SOCIAL SKILL IN THE MEALTIMES
August 21, 2011
I’m sure you would agree that mealtimes are supposed to be a time for family bonding to share our day and other family matters. Although toddlers are very young to do that, however we should encourage this habit since in their early age for a part of daily routine.
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BEDTIME ROUTINE FOR TODDLERS
August 21, 2011
For some parents putting their kids to bed at night is a hard job. The children usually still wander around the house or want to play games when we ask them to go to bed. They try to ensure everybody at home to stay awake or watch late TV together. Reading any books that are particularly suitable for bedtime will be a soothing way to help your kids get used to the bedtime routine. Take turn with your spouse to read them their favorite stories. No matter which book you put out at bedtime, read it in a soothing voice will help them calm. However, be careful not to choose an action or adventure story during bedtime, it will just put your child aside worries before sleep.
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ABOUT AUTISM
August 21, 2011
Talking about autism is always interesting to me. My older brother is autistic, he’s 40 now and works in my dad’s office. But his job is only doing something simple like wrapping the stationery into the box. He’s so happy when he receives small pocket money as his salary per month of a job as what I first thought as a child’ game. One thing that makes us so proud of him is his intuition of people. He can recognize the people only from their face and body language, which we normally can not do perfectly. Till now, it seems so hard for my mom to accept him completely. My parents are Chinese Indonesians (the same race). When my brother was born, doctor found he was not able to cry out loud as the other normal new babies born. Then my dad accused my mom because she came from poor family. This retardation must be from her genetic problem / heredity because of malnutrition. But in my opinion, it does not always come from poor or wealthy families. Then he started to find out how many her family members that were also autistic, and it hurt my mom a lot. That’s why till today she can not believe one of her kids is autistic.
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THE POWER OF PRAYING
August 21, 2011
“Come back to GOD”. When we hear about that, it may sound nonsense and stupid. Because we usually go to clubs for drinks and see interesting people when we have problems. We hope this way will help us to forget our problems. OK, we may find people who can give advice to find the solution. But we should remember, in the anxiety people are conditioned unable to think clearly and solve the problems. In this case, we will probably follow the wrong direction and make our problems even worse for example if we get drunk or addicted to drugs both recommended by the doctors or not. Sedative medication from doctors just helps us to calm down, usually it ends up sleeping much longer in our days. Again, it does not solve the problems, just turn them away for a while. We understand that humans tend to avoid pains, sadness and other life difficulties but this kind of self-perception should be left behind.
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SMART FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: AN INTELLIGENT LIFE SKILL
August 21, 2011
Shannon (not the real name) is an attractive lady, single, 28 years old, has a very good-paying job as an accounting manager in an international firm. She also has good social life after work. Every weekend she always spends her time dinner out with friends and shopping for branded clothes, shoes, jewelries and the newest gadgets. How perfect……It is the life that most women around the world expected for. 3 years ago she granted a bank loan to buy an exclusive apartment in town, the installment that she should pay only takes 25% of her salary per month. And suddenly crisis hits the global economy; it also affects the company she works for. Her boss started to lay off some workers, luckily she was not one of them but she had to accept that her salary was deducted almost 50 %. The bank also increased the interest rate for her loan; Shannon was in 8 months arrears. She already got the second reminder letter regarding to her outstanding debts. And within her service in the company, her salary was always up just to pay the bills and her credit cards. Of course now she was depressed, she did not know what to do. She did not have any saving left. Next month she would have to move to another small apartment in suburb, because the bank was going to take over her big apartment. And her idea to find another job was not easy either. Because the business is getting tough; unemployment and cut off are everywhere.
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