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Practical Parenting
By Ruth Manimtim-Floresca For years, I always get asked how I cope with the all the responsibilities that come with having four kids. I usually tell them I take valid shortcuts that make our lives easier without compromising results. Here are three tips that saved...
Where Were You?
By Karen Galarpe Over lunch today, at the despedida for my uncle set to leave for the US for good, my aunt told me stories about her grandchildren. One is already in college, and will be in his junior year in his IT course this June. "What? He's in college...
Raising Young Sports Talent
By Lyra Pore “Focus! Don’t look at the other swimmers! If you don’t focus, I’ll take your iPod from you for one month!” The excitement at the Zone Swimming Carnival is palpable; one mom can’t resist making the iPod threat to motivate her 12-year-old daughter to do...
Make Everything a Learning Opportunity
By Gina Abuyuan Previously, I mentioned the amount of parent involvement non-traditional schools may require—self-imposed field trips, for once, have been de rigueur for me since my twins started a blended school program. But even if you don’t feel obliged to organize...
I Can Do This!
By Bubbles Salvador Without blinking, I decided to quit my full-time job two months after I had a baby. In my pre-mommy life, I wouldn’t have known what to do with all that free time – and all that free space in my bank account. I delivered via C-section, but on my...
Rewind, Restart
By Jing Lejano At 43, I never thought that I’ll be singing ABCs, reciting 123s, and wondering what all those twinkling stars are doing tonight. But here I am doing nursery whatnots 13 years after my youngest son was born. I was already on teen mode. I am way past the...
Stretching My Learning Muscles
By Mari-An C. Santos A year ago, when anyone asked me what my sport was, I had to stop and think, then say quite sheepishly: “I know how to swim and bike. I sometimes trek up mountains but nothing regular. Yoga isn’t a sport, is it?” Nine months ago, three friends...
School? At Three Years Old?
By Bubbles Salvador My son is barely two and people have been asking me, “Where are you sending Luis to school next year?” I remember very little about my preschool years but I do know that I was only in a kindergarten class before I went to first grade. I didn’t even...
Progressive School—Not For All Kids
By Gina Abuyuan Traditional or progressive schools—what’s best for your child? I am obviously an advocate of the more “progressive” route. Some parents even call it “un-schooling.” My teen goes to a high school that focuses on junior entrepreneurship; my twins attend...