Category: Parenting
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Birth of the backseat driver
Not content with his specially curated iPad content in the car, Kai yesterday directed a yell at me while we were at a traffic junction. I turned to look and see what it was he wanted. It took the second repetition for me to realise he was saying, “Green means go, Papa!” Next he’ll be…
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What Kai does when you give him 20 cents
I guess you could say we’ve taught our son a couple of good things. This was shot at Basement 1 of Paragon. To be fair, if it were at the fifth floor, the money would have gone towards a Barney ride.
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Taking it in
There are few things better than to watch Kai, completely impromptu, stretch his arms wide while silently looking at the waves lapping near his feet. Except maybe building sandcastles for him using a plastic cup.
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Do you have to ask your kids’ permission to use your iPad?
Like many other parents, we sometimes have difficulty prying our son’s grubby hands off the iPad. Ever since the first version was released, Kai has taken to it like a true iOS native. He now thinks that every screen is a multi-touch screen, and has been seen trying to swipe shopping malls’ electronic directories to…
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Smelly people
Kai learned the word “smelly” from Naomi’s mum, and to our delight, applied it when Naomi brought him to the zoo – he applied it on the goats at the kids’ section, where they had a petting zoo or something, I dunno, I din go. Then last week Naomi brought him to the zoo again…