You cannot remove the PSLE from your child's life. You can change what it costs them. A practical guide for Singapore parents on easing PSLE stress without losing ground.
Winning is the smallest part of competing. Here is what a child actually takes home from competition, and how it builds real confidence rather than pressure.
Singapore parents are not spending less on their children's learning. They are increasingly spending it somewhere other than a fourth weekly tuition slot.
Most parents walk into a free trial class hoping their child performs well. That is the wrong way round. The trial exists so that you can judge the teacher.
A child is ready to learn an instrument when they can sit with one activity for ten to fifteen minutes, follow a two step instruction, and stay calm when something does not work the first time.
Readiness for a first chess tournament has little to do with how good your child is at chess. Here are the seven signs that actually matter, and how to prepare.
Chess teaches a child how to make a decision, live with the result, and try again. School is very good at teaching a child what to know, but far less able to teach how to think under pressure.
Most of us have been told children come in two varieties: the logical left brain child and the artistic right brain child. It is a comforting story, and as far as brain imaging can tell us, it is not true.
Most homework battles are not really about homework. They are about a hard transition your child has not learned to make yet, and a transition can be redesigned in about two weeks.
