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6 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
The best thing about the Museum of Ice Cream is that both my kids slept soundly until 9am this morning. They must have been dog-tired. As for me, I think it’s the kind of place that wouldn’t be on my radar if I am not a father. Maybe I’m just gettin...
23 May 2025 1 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei
Singapore is known to have one of the best-performing educational systems in the world. So, it is understandable that we live in a pressure cooker as we hope for our children to stand out from their competitors and excel in their studies. Fortunately...
27 Jun 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
On the flip side of joy is loss. If you want to luxuriate in the exclusive joys of parenting - in fact, there is a Yiddish word “naches” to describe the pride parents feel - you ought to withstand the losses as well. Knowing that I won’t have a third...
27 Jul 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
My five-year-old boy has the dubious honour of being fed at meal times. However, something unusual happened. He: I finished eating by myself! I: 你很独立。 (Thought fleetingly of the word “independent” but decided to use Chinese with him instead.) H...
25 Aug 2024 4 minute read 0 comments Aslamrer
Hello Publish0x Community! Welcome to my blog. Nowadays, the Parenting role is one of the toughest responsibilities, and most parents fail to fulfill it. It directly affects the growth and ethics of our kids. I have witnessed that modern kids are mor...
12 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
The Yiddish have a special word to describe the exclusive joy felt by parents: naches. I think they understand human nature extraordinarily because I’m sure fellow parents will be able to relate to why my chest swelled with pride due to my son’s matu...
8 Aug 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
My daughter was screaming hysterically during dinner because I took her puffs away. She has a voracious appetite and wasn’t amused that she couldn’t eat to her heart’s content. I was at my wits’ end. My son, however, rose to the occasion. He placed h...
5 Jul 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
I have always maintained that I will be this chill, cool parent when my children enter primary school. Sensei won’t freak out about his son’s academic prowess. More experienced parents keep pooh-poohing my conviction and give me a smug look that sugg...
8 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
It’s tough raising young kids. One bombards your ear drums with her yelling, drowning the persistent “Why?!” questions asked by her elder brother. You desperately crave for spaces in which they can gladly be and give you that precious few minutes of...
28 Nov 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
This just came to me while I was soaking in the ofuro (bathtub) with my daughter. Parenting involves moulting, in which you shed off your old skin to make room for the new one. It presupposes growth and possibility. But this metamorphosis doesn’t...
