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: Managing Kids’ Screentime At Home
Hands up if you're a parent facing screentime battles with your child. Screentime is part and parcel of today's childhood. The reliance of screens is unprecedented with the advancement of technology, busier schedules and...
Bite-sized Parenting: “Mummy, Someone Touched Me” – How To Teach Our Children About Body...
There has been more news in recent years regarding inappropriate touching – be it during gym training, swim lessons or in washrooms. Children are especially vulnerable because of age and ignorance. How can we...
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: 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: 7 Tips On How To Get Better At Parenting
Parenting today is seen as a highly stressful vocation due to demands of careers, academic pressure and other roles to juggle – cook, chauffeur, teacher and more. We all want to be good parents,...
Bite-Sized Parenting: 4 Online Safety Tips For Parents – Takeaways From Google APAC Kids...
Living in the online world is very much part of today's norm. In a recent Asia Pacific-wide survey by Google, it was noted that more than 60% of parents have allowed increased screen time...
Bite-Sized Parenting: 8 Ways To Care For Mental Health Of Parents (That’s You!)
Whether you are a stay-home or working parent, the stresses of raising a child can be overwhelming. The stress and anxiety can often lead to more impatience and an overreaction to small incidents, and...
Bite-Sized Parenting: How To Teach Children To Appreciate What They Have
It’s hard to be content. After all, we usually tend not to appreciate what we have until they are taken away from us. The current “Heightened Alert” phase is a grim reminder of the...
Bite-sized Parenting: 5 Tips For Starting Meaningful Conversations With Kids In Your Home
Hands up if staying at home with your brood has seen you mostly barking instructions to get everyone organised, nagging at folk to stay on task, mediating disagreements or delivering mini lectures as the...
Bite-Sized Parenting: How To Parent Without A Fear-Based Approach
How many times do you find yourself telling off your child each day? Do you parent based on fear?
What is Fear-based Parenting?
Many of us grew up with parents telling us that if we did...
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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....
