by Hanifa K. Cook | Nov 25, 2015 | Parenting, Personal Blog
Recommended Bestseller Kindle Book From Amazon Download free ebook Parenting Pearls It’s the release of the Primary School Leaving Exit Cert. The childhood period is entering a new phase, the preteens and teenage years. Today, many children will be...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Oct 21, 2015 | Personal Blog
Were you a child ? Yes, I was. Have you hurt yourself as child? I was playing catching with my siblings and neighbours. Our playground were made of concrete and sand. The slides are made of concrete, smooth concrete slide. Everything there is natural. The see saw was...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Apr 13, 2015 | Parenting, Personal Blog, Self Development
I took Math, Additional Mathematics and Further Mathematics decades back. I thoroughly enjoyed studying them. Even my friends who didn’t do too well in Mathematics had no major complaints about it. It has been more than 10 years since I last tried a Mathematics...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Apr 9, 2015 | Language, Parenting, Personal Blog
What Not To Do When Kids Throw Tantrums And Misbehave 1. Do not work on the child. a. “I am the parent, so listen to me.” This is not acceptable to the child. The child cannot be satisfied if we tell them to listen. They won’t because they have decided not to....
by Hanifa K. Cook | Mar 26, 2015 | Parenting, Personal Blog, Self Development
I always have lots of topics to blog and talk about. But during this period of national mourning on the passing of Singapore’s first Prime Minister Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, I feel totally numb. My heart is welling up with tears, ready to burst out crying. We knew the...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Mar 19, 2015 | Personal Blog, Self Development
This post was first published before the death of Mr Lee Kuan Yew. We have been receiving news on Facebook updates about ex-PM Lee Kuan Yew’s health. Like many of us who were born and raised in Singapore, I stood vigil all night discussing the future with friends. Is...