Parents are Craving to be Famous

This story is a bit ridiculous, but yet happened. So, my niece is a student in a baby club in Malang, East Java. Last Tuesday, the principle called my sister-in-law. She said that my niece is chosen to be the model of that school and her photo will be on the brochures and other promotional … Continue reading Parents are Craving to be Famous →

I’m a Nanny’s Child

It's a normal phenomenon in Indonesia to see a child with nanny. Child sticks with nanny, from the earliest morning until bedtime again. Nanny is being responsible to prepare a child's food, vitamins and school work. Nanny is also responsible to play with the child and also to accompany the child to play games. Nanny … Continue reading I’m a Nanny’s Child →

Parents Involvement in Child Achievement

During this semester break of my study time, I am busy with my work. I have to re-scheduled my students due to my tight schedules next semester and also do the training for my assistants. But I want to talk deeper than just my busy days. I am very interested in the involvement of parents … Continue reading Parents Involvement in Child Achievement →

Meaningful Learning

One parent came to see me a few days ago. She complained about her youngest daughter who always refused to learn on numbers and alphabets. She said that she had tried many ways to help her daughter catch up with the school lessons. Her daughter is not a slow learner and she does not have … Continue reading Meaningful Learning →

The New Generation of Instant Kids

Yes, you read the title correctly. We are having the new generation of instant kids... I've been working with parents for about 3 years and I started to be able to read between the lines. Parents nowadays want to have brilliants kids with minus efforts. What I'm saying here is the fact the parents want … Continue reading The New Generation of Instant Kids →

Over Protective Parents = Under Achievement Child?

When I sent my 17-month-niece for her baby class (Oct 4, 2008), I was sitting next to a young father who had a phone call. Both of us could see the process in the class through the glass window. I saw his baby boy was trying to climb on a 20-centimenters-trampoline while his wife was … Continue reading Over Protective Parents = Under Achievement Child? →

Review : Antwone Fisher

I've watched this movie before, because the cast is my favorite for all time, Denzel Washington. But during School of Children Counselling, the purpose of watching this movie had been changed. We had to look through the effect of abuse that Antwone had to deal in his childhood years. He'd been abandoned by her mother … Continue reading Review : Antwone Fisher →

Watching The Olympic

Beijing Olympic owns the world attention. From the mega spectacular of opening ceremony to the controversial of lip-sync in that ceremony. The opening ceremony has been claimed to be one of the greatest and the lip-sync was not the first incident to happen in international events, even one of the biggest musician did lip-sync on … Continue reading Watching The Olympic →

Another Lesson from Randy Pausch

I just finished viewing the complete video on 'Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams' by Randy Pausch. I got it for free from http://www.cmu.edu. He prepared that lecture for his 3 children, not for us (he called it the 2nd head fake). He had some points to deliver on the lecture. 1st : His childhood Dreams. … Continue reading Another Lesson from Randy Pausch →

The Last Lecture

Prof. Randy Pausch had gone (July 25, 2008), but his 'Last Lecture' will left a deep mark on everybody who listen to it. I just found out this website yesterday from a blog of Mark Brady. Randy Pausch is a Professor of Computer Science in Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). He had terminal pancreatic cancer and … Continue reading The Last Lecture →