10
March
2015
by Petrina
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I’m a PSLE Mom!
There comes a time in every Singaporean mother’s life when she gets to test her strength and show her true colours. When she gets to quit her job, roll up her sleeves and plunge it straight into stacks of assessment books and yell out this…
29
September
2014
by Petrina
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The Age of iParenting
Hands up those of you who have used electronic devices to ‘distract’ our kids whilst we attend to important business calls or even check Facebook? It is a common occurrence to see parents having a peaceful meal whilst the child has an iPad perched right…
20
August
2014
by Petrina
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Guilty as Charged
As I sit here contemplating my topic for this month’s article, I’m surreptitiously eavesdropping on a conversation between 4 women seated just next to me in a bustling cafe. I was thinking about writing an update about my son’s daily 30 minute brain workout or…
25
July
2014
by Petrina
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H.E.L.P my child and me
So it finally happened. After 6 months into Primary 1, my son has come home with the dreaded ‘my teacher told me I’m stupid’ virus. Now, this has never happened before in our household because my firstborn was mostly an exemplary student. These tales of…
8
July
2014
by Petrina
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There’s Work, there’s Life. There’s No Balance!
There’s Work. There’s Life. There is NO Balance. So much for Lean in. I don’t know if you read the recent article on Forbes.com where Pepsi-co CEO Indra Noori said that women having it all is just an illusion that comes with painful sacrifices and…
26
May
2014
by Petrina
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Birthday Party Planning 101
After 11 years of birthday party planning and organising, I reckon I should have enough expert knowledge to share an article about how to plan birthday parties. Now I know organising birthday parties is not everyone’s cup of tea and really, there are birthday parties…