I thought I knew all about our country’s history… well, until little YY got curious why there’ll be no kindergarten for her next Wednesday. My 5-year old asked: “What’s Malaysia Day, Mummy?” I confidently replied: “It’s when Malaya became Malaysia,…
This article is updated December 2020. The one thing that has changed in Malaysia in terms of education over the past 30 years is – choice. Back then, we went to a kindergarten where we learnt nursery rhymes, leant our…
I was at a social function last week at a lovely café at tea-time when I suddenly saw a flurry of activity all around me like a mini-tsunami. Mums all looking at the time, saying hurried goodbyes and zipping off…
Most, if not all, children do not enjoy doing chores and will find ways to get out of doing chores. Excuses like “I’m just a kid. Why are you expecting me to do an adult’s job?” and “But I already…
As any married couple would understand, you’re not only married to your spouse, but you are also “married” to his or her family members. Some of us are lucky enough to have great in-laws where the relationship is healthy…
It isn’t something unusual now for a family to have a lived-in domestic helper. The demands of office work, the obligations of raising a family and the need to have some personal time have caused many people to choose to…
Parenting is an overall tough job to do. It’s a process that requires, what seems like a lifetime, to master and even so, you will still feel like there’s a lot more you need to learn. On top of parenting,…
Parents are constantly in a tug-of-war battle of balancing work life and family. Sometimes, we put too much premium on being the best parent around and in the process, may unknowingly burn ourselves out in tough situations. There are enough…
Lack of education support We now have several types of education systems in Malaysia, all harmoniously living under the same roof. From Government Schools, Private School, Chinese and Tamil Schools, International Schools with curriculums from Britain, America, Australia and…
Home schooling has been a common concept in the West for many years. More recently the concept has caught onto many Malaysian parents who prefer to educate their children at home rather than sending them to a school. Safe to…