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sylviamak @sylviamak (60) • Singapore 2 Nov 09

Children will experience different kinds of emotions at time? As a parent, what can we do to help our children to recognize, express, talk or cope with their emotion? Any sugggestion?

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sylviamak Thanks for your response. It is great that you can recognize the emotion of your child. It is very good to ask question regarding their feelings. It shows that we care for our children. Your way of asking question is very helpful for children as it helps them...

23 Feb 10

debrakcarey @debrakcarey (19887) • United States 7 Nov 09

Those of you who know me well know that my family is very important to me. This last week I almost lost my youngest son. His liver enzymes were over 20,000. For those of you who do not know about such things...30 is normal. He...

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sylviamak I am glad that you like the song. Thanks for your reply. I am touched by your comment. "I call upon you:answer me, O God. Turn your ear to me; hear my prayer." Psalm 17 God bless you and your family.

12 Nov 09

Baluyadav @Baluyadav (3643) • India 27 Oct 09

If she had some health problem to get pregnancy and give birth to child.It is critical period to any family,because you loved her much.what will be your mind status at that time when you heard from doctor?

love vs love

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sylviamak Thanks for letting me know that I got the best response mark. I am very happy and it gives me encouragement and motivation. I thank God for prompting and guiding me in writing the comments. I hope it can touch people life and help their to restore their hope,...

7 Nov 09

Baluyadav @Baluyadav (3643) • India 27 Oct 09

If she had some health problem to get pregnancy and give birth to child.It is critical period to any family,because you loved her much.what will be your mind status at that time when you heard from doctor?

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sylviamak I am happy to hear that. Good news.

7 Nov 09

ElsaElsa @ElsaElsa (323) • United States 27 Oct 09

For parents who have school aged children, do you notice a similarity in performance to how you did in school to that of your children? I mean are your children as good in school grade wise as you were? or vice versa. NOw that my...

children grades

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sylviamak I am happy to hear that you would like to try out the methods. It is good to plan ahead on skills, knowledge and character development for your child. Then, you can find the activities that fit into your teaching aim. Try to strike a balance amony the...

1 Nov 09

sylviamak @sylviamak (60) • Singapore 29 Oct 09

There is a lot of ups and dowm in our parenting and daily life. How do you cope when you are stressed up with parenting? How do you take care of yourself as parents? I hope to hear from your view. We learn from one...

self care of parents

stress in parenting

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sylviamak Thanks for your prayer. It is very uplifting and encouraging. I do use your prayer to help me see the blessinig from God. Thanks a lot.

31 Oct 09

sylviamak @sylviamak (60) • Singapore 29 Oct 09

As a parent, we face a lots of ups and down in parenting. How do we cope with stress in parenting? How do we take care of ourselves as parents? I would like to receive your input. We learn from one another. Sylvia

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sylviamak I'm sorry that I have a mistake to read it wrong. Please forgive me.

30 Oct 09

sylviamak @sylviamak (60) • Singapore 29 Oct 09

There is a lot of ups and dowm in our parenting and daily life. How do you cope when you are stressed up with parenting? How do you take care of yourself as parents? I hope to hear from your view. We learn from one...

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sylviamak Thanks for sharing of your wisdom and experience. It is amazing to take care of 10 children. You must have a lot of patience and love. I take care of my children, I will also be overwhelmed at time when they are naughty. I am glad to learn from you that moving...

30 Oct 09

sylviamak @sylviamak (60) • Singapore 29 Oct 09

There is a lot of ups and dowm in our parenting and daily life. How do you cope when you are stressed up with parenting? How do you take care of yourself as parents? I hope to hear from your view. We learn from one...

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sylviamak I also like to read books that give me inspiration and new learning. Exercise and practise Yoga are the ways to help me to de-stress. I feel more relaxed after my Yoga class. Playing and hugging my children make us feel the joy and satisfaction of being a...

30 Oct 09

sylviamak @sylviamak (60) • Singapore 29 Oct 09

There is a lot of ups and dowm in our parenting and daily life. How do you cope when you are stressed up with parenting? How do you take care of yourself as parents? I hope to hear from your view. We learn from one...

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sylviamak Parenting is at time very stressful for mother especially we have more time with the children than fathers. More initeracting will create more difference and conflicts. Joining your friends for some activiites or develop hobbies will definitely help us cope...

30 Oct 09

sylviamak @sylviamak (60) • Singapore 29 Oct 09

As a parent, we face a lots of ups and down in parenting. How do we cope with stress in parenting? How do we take care of ourselves as parents? I would like to receive your input. We learn from one another. Sylvia

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sylviamak Thanks for your response. It is good that your wife takes good care of the children. It is really blessing to have 3 wonderful children. when children are taken care of by nanny, we have to do a lot of co-ordination work and monitoring work in the best...

29 Oct 09

lovelyn_medrano @lovelyn_medrano (3070) • Philippines 22 Oct 09

Have you ever wonder why pregnant women suffer much from leg cramps? Leg cramps is common for pregnant women specially those who are in their second trimester, the bigger the belly becomes the greater chance of getting leg cramps....

leg cramps

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sylviamak I hope this will be helpful for you. In fact, you can start to use your mind and heart to communicate with your unborn baby. You can ask the baby to help and co-operate with you so that it will give a smooth and wonderful pregnancy.

29 Oct 09

kkanaka @kkanaka (886) • Singapore 27 Oct 09

Hi mylotters, Today is my daughter's last written exam ...Whew!!!! I feel as if MY exams are over. For the last two weeks I was busy helping her prepare for the exams, and last two days were worst, as she had English...

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sylviamak When we do the mock test earlier, we shall have more time. When we are more prepared, we shall have less stressed. Relaxed for a moment. We can give time and space for children to make a mistake and learn from their mistakes. Our role as a parent is to provide...

28 Oct 09

jodylee_04530 @jodylee_04530 (1097) • United States 27 Oct 09

I have two small children and I named them Anders and Wylder. I love both of their names very much and I decided to name them as soon as I found out they were boys. I think they are very nice names but they do not really mean...

names

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sylviamak "Zhi" means wisdom which is the common quality that I want to develop for my children. I usually call my eldest son "Ming" which means understanding. I call my second son "Heng" which mean perservance.

28 Oct 09

joy_evaldez @joy_evaldez (461) • Singapore 19 Oct 09

Hi fellow mylotters! Hope you are all doing well. For me, I'm a little lightheaded as I am thinking a lot lately. From the subject you can guess that I am pregnant. I am. Though I was not able to visit my gyne yet but I made two...

marriage

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sylviamak Thanks for your comment. I am happy to know that you are taking a positive attitude towrad the unborn baby. Do you know that you and your husband can talk to the unborn baby and ask him or her to help to make your pregnancy become more smooth? My...

27 Oct 09

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