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Are We Obsessed With Perfecting Our Child By Teaching Them What We Want Them To Learn?

Ting…Ting…Ting…My son kept hitting the mallet stick on the xylophone bars. He obviously didn’t know to play it, but the sound of it got him excited. As a father, I want him to have fun and enjoy but as a parent, I start to look at perfection. So, I did a bit of hand-holding andContinue reading “Are We Obsessed With Perfecting Our Child By Teaching Them What We Want Them To Learn?”

30 Memories As I Turn 30.

I woke up to my wife’s beautiful smile on my birthday. But I didn’t greet her with the same big, warm smile. Stepping into the 30’s club all of a sudden seemed so awkward. I knew the numbers would keep increasing as the years would pass, but the one thing that’s quick to advise butContinue reading “30 Memories As I Turn 30.”