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Children’s Nutrition – Help Our Children Build a Good Relationship with Food

Our 9th episode of Parenting Talk Series is on Children’s Nutrition and how parents can help children start a good relationship with food. As we all know, having a good diet is the goal for a healthy long life. And that diet starts before a child turns one years old. So how does a parent […]

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Breastfeeding 101 and the Tips You Need to Know

On our 7th episode of “Parenting Talk Series”, we brought in expert Breastfeeding Counsellor Nicola Chong from Le Leche League Hong Kong (LLL) to talk to us about the all-important topic of breastfeeding! We discussed about what happens during those first couple of days postpartum, what are key things to do to have a successful […]

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Music is the Foundation of Learning

As parents, we all know that music is important for children such as being told to listen to music when the baby is in the womb to using music to put them to sleep. However, a lot of parents do not really know the benefits of how music is the foundation of future learning for children.

So, we brought in Crisel Consunji, trained early childhood educator and founder of Baumhaus, Hong Kong’s #1 Kindermusik program for many years running, to explain to us how children learn using music with specific examples and tips on what parents can do at home to create an enriching learning environment through music for their kids.

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Tips for Working Parents to Reduce Stress

在職爸媽的減壓小貼士
Tips for Working Parents to Reduce Stress

(English translation available after the Chinese article)

在職爸媽白天上班,下班後要陪伴孩子,好像做兩份正職似的,面對的壓力不少。有時孩子無故撒野,不願吃飯,不願做功課,不願睡覺,更會觸及爸媽的情緒底線。爸媽很需要適時減壓,因為照顧孩子是一條長遠的路呢!

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Summer Holiday

暑假是小孩的美夢,家長的惡夢?
Summer Holiday is a Child’s Dream but a Nightmare for Parents?

踏入7月,小孩的暑假快到了。
小孩很期待暑假的來臨,
不用上學,多了玩樂時間。
但對父母來說,
尤其是雙職父母,
悠長的暑假簡直是一場惡夢。

孩子不用上學,那麼日間孩子百無聊賴在家做甚麼?
會不會整天在玩遊戲機?
整天躺在睡牀上?

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A Pandemic’s Effect on a Child’s Growth and Development

Our fourth episode of “Parenting Talk Series” is one that every parent should watch, whether you’re in HK or anywhere else in the world. Our topic this time is about how this pandemic has affected our children’s growth and development. We brought in Yvonne Becher, Chief Executive and the Director of Learning at the Child Development Centre (Hong Kong) (CDC) to give us her expertise in helping us understand what’s happening to our children during this time and some tips on what we as parents can do to help.

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Baby Wearing – The Best and Safest Way to Use a Baby Carrier

Little Monkey is here to provide information to help make parenting easier. This is so parents can make informed decision – whether that decision is on where to take their kids to play on the weekend by using our child-friendly directory to our new project – “Parenting Talk Series” – 30 minutes recorded interview with […]

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Sleeping Blog

孩子睡眠時間對成長發展有多重要?
How important is a child’s sleeping schedule for their growth and development?

根據Sleep Medicine 期刊有關不同文化背景成長的嬰幼兒睡眠的研究(Cross-cultural differences in infant and toddler sleep),
訪問了近三萬名0至3歲嬰幼兒的家長,
這些家長來自不同國家,
包括歐美亞各地。
研究發現最早上牀睡覺的是新西蘭的嬰幼兒,
平均約晚上7時半睡覺,
香港的嬰幼兒是最晚睡覺的一群,
平均約晚上10時多才睡覺。

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Sleep Training - The Good, the Bad, and Is It for Your Family?

Sleep Training – The Good, the Bad, and Is It for Your Family?

Our second episode of “Parenting Talk Series” is on the topic of Sleep Training – The Good, the Bad, and Is It for Your Family? We interviewed Mandy To of GoodNight GoodDay Child Sleep Consultancy to understand how sleep training works, some tips and advice on sleep training your child yourself and what are some issues sleep training help resolve – all so you can decide if sleep training is right for your family.

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5種親子溝通的好方法
5 Types of Effective Communication Tactics with Kids

這是思嘉聽過的故事:
有個爸爸跟兒子參加一個收費的親子活動,
到達活動場地後,
兒子一直在滑電話。
主持宣佈活動快要開始,
爸爸跟兒子說:

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