I use this column to share with you books that have inspired me and have grown inside me throughout the years. I love reading true stories, not so into fictions....especially like autobiographies...one of my favourite books is 'Life and Death in Shanghai'.
It gave me chills and shivers of what one brave lady went through the Mao's cultural revolution. True story from the author herself. Quite an old title, I read it 11 years ago and couldn't put it down after I started reading it.
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I have always loved libraries. I did lepaking in my college library a lot...alone most of the time, without my friends....I loved the quiet atmosphere there, the temperature and the smell of book...oh no, I'm a bookworm!!! Eversince internet technology was invented, libraries have not been fully utilized.
So to bring back the experience into our lives, my husband and I brought our children to a community library recently. It's located in Bandar Puteri Puchong, called Hypermedia Library, opened by Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ). Click here for News from TheStar.com.my
We took some National Geographic books for the children to flip as they are filled with great and very expensive pictures...gotta thank those photographers who risk their lives taking the never-seen-before pictures...
Try bringing your children to libraries to promote their love in books!
One of my favourite authors is John Gray. He's a relationship coach who wrote 'Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus'. I read this book of his and found the weird in-born characteristics that men have, which is their tendency to hide in the caves whenever they feel disturbed/there's something in their minds. It made me understand men more.
He also wrote another book called 'Children are From Heaven' which my husband ended up buying the last copy in one of the MPH outlets in a quite a bad condition...We were in need of the great book to learn how to be great dad and mom, so to speak..ahem. We bought it in 2005, before our first boy was born, kiasu parents...
In this book, it teaches us parents to let our children make whatever mistakes, as long as they admit it, and at the end of the day let the children know that parents are still the bosses. I highly recommend this book to all parents....though you would find that the points presented were quite repetitive.....but I found it useful until now coz, whenever I flip it open at whichever chapter, it helps to remind me about the emotional intelligence that we should be having in dealing with children who are sometimes difficult.
Here's a sneak peek into the book:
'It's okay to be different.
It's okay to make mistakes.
It's okay to express negative emotions.
It's okay to want more.
It's okay to say no, but remember Mom and Dad are the bosses.'
Children represent ourselves in many ways. The way they talk, the way they look at things, the way they behave and the way they perceive things. They are what they are exposed to. They are angels when we parents are angels. They are monsters when we parents are monster.
The rule is simple. If parents read, children read. If parents sleep, though most of the times, they are still jumping on the bed, somehow or rather, they would sleep. Whatever we do reflects in their upbringing.
Here in this blog, I will be sharing things to do with kids these days...they certainly are not totally from heaven...probably from outer space (with their sometimes cute questions demanding sophisticated answers from their parents). I also hope to share with you ways to handle, not stubborn children, but rather our own emotions before dealing with them.
