Time pasts by quickly and it is now your 4th wedding anniversary. The fourth year represents health and romance. Fruits and flowers are part of the traditional gifts for the 4th wedding anniversary. Exotic fruits like Kiwi, Mangos, Strawberries and Peaches come to mind. photo credit: peterastn Gifts for wives include bouquets like a dozen [...]

Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in. ~ Leonardo Da Vinci ~ [Source] Young children often need to be guided on completing their homework and submit on time. As an adult, you can help them by establishing a schedule for them. Teach them on how to schedule their [...]

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.  ~ Aristotle ~ [Source] photo credit: jemsweb Young children attending school for the first time may quiver at the thought of going to a huge strange place without their parents. They may scream, cry and even hide just so that you can’t get them [...]

If we don’t stand up for children, then we don’t stand for much. ~ Marian Wright Edelman ~ [Source] Parents are often worried about the friends of their children as they are afraid of them leading their children astray. Some parents will filter through each friend of their children and tell their children not to [...]

Our most basic instinct is not for survival but for family. Most of us would give our own life for the survival of a family member, yet we lead our daily life too often as if we take our family for granted. ~ Paul Pearshall ~ [Source] As we get caught up in our lives [...]

Just saying ‘no’ prevents teenage pregnancy the way ‘Have a nice day’ cures chronic depression. ~ Faye Wattleton ~ [Source] Explaining the birds and bees to young kids who ask the age-old question, “Mummy, where did I come from?” will put any adult into a blushing machine. Telling them that you ‘got’ them from the [...]

It is said that letting the young boys jump on the bridal bed several times helps to let the newly weds get pregnant faster and blessed with lots of kids. Others believe in eating herbs to keep the womb warm so that the fetus will attach to the womb and stick. photo credit: Wendkuni The [...]

Siblings are the people we practice on, the people who teach us about fairness and cooperation and kindness and caring – quite often the hard way. ~Pamela Dugdale ~ [Source] In any relationship, quarrels are bound to happen and as parents with children, you will have to witness your children quarreling over who should play [...]

One of the greatest gifts you can give to anyone is the gift of attention. ~ Jim Rohn ~ [Source] Have you paid attention to your family or spouse lately? As the sole breadwinner of the family, you have been busy with work and returning home late. You haven’t been paying attention to your spouse [...]

August 9 is a public holiday for Singapore. While the airport and other 24 hours places are not resting, some of you have the opportunity to take some time off even though it falls on a Saturday. The father may be concentrating too hard on making money since it’s double pay for working on public [...]