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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...
21 Jul 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
I don’t scream at my son the same way I do at my students, though it isn’t for lack of want. Just that my son will astutely report my act to his mom, which will sour the congenial atmosphere of the house faster than wine left exposed to the elements...
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...
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...
6 Jun 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Bala
When we were kids, we were mostly protected by our parents and family. They take care to the extent that we don't even get to harm ourselves due to ignorance. As we grow up, we continue to get such thing and it is a good thing because we have always...
22 May 2024 4 minute read 0 comments Brittany_Aus Explorers
Well it’s been a while—as a family living life on the road there are plenty of challenges, and excuses, and so, putting thoughts down, 2 fingers at a time on a keyboard, is the first thing to take a back seat. I’ve begun to steer myself back on cours...
22 May 2024 4 minute read 4 comments cryotosensei
Now that I have been in the business of parenting for a longer time, I realise how it is the antithesis of freedom and fun, two personal values I hold dearly. No, parenting is just not fun. Take a look at my nightly routine. Pick children up from ch...
23 Apr 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Bala
Children these days are getting exposure to many things and compared to the previous generations, they are all fast and learning many things at a very young age. When we say that, it is also important for them to have financial knowledge. It is never...
14 Apr 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
There comes a point in time when you realise that your children are their own people. That their personalities are distinct from yours. That you heave a sigh of relief because you are not raising little monsters. Though if you are dealing with human...
8 Apr 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Brittany_Aus Explorers
At 44, and with one daughter from a previous relationship, I thought my years of having more kids were behind me. Not so much biologically, but with particular respect to, well, just being too old to be having more kids. Or perhaps I was just content...
