"Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration", or, if you read the "Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance", it is "1% inspiration, 29% good instruction and encouragement, and 70% perspiration". Indeed, science is telling us … [Read more]
The Secret Language of Babies
After being reinspired by those Signing Time home videos sent in by mothers who taught their babies to sign, I decided to dig out the Sign Language book I bought some time back. I was reading the chapter on "Birth to Three Months", which I skipped … [Read more]
Wonder Week 55
Here we go again... Around about the fifty-fifth week (plus or minus - meaning that it can start anytime between the 49th to 53rd week), comes the eighth and final wonder week that a baby goes in his first year of life. This final wonder week is … [Read more]
The Wonder Weeks
The Wonder Weeks: How to Turn Your Baby's Eight Great Fussy Phases into Magical Leaps Forward I scored a copy of this rare find from my BFF when we were down in Singapore. After reading through the chapter on Wonder Week 46 - the world of … [Read more]
Myers-Briggs: What’s Your Child’s Personality Type?
There is a pervasive misconception that babies are somehow born on a blank slate. Even though we know better, it doesn't stop us from the feeling of befuddlement when our second child doesn't respond to the parenting methods we have refined with our … [Read more]
Distress Tantrum versus Little Nero Tantrum
Contrary to popular belief, a child's tantrums are not always about a need to control a parent. "Many tantrums are the result of genuine emotional pain, which should be taken seriously: the pain of impotence, deep frustration, loss, disappointment, … [Read more]
