would unanimously agree that love is the foundation of child rearing. A child’s well being is dependent on the love relationship between him and his parent. According to co-authors Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell of “The Five Love Languages of Children”, unless you speak the love language that communicates to your child of [...]