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: 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: The Encouragement Sandwich
The Ministry of Education's new parenting Instagram page recently shared an idea which we thought was useful advice for parents. It was about how to serve your child an "Encouragement Sandwich".
When Things Aren’t Going...
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: 10 Fun Activities To Do With Kids Using Mandarin After Chinese Kindergarten
As most children tend to communicate with their parents at home in English, their exposure to Mandarin often takes place during Chinese lessons in kindergarten and Chinese enrichment classes during weekends. Apart from these,...
Bite-Sized Parenting: Encouraging Siblings To Get Along
“Why are you two squabbling again?” “She snatched my toy.” “He pinched me!”
One of the challenges as parents with multiples is often the number of arguments amongst siblings. Sometimes I encounter a disagreement every...
Bite-Sized Parenting: 9 Ways To Teach Kids To Manage Time
“Hurry up! We are going to be late!” “Why are you not getting ready?” The common refrain we use seems to suggest that our children are unable to manage time well. Do you get...
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: Is Your Child An “Orchid” Or A “Dandelion”? Parenting A Sensitive Child
If you have heard of Dr Thomas Boyce’s research regarding children’s sensitivity to their environments, you would have heard of two categories of children according to flowers: Dandelions and Orchids.
Children's Sensitivity to Social Environments
Dr...
Bite-Sized Parenting: Embracing Our National Identity
With nationalism still at a peak this month and National Day songs becoming earworm, we may think more about our identity as Singaporeans. What does this mean for families raising their little ones here?...
Bite-sized Parenting: Parent-Child Keepsake Journal Printable – Written Conversations
Conversations need not be verbal. Some children and, parents too, may enjoy writing to talking. That’s why we’ve put together a parent-child keepsake journal template which you can download and print out.
It is a...
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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...
