This morning, I attended a focus group discussion on screen time for kids, and what parents, teachers and caregivers feel or can do about better managing it. How did I come by such a focus group you ask? You see, the main English daily in my country plans to launch a series to help parents … Continue reading Cutting Back Screen Time For Kids? Let’s Start With Dialling Back FOMO First!
Last month our government announced new guidelines to encourage better management of screen times for children. Since then, much discussion has been going on about the merits and demerits of these guidelines. Unsurprisingly they range from supportive to sceptical. (For those unfamiliar with the guidelines, click here to find out more) Having recently posted about … Continue reading To Better Manage Screen Times For Children, Manage Corporations & Adults First
My firstborn has had his own "screen", aka mobile phone, since the end of 2021. He was 12 then, going on 13. To ensure my wife and I set the right tone to cultivate responsible use of it, we had written up a phone contract which my son had to sign before he could have … Continue reading Fathering Softer #3 — Screen Time Is How Teens Connect
It was bound to happen I suppose. Just when I thought everything was cool and we have the best kid in the world, he goes and breaks the family rule on handphones. Despite having signed a contract for it too. And in so doing, break a trust. Talk about a reality check! For wilful defiance … Continue reading Parenting Motivations #13 — Of handphones and trust
Hey can I tell you how I've been reading my books these past few years? Here's how: I read them in three ways. They are print, audio and (to a far lesser extent) electronic. In that order. Okay, that's it. You can stop reading now. I'm done. Except, I'm not. Actually. No, I'm not trying … Continue reading (Print + audio) books = best reading experience ever!
Today is World Mental Health Day and here's what I found out. According to WHO, one in four people in the world will at some point in their lives suffer from a mental or neurological disorder. Think about that for a sec. One. In. Four. So in places like the United Kingdom where gatherings involving … Continue reading Life Hack Book Review #1 – On World Mental Health Day 2020
