All About Your Child

Ever since Allan came back on Thursday. We have been ‘everywhere’ except home, busy preparing for Chinese New Year. I’ve got so much stories to tell, so many photos to upload, so many moments to share…. but not today. I’m exhausted.

I just want to tell you that Keatkeat surprised Allan and I today.

Allan’s handphone has been giving ‘red alert’ for a long time now. Today, he finally gave up, gave in. For the very first time in his life, he chose NOT to buy a Nokia phone.

He bought the Sony Ericsson W902.

Being a Nokia user for more than 10years, the big man has some hard time figuring his way into the many features and functions of the unfamiliar phone.

He gave himself a break after a few minutes, left it on the table and was on the PC checking the results of the English soccer matches.

Keatkeat picked up the phone like a pro. Put his tiny fingers to work on the keypads. In a few seconds, I guarantee, it didn’t even take a minute for the little guy to start his car racing game on the phone!

“Wow!” was the immediate reaction on his parents’ faces. Amazing!!!

When I ask him how did he do it, he could not explain. He just say, “I don’t know, I just found the game….”

Generation Z are really amazing! A few of the traits highlighted from Wikipedia includes:

….a high degree of influence over their parents’ purchasing decisions…

….They are highly connected, having had lifelong use of communications and media technologies…..earning them the nickname “digital natives”

….GenZ children are exposed to an environment that is heavy on stimulus….

You can read about the complete details over here.

WOW!!!!

(Thank you for your kind words on yesterday’s post. I just can’t help getting teary and emotional as I type those words. Till the day he becomes successful (in his own way), this knot will stay in my heart….)

For those of you who ‘Facebook-ed’ me would know that I’m hubby-less for 48hours.

In a few minutes time, this would be over. Allan will be back from his company’s ‘Property Boot Camp’.

Now, a show of hands, how many of you think that parenting is NO easy task? I see your hands high up and waving….

But I’ve come to realise SINGLE parenting is so much easier…. every parent adopts different tactics, depending on that parent’s upbringing. Knowingly or unknowingly, we use what was used ON us by our parents, On our children.

As most of you have read My Story, you know the kind of upbringing I had and Allan’s was just the exact opposite. I foresee the possible problems way before we start our baby-producing-factory to work. We came to a conclusion that I, with my experience as a Child Care Centre teacher, will be the one who makes most of the decisions when it comes to our children.

But as times go, the big mismatch between our principals were too much for him to be silent over. Small disputes results, but they were resolved very quickly, in seconds or minutes, so not worth mentioning at all.

But do you remember the HUGE fight we had over Keatkeat’s eating speed? My post ‘Clash of the Titans’? That was the first ‘real’ arguement we ever had, ever since kids came into our life. Its horrible. That reminds me that I was ‘supposed’ to do an update of Keatkeat’s eating speed, the situation worsen lately…the signs of what most commenters (in that post) feared or foresee coming, is showing up… *sigh*

These hours without Allan around, I felt like I’ve got wings, completely free around my kids. I do everything according to the way I want it to be. I need not sneak a peek at my man to see if there’s a frown.

Communication, you say? That’s the best thing we do, you know?! We explain the purpose behind our actions, we reasoned, we debated….But its the big principals that’s instilled in US since young which guide our characters, our behaviours, our minds and our attitude towards children that is having the War….. not us….