Is your child feeling bored? Not to worry. The Internet has plenty of ideas that your child can engage in when they feel bored. One website I found has 31 ideas and another has 51. But all of them, apparently, are missing the point. What fathers must understand is the true cause of boredom. It
Out of good intentions, parents want to see their children spend their precious time studying and not wasting it away on computer games or social media. But the brain is not a computer that can keep working endlessly. It is like a muscle that can get tired and needs rest. For every fifty minutes of
Writing is a crucial literacy milestone for children, and without proper scaffolding, children may be missing out on important social interaction skills. Language is innate in neurotypical children, and children need external support to learn standard writing. Emergent literacy is the process by which children learn to read and write, starting from their 12th month.
Because time is money, your boss may demand that you and your colleagues do not take too many breaks while at work. Similarly, parents believe that time equals their children’s grades. Guided by this notion, parents insist that their children bury their heads in their school books for hours on end. This could backfire. In
We all know that there’s power in a meaningful connection. If you do not have a lot of time for deep and meaningful conversations, there are still many opportunities to make micro connections with another human being. Each day presents us with countless opportunities to take a micro-step and make a personal connection with someone.
Do you think about what your children will become when they grow up? Perhaps, one of them will become an engineer, building skyscrapers and bridges. And another will become an educator, nurturing young lives and expanding their horizons. Have you ever thought about what kind of husband and father he will become one day? The
In addition to being a well-known actor and skilled professional wrestler, Dwayne Johnson, also known as “The Rock,” is a devoted and adoring father. From his Instagram postings and open conversations, one can easily tell that being a father occupies a special place in his heart and is one of the most beloved roles he
Remember the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade? It was full of heart-pounding adrenaline-filled stunts. It also had a father-son story that revealed a vulnerable side to our hero, one rooted in rejection. Why did director Steven Spielberg include this subplot in the movie? In an interview, director Steven Spielberg disclosed that the father-son
Imagine you have been told by your doctor that unless you lose ten kilograms soon, you run the risk of suffering a heart attack. It’s been three months since you drew up a plan to achieve the goal but you have neither started on the diet nor hit the gym. Is it because you lack
For the first one to two years of life, a baby isn’t able to speak. As a result, many fathers struggle to talk to their infants. How do you talk to an infant when they can’t talk back to you? Even though your baby isn’t able to speak, she is listening and her brain is
