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Just Time

Anthony Yeo, the late “Father” of family counseling in Singapore, once deposited a timeless nugget of wisdom in my life some eon back.  He said kids don’t really understand “quality”

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Daddy’s Role

Do you know your role as a father?Have you brought food to the table? That makes you a provider.Have you paid the bills? That makes you the accountant.Have you given your child

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Connecting through Reframing

In psychological terms, to “reframe” something is to look at it from a different perspective. Reframing is a way to turn what might be viewed as a negative scenario into

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Volunteering Starts With Fathers

Volunteering is a great way to teach your child about giving back to the community. Looking at the less fortunate people and your guidance of explaining to them why they need

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Connecting through Positive Presupposition

One of the best ways to connect with another person is by injecting a positive presupposition into a question or suggestion. This communication tool makes a conversation much more likely

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Styles for Learning and Connecting

Child psychologists since Jean Piaget had demonstrated that babies as young as six-week old have the capability of deferred imitation – the mental capacity to store, remember actions or objects, and later,

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Like Father, Like Child

The terrible twos, the defiant preteen, the rebellious teen etc… Fathering is a journey of ever changing problems. Each one seems to be greater than the next. It seems like

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Fathering Emotionally

Father: “All I ever want is for my teen to be happy. Why is it so difficult?”  Teen: “I want to quit school coz I am not interested in it?”

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