My Baby Pirate at My Art Studio
Elkan and Elias attended many NAFA classes during their pre-school and early-primary school years. During those years, we were a dual-income family, and my mother was helping to care for...
We give them ourselves
We became a family because we were in love. But as the children came, it became easier to love them, than to love each other. There is nothing more secure for a child, than for him to have parents who love one another. Till death do us part, for better or for worse. Everyday, we are learning how to love each other again.
We give them each other
They have their good days and they have their bad days. We teach them, that they are each other’s best friends. Unlike the unconditional love they receive from us, they have to earn each other’s respect, and they do. They have learnt to live with each other – have fun, fight, patch up and play together again. We are proud of them.
We give them roots
My child first came to the world, with my blood in his. He may leave us one day, but our genes stay forever in his. He grows up in our world and according to our choices. One day he will choose his own world, and live with his own choices. We give him a past, so he knows, that he is not alone in history. He is part of a narrative from long ago, which has endured till now. He has value. He has great worth.
We give them wings
My child has but one life to live. He wants to be happy, and I want him to live it as a righteous man. Happiness takes hard work, and being righteous even harder work. We give him all that we can, not necessarily everything he needs. For his destiny is beyond us, and he has to find his own ways and his own answers.
Ingrained in each child - in his heart and the depths of his being - is a dream. This dream is that which the child desires to do, for it gives meaning to his life. Walk with us, as we help our children reach their destinies, and discover our own.
We stay, by God’s grace
This month we celebrated our Wedding Anniversary. It sounds strange but we are finally really happy now as a couple. My husband said – this is the first anniversary when...
Parenting continues after the PSLE
I have been living the happy post-PSLE/examination days – happy because I now have the luxury of time firstly to continue training my sons in things which are important to...
Parenting as a Child of God
Some time back, there was a case of a church being rapped by MOM for the wrongful dismissal of a pregnant female employee. The church maintained that there was no...
The Great Cop-out
Last July I wrote about the Direct School Admission (DSA). This year I am going to write about it again! I have another PSLE scholar this year and I am doing...
A home for every child
Edmund and I have recently been granted approval to be foster carers. (Foster carers help to take care of children whose next of kin are unable to do so. The...
Dyslexia – Cognitive weaknesses for a Dyslexic Child
Samuel learnt to talk very late. Even at age two, he was still speaking in single words, and tends to call me “papa” instead of “ma ma”. I stopped work...
Worth the wait
When we were planning our New Zealand trip, another friend was also planning the same for her family of six. We excitedly exchanged notes and lamented about the high cost...
Thank you Elias, for making me a performer
I have a Grade 8 certificate in piano. But I stopped playing the piano after I got married, because I had left the piano back at my mother’s place. When...
Different learning differences
Last Sunday another forum writer responded to the article written by Ms Sandra Davie. His letter “Hot-housing pre-schoolers has its limits” took a different angle from what I wrote here. I...
Our Joyalicious June Holiday
As a family, we love to take photos. Photos are the ways by which we remember our lives together. I used to print out 4R photos to keep, and once...
Test and help dyslexic kids early (full version)
Last Sunday, Ms Sandra Davie wrote an article titled “Master reading, maths early for a good start in life” I wrote a letter in response to it, and my letter...
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