Family & Relationships

We’ve finally reached that stage where colorful books and #comics become important—or at least interesting. Now, whenever we travel, we always bring along a drawing book, some crayons, and our favorite comic book. What surprises me the most is that even though he can’t read yet, he sits quietly flipping through the pages, curious about what’s behind the story. We’ve been reading #DogMan by Dav Pilkey, which is fun and keeps him hooked. We usually finish a book in a week or less because he just

We gifted our child a toy he really cared about, and one day he brought it to after-school to show it proudly, but when he came back home, the toy was ripped off. We don’t know exactly what happened, it might have been him, or someone else, and the story behind the fact was confused. It’s always difficult to get clear answers with the little man. But that’s not the heart of the matter. What matters is this: damaging, stealing, or doing something wrong to what belongs to someone else is never o

We just completed our first #school 📚 year, and what a journey it's been! This wasn't just his learning experience - we grew as parents too. There were moments of #friction with the school 🏫, those inevitable differences when you're trying to align educational philosophies. But that's part of the process. One major shift: our travel ✈️ plans now revolve around school holidays. We've learned to embrace longer family trips that sync with his schedule. It's actually opened up new possibilities for

"If you're not going to play with me, I'm not going to play with you." That’s a phrase I hear almost every day from my son. It sounds like a threat, but really, it’s his way of saying: “Dad, come be part of my world.” At this stage, life for him is all about playing 🧸—before eating, after bathing, at school, before bed. Play is everything. Sometimes it makes me nervous, because I’m not always in the mood 💤. I get tired, need rest, or just want quiet. But he shows up with a toy and a plan: "You

“Daddy, copy my design, but you can only look once”, and just like that, we started #playing with some color cubes. He showed me a small, colorful design he had made. I glanced, one second or maybe two, then he covered it, and the #game began. I doubted, trying to recall the order, "was the blue above the green, or the other way around? was red even in it?" I placed the blocks down, uncertain -- and got it completely wrong. I lost, obviously. He proudly said "my turn!” .. So I built a new patt