Spending quality time: The importance of secure attachment in childhood
Many parents intuitively understand that we need to spend time with our children, as spending quality time is commonly recognized as one of the five love languages that our children long for in a fulfilling parent-child relationship[1]. But why do we need to spend time with our children? Is it not enough that we are already spending time taking care of their daily needs, like meals, commutation, and health? How much time is enough, when there are one thousand and one things fighting for a parent’s attention?
How Early Experiences Shape Our Relationships
Many of us seem to have some idea of what our ideal relationship should or should not look like. However, what we may not have realized is that these ideals are to some extent shaped by our earlier experiences, especially those relational patterns we had with our primary caregivers. Whether we are aware or not, we tend to compare our ideal partner and/or friend(s) to how similar or different they are from our primary caregivers.
Behavioral concerns vs Neurodiversity: Engaging different segments of children and adolescents through therapeutic art
After sharing that I would be conducting two workshops for Bridging Talents Pte Ltd with my associates and friends, many have asked me what is the difference between engaging children and adolescents with behavioral concerns and #neurodiversity . Although these two situations may seem similar at first glance, there are some important underlying differences, and I shall explain it here.
Understanding mental health through a knot-ty analogy
The use of knots and threads to explain what is mental health.