What can we do as parents when the responsibilities of work and family add up be over 100% of your time, energy and headspace? What can we do as a family when everyone is breaking down and new problems crop up everyday, not to mention longer term problems we can already identify that will biteContinueContinue reading “Back to BASICS”
Category Archives: LOVE FIRST
4 Lessons from Motherhood
I still remember that beautiful day. The day I got to hold the sweetest being in my arms, having my first picture with her and being all smiley even after a long labour, which ended unexpectedly in an emergency caesarean section. Stepping into the identity of a mum and going on this motherhood journey hasContinueContinue reading “4 Lessons from Motherhood”
They Don’t Need My Approval!
What should a parent think when their kids don’t need or want their approval anymore?
Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn
Prolific education and parenting author Alfie Kohn argues that there is a better way to parent than using rewards and punishments.
Do I WANT to Know?!
I asked if I could borrow his computer. I looked at him sideways and asked if I would find anything odd on his computer, like porn.
Future-Proofing Our Children
As parents, we want to give our children stability, safety, freedom from suffering, advantage, and wealth. However, what if the very act to provide them the best ends up impacting them negatively as well?
1,000 visits! Fried Rice Anyone?
Celebrating 1,000 hits to Sandwich Parenting!
Screen Time in COVID Days
In 2020, my boys have probably clocked more time in front of the screen than they have accumulated in the previous decade. Part of me wants to berate myself for letting it get out of hand. You know, for being a bad mom.
Chopped Apples Means Love
Why do apples in Taiwan, imported from the States, taste so much better than apples in the States? The secret is love.
Maybe, He’s a Spoon…
When we knowingly wink and say ‘well, he’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer’, we are assuming that someone is a knife and that a knife should be sharp. We know that’s not true.
Sherry Yuan Hunter 