http://parentingblessings.com Parenting Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:50:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It was my daughter's classmate birthday party. The whole class of 6 years old and their parents and teachers were invited. I had a chance to speak to her form teacher who as there with her 2 little 4 years and 2 years old boys. I was asking how is ... http://parentingblessings.com/uncategorized/do-not-rush-childhood Applying makeup to four-year-olds and giving them adult-looking dolls at five, letting them date at 12 and virtually emancipating them at 16... Is this the best preparation for adulthood ?  I think not. We used to give children time to grow up. We dressed them differently from adults- boys in short pants ... http://parentingblessings.com/parenting/make-room-for-childhood Source: Dr James Dobson Once on a family ski trip some years ago, I climbed on the back of a flatbed truck that shuttled skiers back up the mountains. Among the 12 or 14 young people there that day was a girl in her late teens. As she turned to look ... http://parentingblessings.com/parenting/the-worth-of-a-human-being Would you know if your child was being bullied in school ? Most of us think we know our kids pretty well, but they do not always give clear clues about what 's going on in their world. When kids are bullied, it is embarassing for them and they may not want ... http://parentingblessings.com/parenting/a-bullied-child It is the time of the year that Singapore Ministry of Education officially announced next year Primary One registration period starts next week. It is the time when parents are making major decisions for their children's early education. Some made wise decisions, some made wrong decisions. Some made decisions on ... http://parentingblessings.com/uncategorized/primary-one-registration-worries I hate technology and I love it. I am caught in a trench where I worked for an IT company and yet I dislike what the future IT can do to the society. The future concepts of the world in 10, 20 and even 50 years time will be beyond ... http://parentingblessings.com/uncategorized/whats-wrong-with-playing-with-toys-nowadays If there is magic bullet that children especially teenagers, use on their folks, a perfect phrase that melts the toughest reslove of a parent within seconds, it is these four words, You don't Trust Me. The instant a young person accuses us of being suspicious, of imaging the worst about him, we ... http://parentingblessings.com/uncategorized/you-dont-trust-me The most helpful advice for parents of teenagers may be remarkably simple to implement. To parents whose sons and daughters are going  through the period of rebellion and experimentation, the most constructive recommendation is: Just get them through it. This advice may not be profound, but there is good common ... http://parentingblessings.com/teens/the-tumultuous-teen-years I found this article very relevant in the context of the system here in my country. All teachers in public schools have to undergo Ministry of Education Teacher's training. However, I wonder if  government ever provide a child psychology course that can help teacher to be more sensitive to the ... http://parentingblessings.com/parenting/when-teachers-cause-pain We have been talking these last few days about youngsters who need a little help coping with peer pressure and rejection. Another suggestion for parents is that they teach their kids what I call a "no-knock"" policy. One of the common characteristics of a person who feels inadequate is that he or ... http://parentingblessings.com/parenting/teenager-no-knock-policy