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...

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...

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...

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...

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.  ...

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...

What if we told you that we don’t believe in the concept of “good behaviour?”  Hear us out. When a child is sitting silently in the corner, not causing a ruckus, we can breathe a sigh of relief and think, “Ah, I’m a great parent/teacher!” In...

Tiny habits, big wins. We know this in theory, but what’s the real trick behind it? Here’s a little secret: the key to lasting change is rarely going to be a grand, sweeping overhaul. What it is instead is those tiny, almost laughably small...

Brené Brown has spoken of a term that beautifully captures a pervasive yet often unspoken dynamic in our relationships: "candle-blower-outers." These are the people who, intentionally or not, snuff out the light of others—their enthusiasm,...