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Some parents think reading is for the elite or that their own tastes in reading lack sophistication, but children who see parents enjoying reading are likelier to develop good reading habits     Visitors at last year’s Hong Kong Book Fair. Photo: Sam Tsang     It is well known that while our children don’t […]

Every one of us starts life as an egocentric baby, concerned only with having our own needs fulfilled. Somewhere along the road to adulthood, we all become less self-centred, to varying degrees. Some children are so protected from growing pains that they never let go of their self-centredness. Others grow up in an environment that […]

Homework is stressful for children and leaves them little time to do more constructive things, experts say – but parents like to see their children doing some. Photo: Sherry Lee   Homework is so inextricably linked to school it’s hard to think of one without the other. But increasingly, educators and child development specialists are […]

Children and their feelings were neglected well into the 1960s. Betty Francis (played by January Jones) in the television series Mad Men was probably typical of her era.   My husband and I never argued until our children came along. At first, we blamed the kids. Then we blamed the stress of parenting, both external […]

Karen White at work in her home studio.   What book lover among us has not wished that they could get paid to read? For professional audiobook narrator Karen White, the dream came true when she was expecting her first child 16 years ago. Now, with more than 200 books recorded, she says her theatre […]

We are pleased to share with you the 34 shortlisted books for the 4th Feng Zikai Chinese Children’s Book Award in 2015!

Last month, my husband and I started brainstorming our next holiday while we were, funnily enough, on holiday. We considered Amsterdam, Prague and cities in Spain or Italy. And then our eyes lit up at the idea of going back to Paris, the destination of our first trip together. I admit that, while he was […]

By Early April, word usually begins to spread quickly among the expatriate community who will be leaving Hong Kong in summer.

Welcoming families to join storytelling workshop in Yau Tong with Choi EE on April 25th in collaboration with Junior Chamber International. Please click here for more details.    

  “Play is the most efficient driver of learning for children. This is as true of their cognitive development as their physical and emotional development.” These statements introduce a chapter on remembering to play in Teach Your Children Well, by child psychologist Dr Madeline Levine. She outlines the concept through a “time wheel”: a pie-chart of a […]