As a mother of 5, I grapple with the right way to bring up my five very different children. Do we treat them as friends?…
pamelaJune 12, 2020
Psychologists of all persuasions, believe the parents were responsible, one way or the other, for whatever went wrong with a child. They were exceptionally harsh…
pamelaJune 12, 2020
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that…
pamelaJune 10, 2020
Most people tell me that westerners can accept more 'nonsense' and their schools can be panaceas to parents whose children have difficulties in Asian schools.…
pamelaJune 10, 2020
Ms May Lim (left) and daughter Claudia Chiew at the Geylang Serai Market on May 6, 2020. (Photo courtesy of May Lim) This story was…
pamelaMay 10, 2020
Visual spatial learners won't show workings on their Maths papers and derive answers in the strangest ways and methods not taught in schools. They choose…
pamelaOctober 12, 2019
Just before the race, I instructed my son to do eleven strokes per minute if he wanted to go faster and win the International competition,…
pamelaDecember 12, 2018
What about his Calling? My son observed this about Singapore's attitude to education: It is like the driver is concentrating so hard on driving to…
pamelaJune 13, 2018
We are a social enterprise, which means we are like any for-profit companies, but with a social cause. Our social cause is to educate the…
pamelaJuly 15, 2017
