New Shoes and Jiro on a Monday

new shoes

We recently purchased this new pair of shoes for Tiger girl as her existing pair of shoes was getting worn out. I make it a point of only purchasing a new pair of shoes for the kids once their current pair is getting too worn. I do not want them to think that they are entitled to many fancy pairs of shoes or new shoes as and when they see the need for them. They only get 1 pair of shoes each which is replaced when it is worn out.

Tiger girl came along to choose her shoes when we went shopping so that she can choose her own pair of shoes that would be the best fit for her. She choose the pair shown above as she was attracted by the bling on it. It also was a perfect match for the light pink Hello Kitty dress that she was wearing that day.

I believe that it is important to teach them the value of money from young and motivate them to strive for the things that they want. They also need to learn how to appreciate the items that they have and use them with care. Many a time kids are careless with what they have or do not learn how to appreciate the gifts that they are showered with as they are given too much and too little a time to savor them.

How do you teach your child then value of money?

Here is one of my favourite songs from Jiro Wang Dong Cheng a Taiwanese Singer with his latest hit.

October 15, 2012

Celebrate Global Handwashing Day this 15th of October

Dominique Parenting and Kids, Reviews handwashing, Lifebuoy

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Do you want to be an advocate of good health for your family? Now is your chance!! Today the kids and I will be celebrating Global Handwashing Day by Lifebuoy and taking our pledge as a family to keep ourselves healthy through handwashing.

This is the 5th year that this event has been celebrated and the focus is on ” Help More Chidren Reach Their 5th Birthday”. About 1.5 million children in developing countries have died from diarrhoeal diseases due to poor hygiene and lack of access to proper sanitation. These diseases can be prevented. (Quoting from HPB website)

Hand washing is one simple solution that children can learn to protect themselves against infectious diseases. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), hygiene interventions including hygiene education and promotion of hand washing can lead to a reduction of diarrhoeal cases by up to 45%. By getting children to wash their hands, which is usually the first line of defence against the spread of many diseases, the rate of infection is reduced significantly.

Here in Singapore we are lucky to have good sanitation so the more we should be prudent about keeping clean to prevent our kids from suffering from diarrhoea, acute respiratory diseases and HMFD.

Chase the germs away with soap and water

A bar of soap and water is all the tools that you need to keep the germs at bay. It doesn’t take a long time and washing hands with soap and water. Lifebuoy handwash kills 99.9% of germs in just 10 seconds. Yes it only needs 10s for you to have clean hands.

Frequent handwashing using the proper method of handwashing will prevent your child from falling sick easily or spreading diseases.

Will you be pledging to help a kid reach his 5th birthday?

You can make your pledge along with us at Lifebuoy’s Facebook Pledge Page.

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