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Troubled Waters
Life, Samila Wenin, Published on 26/06/2012
» My kid has just started a swimming class recently, and I have automatically been consigned to an hour of poolside boredom every Saturday and Sunday.
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Virus pandemonium really a problem of our own making
Life, Samila Wenin, Published on 31/07/2012
» A few years ago, my family experienced hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). Spread from a niece of mine who caught it at school, the rest of the little ones contracted it _ two other nieces, one nephew, and my daughter.
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Saving face and losing basic virtues
Life, Samila Wenin, Published on 01/05/2012
» Of all the reasons and rationalisations parents can summon to stop their children's undesirable behaviour in public, I'm personally disturbed by one particular cliche, and it happens to be the one I often hear parents use when their child's wild nature is getting out of control _ "Please just save my face."
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The joys of being a grandparent
Life, Samila Wenin, Published on 29/05/2012
» My parents have always been accidental grandparents. The time they were presented with their first granddaughter, they were still a full-time corporate executive and a state enterprise employee with at least 10 work years to go. Barely 50, and they were already grandparents.
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Choosing a school is no child's play
Life, Samila Wenin, Published on 07/02/2012
» I spent nine years in all girls' school, from primary to middle school. Spending nearly half of my educational life at an old institution known for strict rules and regulations that dictate everything from hairstyle to the colour of the ribbons to be used, I couldn't say I enjoy such limitation of freedom. But as it's time my kid started her Grade 1, I didn't think much before putting her in the very place I grew up in.
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The predicament of sharing
Life, Samila Wenin, Published on 06/03/2012
» One common problem experienced by many parents is the difficulty of getting their little ones _ the inside of whose heads resonate in the musical scale that is "Me, Me, Me" _ to share. I consider myself pretty lucky not having to reprimand my child in public should she happen to refuse to spare even the tiniest amount of her candy to a friend. The problem with my child is the other way round _ she gives away too much. So much so that she would feel bad being called "stingy" by a friend just because she wanted to keep her favourite flavour of Chupa Chups to herself after that friend refused to take the other flavour she offered and demanded my child hand over the one she kept.
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Don't take 'no' for an answer
Life, Samila Wenin, Published on 10/01/2012
» In the child's thesaurus, "cannot" is often a synonym of "do not want to."
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