Archive for April, 2008

Tuesday's Toot- Blogging Giveaways

This week I took part in this bloggy giveaways. It is my first time participating in this event. It seems really fun. You can check out all the other giveaway offers from other bloggers at this site.

I have 2 offers- One for Singapore residents and the other international.

#1- This is only for Singapore Residents due to the hefty shipping costs involved.

#2 For International ( Singapore residents are welcomed too) I am giving 2hrs of my time which they can redeem over a 2 month period for e-learning. What I focus on are parenting skills, educating babies/toddlers and elementary school kids ( I am a elementary school teacher). Or if you need tips/help in basic PC troubleshooting, teaching your kid in English , Mandarin or Cantonese.

What do you need to do?

Just drop me a comment here about your main parenting concerns and leave your e-mail or a way for me to contact you.

Comment entries due by Friday 25th at midnight (SG Time)

I will randomly pick the winner over the weekend.

Reflective Monday #7

Learn to drive- start from young

Here is what toddlers can be up to when they have access to the driver seat. See how happy he is trying to move the steering wheel?
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10 ways to annoy my mummy

10 ways to annoy my mummy by Roy

1. Scream and shout at the top of my voice. [ Note to use both hands to cover your ears as it can be very noisy to oneself in the process]
2. Purposely drop stuff on the floor and say in the most innocent voice ” Uh- Ohh”.
3. Ransack through her bag and dump all her stuff everywhere on the floor.
4. Play catching with her when it comes to meal time.
5. Spit everything that tastes awful out of my mouth during meals.
6. Pretend to fall asleep when asked to carry out my chores.
7. Tailing mummy everywhere after her in the house and calling out “Mummy” non stop.
8. Throw myself on the floor and pout when mummy tries to discipline me.
9. Go crying pitifully to daddy when he returns home when mummy doesn’t give me what I want.
10. Pinching my brother during playtime. Ouch!!!!

    * Addition by our reader Naomi

11. Look plaintive and make the sign for up repeatedly. Then when Mummy shuts down the laptop and picks me up, wriggle and kick until she puts me down. Then howl the house down in outrage at having been put down. Repeat.

No More Misbehavin’- Michele Borba

No More Misbehavin’- Michele Borba is the latest book that I have been reading. There are many anecdotes on how to arrest misbehaviour in your child.

The book focuses on behaviour modification and how to develop a behavioural checklist for your child. The author lays out step by step how to do deal with each difficult behaviour. The parts which were of most interest to me is identifying the underlying cause for the particular behaviour.

The author stresses the importance of:

1. Finding out what causes the behaviour
2. Addressing the wanting behaviour immediately
3. For the parent to be diciplined in carrying out the change management for the behaviour
4. For the child to understand why there is the need to change and how to change for the better.

There has been mixed reviews about this book on Amazon and I do agree that the techniques recommended per behaviour are based on modifications of 1 technique.

What technique you may want to know?

Step 1- Idenfity the behaviour/(s) that you want the child to change

Step 2- Draw out a plan with the child in writing on what will be done if he behaves that way- Ie throwing tantrums . Define the  punishments & consequences that come along with the misbehaviour.

Step 3- Sending your child to time out/detention if he gets two strikes out.

Step 4- Getting your child to earn back his privilages.

I wouldn’t recommend buying the book to read as it does get a bit monotous going through each behaviour example.

I rate this book a 3 out of 5 for readibility and usefulness.