All About Your Child

“Life, love, and laughter – what priceless gifts to give our children.”
~ Phyllis Dryden

“The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.”
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.”
~ Charles R. Swindoll

When….
He allows me to play with his toys.
He giggles at my jokes.
He laughs at my weird expressions.
He shares tidbits with me when there’s only one packet left.
He puts his arm over my shoulder.
He plays nicely with me (and doesn’t hit me).
He doesn’t switch off the toilet lights when I’m shitting….
*giggle*

~ Angeline Foong, for her sons…

How can I go to sleep at night?
How can I go to bed?
With oh so many puzzling things,
Racing around in my head.

Today turns into yesterday,
And here turns into there.
Tomorrow never comes at all.
I do not think it’s fair.
~ From the hands of a child

A person soon learns how little he knows when a child begins to ask questions.
– Richard L. Evans

30 days of School Holiday might suck up the creative brain cells of many parents. When you have run out of ideas what to do with your child. Take a break and give your child a chance to plan his own school holiday itinerary!

Here’s what my 5 year old child planned….
*giggle*

He said: “Yesterday I say we all eat lunch first, then do worksheet, then you play with us, then do worksheet, then play play play play, then after that wait for at night, and then eat dinner, then after that bathe, then sleep.” *ding*

Did you let your child plan his own time-table during the school holidays too? Its good to take a step back every now and then and allow your child to learn to make decisions. *Grin*

With decision, comes action, with action, comes result. By first making decision, they can access if they like the result. If they do not like the result, they would grow to learn to make ‘better’ decisions in future. *wink*

Parenting is not always about being in control
but rather to let your child grow.
~ Angeline Foong

A father’s goodness is higher than the mountain, a mother’s goodness deeper than the sea.
– Japanese Proverb