Apr 1, 2025 | Blogs
Here’s a little secret most of us didn’t get told when we became parents, educators, or therapists: You and your child are not wired the same way. When you first hold your child, there’s an unspoken assumption that they are, in some fundamental way, an extension of...
Mar 1, 2025 | Blogs
Every few years, the conversation around education reform resurfaces. Particularly in Singapore, where academic achievement is deeply embedded in our national identity. Calls for change like smaller class sizes, curriculum updates, and less focus on standardised...
Feb 5, 2025 | Blogs
We love a neat, predictable timeline. First words by this age, walking by that one, social skills unfolding in predictable, measurable increments. We love “normal.” We crave it, and the sense of approval it brings so long as we abide by it. We measure against it. We...
Jan 12, 2025 | Blogs
For decades, traditional education operated on a singular metric: academic intelligence. If you could crunch numbers or write essays, you were golden. However, as researchers and educators expanded our understanding of learning, a new framework emerged: multiple...
Dec 17, 2024 | Blogs
Shame has a sneaky way of settling into a person’s core. It’s that voice that whispers, “You’re not enough.” And for many, that voice doesn’t come out of nowhere. It starts early—sometimes in the most innocuous moments of childhood. Psychologists agree that...
Nov 19, 2024 | Blogs
Sometimes, the most supportive thing we can do is… not make a big deal about it. Yes, really. When kids are grappling with something challenging, there’s often a whole range of emotions, both big and small, that come to the surface. For instance–a child assembling a...
