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Parent’s Corner: Sticker Legs

6 Sep 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.01

Being a parent is like inviting the Universe to deliver tornado slaps across my face.   Sure, based on my prior experience, I expected my daughter to fall in love with stickers. However, in a case of proving that each child is her own individual, my...

Parenting Attributes and Social Media Impacts

25 Aug 2024 4 minute read 0 comments Aslamrer $0.03

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...

Make her laugh

8 Aug 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.05

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...

Parent’s Corner: Belly Laughter

27 Jul 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.04

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...

Real-life application of “Screamfree parenting”

21 Jul 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.04

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...

A father’s pride

5 Jul 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.04

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...

Parent’s Corner: Remembering Loss

27 Jun 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.02

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...

Pain makes you strong

6 Jun 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Bala $0.03

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...

Twists of time: unexpected paths in midlife.

22 May 2024 4 minute read 0 comments Brittany_Aus Explorers $0.01

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...

Why be a Parent?

22 May 2024 4 minute read 4 comments cryotosensei $0.01

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...