Little Day Out’s Bite-Sized Parenting series offers little nuggets of advice and tips from experts on a variety of parenting issues. It addresses different ages, from toddlers to tweens, and topics which are of concern to parents and families.
Bite-Sized Parenting
Bite-sized Parenting: What Are The Online Risks Facing Children 8 to 12? We Ask...
Recently, international think-tank DQ Institute launched the world’s first real-time Child Online Safety Index (COSI) on Safer Internet Day 2020, 11 February. This study surveyed 145,426 children and adolescents in 30 countries across the...
Bite-sized Parenting: Practical Ways To Combat Myopia in Kids
Every year, when my daughter’s school informs us of an upcoming health screening, I get a little anxious. No, she doesn’t have any health issue – and I’m thankful for that – but I...
Bite-sized Parenting: Ideas For Lunchbox Notes
What’s a very easy and quick way to tell your child your love besides a hug and kiss?
Lunchbox notes!
Short messages placed in a snackbox or lunchbox can sure cheer your child up in many...
Bite-Sized Parenting: Encouraging The Growth Mindset In Our Children
“I can’t do this.” “It’s too hard!” “Can we not have exams?”
Do these laments sound familiar?
After the recent mid-year examinations accompanied by a whole lot of tears, whining, complaining, I wonder if our children...
Tips On Kids’ & Teens’ Screentime
Raise your hands if one of your biggest pain points as a parent is conflict with your child regarding screentime. We are all too familiar with the tussle about screentime, whether it's limits to...
Bite-sized Parenting: A Psychiatrist Shares On Mental Health And Coping In Times Of Crisis
How do we cope with the fear and anxiety during a crisis? In the current situation where COVID-19 still a threat and many are struggling with the fallout from the pandemic, mental health issues...
Bite-Sized Parenting: How To Talk To Your Child About Tragedies And Upsetting News
The recent River Valley High School incident left us reeling in shock and sent the society questioning the whys and hows of a tragedy. As a parent, it was heartbreaking to see two teenagers’...
Bite-Sized Parenting: Creating Your Family Mission Statement
Do you have a mission for yourself? How about for the family?
It seems common for corporate organisations to have mission statements which guide employees and stakeholders towards certain objectives and ways of conduct. How...
Bite-sized Parenting: Six Tips For Planning A Timetable Or Schedule With Your Kids
Our school-going children often face a multitude of things to do. Homework, revision, music practice and training sessions – many of these activities can turn into a chore, unless you have super disciplined kids....
Bite-sized Parenting: Parenting Styles And Why They Matter
Before there was ‘helicopter parenting’ and 'free-range parenting', there was 'Baumrind’s parenting styles'.
In the 1960s, psychologist Diana Baumrind at University of California Berkeley carried out research into how different parenting styles can lead to...
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Bite-Sized Parenting: 5 Parenting Books For Toddlers & The Preschooler Stage
Parents of two to six year olds – your patience might often be tested while your little ones challenge their boundaries. Is that usual? How do we manage the “terrible toddler” phase? We have...
Parent Review: BenQ MindDuo Eye-Care Study Table Lamp
My daughter will be taking her PSLE next year. With the expected increase in her workload, I worry about her eyes getting strained. To protect her eyesight, having a good task light is crucial....
Bugaboo Butterfly Review: We Check Out The Travel-Friendly City Stroller
Newly-minted parents looking for strollers might want to check out the all new Bugaboo Butterfly – a one-second fold city stroller. As its name suggests, the new Bugaboo Butterfly is a lightweight, single-hand collapsible...
Supermom Dawn Sim (@thatmomoffour) Shares Why She Sent Her 4 Daughters To My First...
Dawn Sim (@thatmomoffour) is a supermum, mumtrepreneur and mum to four beautiful girls. When it came time to choose a pre-school for all her daughters, especially one which could get her children ready for...
We Tried Three: Parent Review Of 3 Ting Xie Apps
Is the weekly Tīng Xiě or Chinese Spelling tests challenging? Are your children reluctant to be quizzed?
Perhaps using paper and pen may be the most common route, some parents have also used other methods...
