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I am a mother of 2 young children. I love travelling, reading and spending time with my family. Writing is something new to me and I hope to hone my writing skill through HELIUM.

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Society & Lifestyle > Family Values TV babysitter: 1 of 25
TV has added so much colour into our lives that it is one of the must have for many households. It used to be a device which gave home viewers some sort of alternative entertainment but it had gradually expanded it web into bigger areas. Now, we do not turn on the TV only to watch a show or tune in to primetime news, man... More..
Relationships & Family > Communication Issues Why it's important to listen to the elderly: 4 of 38
Today, many countries have a challenge: to provide and care for a growing number of elderly populations. With better medical facilities and advancement in technology, the life expectancy of the world population is getting longer, and we see more families of 4 healthy generations now than 50 years ago. In order for the famili... More..
Education > Early Childhood Ed Why preschool teachers should be paid and treated the same as public school teachers: 1 of 9
If we compare teaching to building a house, the job of the preschool teachers is laying the foundation, the job of the public school teachers is building the structure of the house and the university professors are in charge of the decoration of the house. Which of these is most important? Of course the laying of foundation... More..
Education > Early Childhood Ed How to help your young child develop math skills at home: 6 of 35
Mathematics is a subject which requires precision and exactness. Without a concrete understanding of the mathematical concept, the child will encounter many difficulties in learning math. We use 1 to represent the quantity of 1, and 2 to represent the quantity of 2 but in actual fact, numbers are just symbols without ... More..
Education > Learning Styles & Skills How to help your child enjoy learning: 5 of 29
One of parents' greatest fears is that their child hates learning because this equates troubles and problems in school which eventually leads to failure in life. First of all, we must understand that living is all about learning. No one can or should stop learning. It is however, the attitude we have towards learning that... More..
Relationships & Family > Talking with Teens & Children Tips on communicating with your child: 2 of 11
Communication is an exchange and delivery of ideas between different people. Exchange means we give something and receive something in return. Therefore, communication is both parties talking out their thoughts or ideas and listening to the other's thoughts and ideas. In a parent-child relationship however, most parents... More..
Relationships & Family > Cheating Spouses & Affairs Why women go back to husbands who cheat: 5 of 25
It is always very easy for women to tell our girlfriend, to kick out or dump that cheating husband/partner of hers. We argue: "This is common sense! Why stick with a man that is unfaithful? It's not like he is the one and ONLY man in the entire world." Our reasons go on... We also get really upset when our girlfriend refuse t... More..
Relationships & Family > Coping with Divorce How to cope with the consequences of divorce: 1 of 4
You quarreled, you fought, you attended counseling sessions, you even tried a romantic getaway to patch things but ended up with both of you hating each other even more. When all fail, you have finally found one thing that both of you could agree upon after all these agonies DIVORCE. After signing the documents and you are... More..
Arts & Humanities > Schools of Thought What kids can teach grown-ups about right and wrong: 12 of 34
In the animal kingdom (including human, of course), it seems that the adult is always responsible to teach the young how to walk, how to hunt, how to survive, how to socialize and so on. In the human world, the teaching seems a lot more complicated. We guide them, teach them, mould them, gradually leading them to indepe... More..
Relationships & Family > Relatives How to develop a good relationship with your mother-in-law: 2 of 5
When we are young and nave, we believe that as long as we are deeply in love with each other, getting married will definitely leads us to happily ever after. Or is it? Marriage is really not a union purely between the man and the woman, marriage is a union between 2 families, and scarily, the size of the family can be shock... More..