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In 1983, Dr. Gardner, professor of education at Harvard University, came up with the theory of Multiple Intelligences. It suggests that the traditional way of measuring one’s intelligence, ( I.Q. testing) is far too narrow. Instead, Dr. Gardner put forward his theory that...

It’s not hard to notice that many people take care of their appearance in Singapore. The year-round warm weather means full-time sandal and swimwear-wearing is possible. It prompts a lot of us to exercise, visit the manicurist, hairdressers, and decisions over choosing going...

Love thy neighbour is taking on a whole new meaning right now.

We’re spending more time in our hoods than usual as working from home continues for many. Children play more in neighbourhood parks and around apartment building common areas while we wait for after-school...

Blog 2-Keeping Your Children Safe Online – 6 Ways Your Child Can Access the Digital Landscape

The internet changes quickly. Not as fast as the universe is expanding, but it is definitely far from a static thing. Which makes it a difficult place to police. You could expend a...

Blog 3 -Keeping Your Children Safe Online – What is Digital Citizenship?

We’re raising children who are going to conduct most of their adult lives online. The speed at which technology is advancing means our lives are becoming more and more dependent on online interactions to...

The horse has bolted. Your ambition of keeping your children away from using electronic devices, playing electronic games, being on social media and so forth until they reach at least the middle teenage years probably has now gone out the window. In fact, it has been thrust...

This island can start to feel pretty small when you know you can’t get off it! Lately, I’ve felt a growing unease about not being able to leave Singapore. Or specifically – not being able to get back in. You see, Singapore isn’t the problem at all….

What I’m actually...

Remember all those months ago BC (before Coronavirus), when we were raising a toast to welcome in 2020 and singing Auld Lang Syne? Rolling down the hill from Christmas 2019, I didn’t quite expect the uphill to mid-year to be quite so steep. And no one could have predicted that...

Don’t we just love them beyond all measure?! Our children are our pride and joy. Beyond work, beyond what we want for ourselves, they have the capacity to make us feel that we’ve done something meaningful. Except on the days when they don’t. But that’s a whole other blog post....