Brought my 8 years old son to take a bus to a mall a few stops away from our house.

Two of us were seated.  Son noted an inch worm crawling on my arm and alerted me (might have crawled / dropped onto me while waiting under the tree next to the bus stop).  I swept the worm gentle down to the floor (never to kill).

Son observing it inching itself forward in an interesting manner on the floor.

Son: Mum, what will happen to this creature?

Me: What do you think?

Son: Someone may accidentally step on it and kill it.

Me: Yah, I think so. Even if no one steps on it, it may also die because this bus is not its natural habitat.

Son: So poor thing.

Me: (pause for him to carry on)

Son: Can you give me a piece of paper?

Me: For?

Son: I want to pick it up and drop it on a plant.

Me: (trying to fish paper from my bag. Couldn't find any and gave him a name card of a supplier).

Below is the conversation extract I had with my son last Sunday. It's about his O levels.

弟弟的‘大战’今天开始了！

昨晚他心事重重的来到我房间，谈了一会儿。

弟弟：妈妈，要是我的考试成绩不理想，你会怎样？（内疚的语气）

妈妈：你觉得我应该会怎样？

弟弟：会很失望吧？

妈妈：这几个星期来妈妈看得出你很用功读书，那对我已经是很好的了。如果成绩真的不理想，那也就算了；到时我们再另作打算。

Here's an abstract from an excellent article from RaisingResilientKids.com :

From a distance, the lake and surrounding forests were an idyllic setting. Along the shore a father was teaching his young son to fish. This appeared to be a wonderful teaching moment. Yet as we approached it became clear that the father was frustrated and the child was unhappy.

"You've got to hold the rod straight and cast straight ahead."
"I'm trying."
"How many times do I have to show you?"
"I want to do it my way!"
"You're going to break it!"
"I don't care!"

My daughter has a P1 English vocab question in picture form that is with me until now.

In the picture, it shows a dog going after a cat.  So the multiple choice words include ‘playing, chasing, etc’.  My daughter chose ‘playing’ and she was marked wrong.  In my eye, the obvious word should be ‘chasing’.

I asked her why she thinks that she is correct.  She pointed to the face of the cat and told me, ‘See, the cat is smiling.’ (and the picture really shows a smiling cat).

For those who are interested to know what experts think parents should share with their preschoolers about sexuality, below please find some info. Having the knowledge is good though it does not mean you have to tail 100%.Please note that info are mostly from the western countries as Asian countries have minimal to begin with. Early childhood educators are trained in these and at degree and above level, some are required to read through research journals, etc and write papers as assignments.

Apply knowledge based on your discretion.

Sex education: Talking to toddlers and preschoolers about sex

By Mayo Clinic staff

Sex education often begins with a child's curiosity about his or her body. Here's how to set the stage for sex education — and how to answer your child's questions.

My family has various types of Chinese desserts/beverage weekly. Unless prepared by myself (that I may add in more ingredients), otherwise my maid will prepare simple ones daily or on alternate days.

As my kids are all in schools during morning and afternoon hours, my maid is relatively free at home and so, she has to prepare any one of the above during weekdays (weekends we will eat those more complicated ones prepared by my mum).

Common Chinese desserts that can be prepared by my maid are:

Meant to share with all this effective recipe for removing phlegm long ago but till now then really have the time to do so (now my 6 years old is having chesty cough and have to make it again).

STEWED PEAR WITH ROCK SUGAR
冰糖燉梨

INGREDIENTS: