Do your kids misbehave once in a while? Do you think that they will behave better if they wanted to? Dr Stuart Ablon and his team have discovered that kids do not behave well not because of a lack of willpower but because they can’t. To behave better, children need more skills, not will. Childhood […]
Category Archives: Day-to-Day Fathering
Glean from a treasure trove of fathering tips from Centre for Fathering’s expert community! These have been designed as simple reflective practices that will guide you to being a better dad, and increase the wellbeing of your children and family.
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Mar
Mar
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. […]
06
Feb
Feb
Teaching children good behaviour is our duty as parents. The most common method parents use to achieve this is setting rules and punishing children when they break them. However, there is a different and better way of achieving this. To teach children to behave well, setting rules is not the only way. Adam Grant, father […]
06
Feb
Feb
Parents, I am going to give you five seconds to answer this simple questions: How many family rules do you have currently. 5, 4. 3. 2. 1. Time’s up. If you were not able to give me a number, then you most likely have too many. Every parent knows the importance of having rules for […]
06
Feb
Feb
Now that the Covid-19 pandemic is finally over (Phew), it is a good time to talk about a new epidemic that is affecting men in particular. The epidemic I am talking about is loneliness. It has largely been overlooked because men feel the need to appear strong and independent. Ignoring this ‘silent killer’ is […]
06
Feb
Feb
Do you still remember how you and your partner met for the first time? Do you remember your first date and how you could not wait to see each other again after that? In time, there was the marriage proposal followed by the wedding. Eventually, the day came when you became mummy and daddy. One […]
06
Feb
Feb
The world has long admired stoic men who have an endless capacity to endure pain, sufferings and hardships in life without ever complaining or showing nerves. Can strong men like these be vulnerable at the same time? Or are strength and vulnerability so incompatible that they cannot co-exist in a man? The question we […]
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Jan
Jan
I have three children and none of them had tuition. That’s because I was their tutor for every subject (except Chinese, of course). Having been there and done that, I am now telling you – don’t do it. Your child does not need another teacher, she needs you to be her father. The most important […]
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Jan
Jan
In the previous articles, I have shared the three ingredients to Quality Time with your child which are engage your child one at a time, be present and do what your child loves. Today, let me share my final thoughts on the subject. What I want to share is that Quality time can be brief. […]
10
Jan
Jan
We are left with the third and last ingredient to Quality Time. Are you ready to find out what it is? 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 […]