Charles Adams, who served as the United States ambassador to the United Kingdom under Abraham Lincoln. He was a very busy man, with the weight of the nation—even the whole world—on his shoulders. Many people were vying for his time and attention and so was his 8-year old son Henry Brooks. Adams had promised to
If you read the last article, you would have learned that the first ingredient for Quality Time is to engage your children one at a time. In this article, I will share with you the second ingredient to Quality Time. The second ingredient to Quality Time is to be present. This means freeing yourself from
As fathers, we want to spend as much time as possible with our children. But when that is not possible, what options do we have? If you can turn every engagement with your child into Quality Time, would you want to know how? There are three ingredients to turn every engagement you have with your
Every father wants to be involved in their children’s lives and spend as much time with them as possible. But not every father is privileged to have a lot of time on their hands due to the demands of work. As a result, every opportunity that busy fathers have to be with their children are
It has been two years since the pandemic and as we moved into the endemic phase, floods of flashbacks came back with memories of circuit breaker and the evolving social restrictions…we have indeed grown a great deal during these challenging times. As a lot of us have adapted to the new norm of living during
Are you a new dad struggling to bond with your infant? Well, don’t worry. You aren’t alone. It happens to many new dads as well, and there are reasons for it. Not every new father will have a “love-at-first-sight” experience with their infants. Instead, most first time fathers get hit with a sense of responsibility and
Has your child become more reserved? Do you find that you are knowing less and less about your child and what they are doing? Do you feel that you have lost your power to parent your child? Do you feel alienated from your child? If you have answered yes to any or all of these
As children grow, their world enlarges and making friends becomes one of their most important missions. Friendships are good for a child’s self-esteem. A child with friends will definitely feel better about himself than one with no friends at all. It is normal for young children to have friends but there is something children need
Here’s a conversation between a father and her daughter. Father: Didn’t you have a test recently? Daughter: Yes, I did. Father: How did you do in the test? Daughter: I scored 65 out of 100. If you were the father, what would you say next? I have observed that most of the conversations with our
School offers children a wide range of experiences ranging educational to social. They are experiencing what it is like to be part of a larger group, to adapt to a new culture, to make friends, relate with adults, and to change and grow as individuals. As parents, we want all these experiences for our children
