Before kids, meal times were relatively straightforward. What shall we eat? Should we have dinner out or stay home to cook? Then kids came into the picture and everything became ten times more complicated. In fact, the dining place is occasionally reminiscent of a battle dome, sans the gladiators and clanging shields. There are threats […]
“Miss Annabelle, will changing caregivers frequently affect my young child psychologically? How can I tell?” Recently, a distraught parent came to me with this question. Due to problems with her domestic helpers – who also double as the primary caregiver to her toddler – she had been forced to repeatedly dismiss one after another, resulting […]
You’ve heard stories of parents queuing up overnight, doing hours of volunteer work or blowing big bucks just to get their little one into a ‘prestigious’ preschool. Now your baby is slowly growing to preschool age, and you’re starting to wake up in the middle of the night in cold sweat – is it your […]
“Helper A poured pee into my son’s porridge!” “Helper B left my toddler unattended at a busy car park while she chatted with her friends, and he was nearly knocked down by a lorry! “ ”Why, oh why, can’t I get a helper who can HELP me?” These are just a few of the very real […]