My son was invited by his school to deliver an inspirational message to the graduating students of the CASA Department. These are the students who will be entering Grade 1. At first, my 12-year old son declined the invitation. He told the principal that he has a...
The Addiction It was his mother's birthday. He woke up early, brought the trash outside the house, and left. He went home after two hours and went back to bed. Same thing happened the other week when they didn't have an internet connection. He would tell his mother...
I give up! That was my loud wail. I left husband sitting on the kitchen counter too stunned to even say a word. I closed our bedroom door and cried. On Giving up This mother felt too exhausted. With the many household chores, school activities, and writing commitment,...
The Cry "I long to hear a baby's cry. Those wails, to me, are music to the ears. I want to change diapers, too. And if only God will grant our wish, I will forever be grateful. I will love our children to bits." These are what a wife confessed in front of about a...
My husband and I are blessed with five boys. We will be forever grateful for such beautiful blessing. As it seems too easy for me to conceive, other couples, though, find it too challenging to get pregnant and bear a child. Thus, the initial question of close...
When someone talks about the advantages of responsive parenting, we often consider it from the perspective of cognitive development. As a mother, being more sensitive to our kids' emotions is apparently our most significant achievement. During babyhood, we hold our...
