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: 5 Free Apps To Help Your Child to Focus And Improve Their...
One of the issues we hear from parents and teachers is the child’s inability to concentrate on tasks. Whether it lessons, homework, chores, instrument practice or even meal times, children may find it difficult...
Bite-Sized Parenting: 6 Ways To Help Siblings To Get Along
“Mum, he’s pinching me!” “That’s mine, not yours!” “Go away! I hate you!”
Do you hear this on a daily basis?
Do you find your children’s squabbling and fighting unpleasant?
Most would agree that siblings' fighting is...
Bite-sized Parenting: Parent-Child Date Ideas – How To Spend One-To-One Bonding Time Together
When it comes to maintaining a strong and healthy marriage, experts say every day can and should be Valentine’s Day. Making the time daily to remind our other half how valued they are means...
Bite-sized Parenting: Overcoming Crisis As A Family – Recognising Stress & Finding Support In...
There is hardly anyone who is not affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Children social distance and interact within fixed groups in schools, safe-distancing measures are still in place, masks are mandated by law and...
Bite-sized Parenting: 8 Useful Exam Preparation Tips To Gear Up For Success
As we embark on exam season, you might be feeling frantic about exam preparation. Be it the first time or the tenth time facing examinations, they can be intimidating for both parent and child...
Bite-Sized Parenting: 5 Ways To Encourage Good Risk-Taking In Your Child
Do you find it difficult to introduce new activities and routines to your child? Is he or she averse to risk-taking?
Risk-taking is important for child development. When children are allowed to take risks, they...
Bite-sized Parenting: Setting Goals With Your Child
As the new school year starts, starting on a right foot can be beneficial for the family. Children may feel anxious with added workloads, new environments, new classmates, new teachers or simply stressed up...
Bite-Sized Parenting: Lessons From The Older Generation To The Next
What better way to gain wisdom than to ask those who have walked before us? As we started the New Year, I took the opportunity to ask my own parents, aunts and uncles for...
Bite-Sized Parenting: 5 Steps To Help Your Child To Cope With Disappointments
It’s been a tough year with plenty of disappointments for the children – cancelled trips, less interaction in school, no birthday parties, fenced up playgrounds and fewer playdates. It is also the post-exams season...
Bite-sized Parenting: 9 Children’s Books That Encourage Creativity, Out-Of-The-Box And Lateral Thinking
Being book smart and sticking to tried and tested formulas is not enough to progress in these days, creativity and lateral thinking skills are essential life skills. The pandemic has also shown that innovation...
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A Mother’s Thoughts On Parenting In An AI World
“Mama, wouldn’t it be great if you could send a robot instead?”
My child asked this after I had to miss a gathering because of a sudden bug.
“That sounds like a cool idea, but it...
Vision Workbooks: Easy AI Self-Marking Of Assessment Books For Effective Home Learning
Parents, we know the reality: you navigate one of the world’s most rigorous education systems and finding the right resources to support your child’s learning is paramount.
This often means spending precious evenings painstakingly marking...
Letters To Paige Book Review
Reading another book by Ames Chen is yet another needful reflective exercise, Letters to Paige is about journeying through dyslexia through the eyes of Paige’s classmate who witnesses her struggles. Ames’s previous book Short...
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....
