How to make conversations with you children interesting?

If my son knows about this,

he will call this...

The Mummy Daddy Combo.

When Daddy Do Little... does 

the little things behind the scenes,

Mummy plays the Creative, Witty Mom.

We take turns...

BUT together...

we are... 

The Mummy Daddy Combo

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. How to make conversations with you children interesting? ~ by The Mummy Daddy Combo. This story is being told by Daddy Do Little, with an award winning performance by Mummy. Our daughter posted a Riddle  in our Family Whats-app Group. The Question What comes once in a minute,  twice in a moment but not  once in a thousand years? The Simple Answer: The letter “m”. But her mother did not answer it so simply...  ...she replied, "... and thrice in mummy." .

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Love - Those Chosen for You, Those at Home

Someone asked me for advice... this is what I told her...

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Love - Those Chosen for You, Those at Home

(by PGA ~ posted on 2014 Feb 06, 1835 hrs)

http://enterarena.blogspot.sg/2014/05/love-those-chosen-for-you-those-at-home.html

If your child does not want to visit the 

Kong-2 (Grandfather) and Mama-2 (Grandmother), 

be patient, don't scold, just talk calmly about 

what a family is, and it is all about LOVE.

Say to to your child.

'If you cannot love those 

CHOSEN for you, how are 

you... going to love those, 

that YOU... have chosen?'.

~ PGA, 2014 Feb 06, 1835 hrs

Everything begins at home, even LOVE. 

'If you cannot love, those at HOME, how are 

you... going love... those OUTSIDE of home?'

~ PGA, 2014 Feb 06, 1835 hrs

It will pass, one day, I know it will. 

When things are all... UN-Certain, 

there is always hope.

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Life, Relationships, Dad & Kites

My sister sent me a quote and I'm reminded of what Dad had to say about flying kites. He loved flying kites... or more like... fighting kites. He'd buy the strings, line it with glue mixed with broken glass (from florescent tubes), dry it in the sun... and then when it's ready... to test fighting it with other kite-fighters. The kites are fought so high in the air that the adversaries or opponents never actually see each other because they're very far away from one another.

I remember him saying... 

"Bringing up children is like flying a kite... you've got to know when to pull and when to let go."

Sometimes he'll say it in Singlish... 

"Bringing up children... like flying kite... you've must know when to (h)ulur and when to tarik."

(note... '(h)ulur' and 'tarik' are Malay words for 'release' and 'pull')

I've learnt that... life and relationships are very much like flying a a kite; 

you've got to know... when to hold... when to pull... and when to let go.

~ age 49

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My Promise To My Children

I found this on the internet... so I'm re-posing it. I like the part that says, "When you understand that, I will know you are a responsible adult".

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If I Had My Child to Raise Over Again

~ by Diana Loomans (2008)

If I had my child to raise over again,
I'd finger paint more, and point the finger less.
I'd do less correcting, and more connecting.
I'd take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.
I would care to know less, and know to care more.
I'd take more hikes and fly more kites.
I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play.
I'd run through more fields, and gaze at more stars.
I'd do more hugging, and less tugging.
I would be firm less often, and affirm much more.
I'd build self-esteem first, and the house later.
I'd teach less about the love of power,
And more about the power of love.