Family Meals
by: Paolo Punzalan
I grew up eating dinner by myself or with our helper. Because my mom and dad split up when I was 1 year old, mom had to work even late nights. Family meal times were some of the things I missed growing up. So I decided that when I have my own [...]

Training Kids to Be Leaders
By: Linette Paras
After school one day, my 8-year-old daughter came up to me with a smile. She said she was given the role of a “Team Leader.” I nonchalantly congratulated her and asked what her duties were. She answered, “When class starts, I distribute their books. When we’re finished, I collect [...]

Beat the Traffic
By: Dennis and Monica Poliquit
“Traffic… too bad nakakabad-trip!”
Being stuck in traffic is not the best way to spend one’s day, but take this opportunity to bond with your kids. Here are some things you can do with the family while waiting in the car:

Top 3 Concerns of Parents
By: Randell Tiongson, RFP
If anyone claims that being a parent is easy, that person is either not a parent or is in denial. Don’t get me wrong, being a parent is one of the most fulfilling things that can ever happen to us.
The joys of parenthood can’t be explained by words, [...]

SCHOOL TALK PHILIPPINES PRESENTS:
Today’s Issues on Academic Excellence, Values Formation & Education Funding
A parenting seminar that talks about parenting issues on: Academic Excellence, Values Formation & Education Funding.
Date: Saturday, August 15, 2009
Time: 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Location: Eastwood Cinema
City/Town: Quezon City, Philippines
Featuring:
The Educator – QUEENA CHUA LEE

The Personal Finance Coach – RANDELL TIONGSON

The Inspiration Guru – FRANCIS [...]

NO REGRETS
by: Francis J. Kong
At the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, the sport of canoe racing was added to the list of international competitions. The favorite team in the four-man canoe race was the United States team. One member of that team was a young man by the name of Bill Havens. As the time [...]

Protecting children’s “Superteeth”: Food to avoid
by: Dr. Bu Buenazedacruz
First off, I really appreciate the comments readers left after reading the first installment of the “Superteeth” series. Thank you for that!
Last week I answered the question “When should we brush our teeth?”. This time, I’d like to go deeper into oral care by [...]

The Gift of Gab
by Cherry Pua-Africa
“Mom, please sit down, let’s have a chat.” I was in my usual screensaver mode, with eyes ogled in front of my monitor. My peripheral vision caught the beguiling image of my 5 year old daughter with her mouth open, impatient to let the kernels of her story be [...]

Parents and their role in protecting children’s “Superteeth”
by: Dr. Bu Buenazedacruz
Our teeth are considered to be the strongest and hardest part of our body. But even the strongest one, like Superman, has a weakness. While Superman has kryptonite, our strongest tooth also falls apart with one weakness— dental caries, or what we more commonly [...]

The Achievement Wall
by: Linette Paras
In the corporate world, we are familiar with the maxim: “Praise in public; criticize in private.” This ‘rule’ becomes even more relevant in the context of the home, where our children’s confidence and self-esteem are first nurtured.
I come from a large family, and there was a time when my dad, a [...]

Learning Through Play
By: Dennis and Monica Poliquit
A few weeks into my “informal” homeschooling, I asked my 5½ year old daughter Gaby how she likes our program so far.
“It’s ok, Mama, but sometimes it’s boring,” she shared.
“Boring?!?” I asked.
“Yeah. You should put more activities.”
I had forgotten that my daughter was a child. I’ve been concentrating [...]

Should we choose the college course of our children?
By Mia Mapa Tiongson
As parents, we are always concerned about the welfare of our children. Since birth, we have cared for them and have nothing but the best intentions for them. It is also in the prayers of every parent that their children will have a good [...]

Who Can Afford Education Nowadays? (part 2)
By J. Randell Tiongson, RFP®
So what’s the problem with the pressures of education? Well, if we put nearly all our resources in it, we tend to neglect other things that are important, such as retirement. Let me use myself as an example. I have four kids. If I opt [...]

The truth about lying
*By Paolo & Jen Punzalan
Sarah, a 4-year old girl was given a clear directive by her mom not to get cookies from the cookie jar for it was almost time for supper. But since Sarah loved cookies so much, she was tempted to sneak into the kitchen and try to [...]

A closer look at home schooling
*By Jill Quimpo-Paredes
The unconventional has often caught my attention—and that’s probably how my interest in home schooling began.
Before compulsory school attendance laws were implemented, most children were educated at home, by their own parents. That, quite simply, is what home education or home schooling is—the education of children at [...]

Who Can Afford Education Nowadays? (part 1)
* By J. Randell Tiongson, RFP®
People say that it is quite a challenge to send our kids to school nowadays and I agree 100%!
Just how difficult is it? About 14 years ago, our eldest daughter Billie entered preschool. I can still remember her anxiety. . . how she [...]

Kids Today
*by: Francis Kong
The greatest challenge for parents is to deal with their teenaged children. I know this as a fact of life because I am raising up teens of my own. Perhaps this is the reason why one woman said, “Now I know why certain animals eat their young!”
Two college kids were arrested for [...]

Experience is not the best teacher!
*By Chinkee Tan
Since the time of our parents and grandparents, parenting skills were learned from the extended family. If parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles didn’t live in the same house, they usually live within the proximity. Unfortunately, it is a ‘hit and miss thing’ and we are the ‘guinea [...]