I have been procrastinating blogging for almost 2 full months now and I have been dragging my feet to re-start. Putting 4 children through the PSLE mill in 5 years is exhausting. Having to put 2 children through exams, 2 weeks apart is tiring. (Hats off to moms of more than 2 children in public schools!) […] Read more…
In the last days conference
No, I am not really ready to start blogging on a regular basis – yet! But I am popping in today to just remind us that if you haven’t signed up for the In The Last Days Conference, please do! Today’s political and religious, and therefore social, climate is changing very rapidly. How […] Read more…
Taking a short break
I will be taking a short break from blogging for the months of October and probably November as well. After the hectic mad rush of preparing for the newly required MOE Primary Four examinations, PSLE, SAT and application for exemption from Compulsory Education for our youngest, I need time to regroup and do nothing! 😛 […] Read more…
Be envious of our free time indeed!
As a follow up on the last blog post… Mother of public schooled (PS) kid : Are your kids ok socially? Me : (what sort of a question is that?!) Yes, they are very fine socially. PS Child #1 : But they have friends??? Me : (sighs inwardly) Yes, they do. We are homeschoolers not hermits. […] Read more…
The topic of friends
Warning : Rant ahead! I guess the most standard question asked of homeschoolers must be : what about friends??? OR ” You have friends???” All asked with the wide-eyed, incredulous look. I seriously dislike this question. On so many levels. Never assume First it assumes that making and having friends is THE MOST IMPORTANT thing in […] Read more…
Don’t teach your child to tune you out
Some time ago while I was at the supermarket queuing to pay for my purchases, a woman* with a young child, about 4 or 5 years old sitting in the trolley filled with a few items, rolled up beside me in the next queue. The child was (surprisingly for today’s children) flipping through a picture book […] Read more…
No, our older children do not “look after” the younger ones
Whenever Henson and I are seen without our 7 children in tow this is the inevitable question we get asked. “Your older kids looking after the younger ones ah?” I really, really, really dislike this question. Coz the older children are not “looking after” (nor raising) the younger ones. The older siblings help to look out […] Read more…
Counting, counting, always counting
When I am alone with my 7 children in a crowded place like shopping malls and pools, I am counting, always. Now that I have much older children, I am still counting. We had a few scares in our parenting journey. Off hand, I remember leaving behind our 6th child at a shoe shop while the […] Read more…
Supernatural childbirth is stumbling?!
So, over lunch one day, we were told that our sharing of my supernatural childbirths was stumbling?!?! Seriously???!!! How?!?!?!? How is giving glory to God stumbling??? I still cannot get over it. Experiencing God In Pregnancy Talks When we shared Experiencing God in Pregnancy, the sharing was meant to encourage mothers-to-be not to accept that […] Read more…
Helicopter Parenting
There have been many articles* on how helicopter parenting creates a child that is unable to think for himself and becomes easily overwhelmed by the demands of the real world. Lots of solutions have also been offered to counteract this mode of parenting. How to avoid helicopter parenting? Hmm… In my humble opinion, I think […] Read more…