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"It is easier to build strong children than
to repair broken men."

~Frederik Douglass​

Is your child at risk of Stunting?

1/8/2021

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Malaysia is a developing country that has advanced in food availability, affordability and stability. Food scarcity is not an apparent problem we face anymore. Yet, while food is secure and while most have sufficient to eat, undernutrition remains high in Malaysia.

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Vaccination

12/14/2020

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Since the COVID-19 pandemic, “vaccination” is a term that is circulating in our conversations.
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So, what is vaccination and how does it work? Are there risks in vaccination?

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Why Kids Hate their Greens

12/7/2020

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It is the end of the year. 2020 is ending soon. 

While everyone is busily preparing for a celebrative time as the year wraps up with the Christmas season, one thing bothers you - your child is still not eating his or her vegetables. 

Jokes aside, kids can be really picky eaters. It is not uncommon to find children disliking the vegetables that is put on the table. We explore why this is often the case and discovered that there is in fact a biological reason for this phenomena. ​

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Is Caning, Spanking or the likes still Relevant for Disciplining Children?

12/7/2020

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The topic of physical punishment is a controversial one. It is commonly thought of as a topic most Asians can relate with, yet it is also not unfamiliar to parents in the West.

Physical punishment includes caning, smacking and spanking a child as a response to deter or correct their unacceptable behaviours. Are these means still relevant and right? 

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Loneliness in Early Childhood

10/14/2020

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Loneliness among children is a critical issue that leaves young children vulnerable to immediate or long-term negative consequences. It has been found to have profound negative effects on health and has been considered to be the “social equivalent of physical pain”.
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Could your child be suffering from loneliness? 

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Suicide – a Sure Concern for Our Children

9/30/2020

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3 weeks ago, on the 10th of September was World Suicide Prevention Day. It is created by the International Association of Suicide Prevention (IASP), meant to raise awareness that suicide is preventable and hence must be prevented.  ​

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Children Obesity Awareness Month

9/15/2020

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Obesity is not unfamiliar to many of us.

In 2016, more than 1.9 billion adults above age 18 worldwide were overweight and 650 million of them were categorised as obese according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Children are not spared from this global concern (World Health Organisation, 2018). 41 million children below 5 years old were estimated to be overweight or obese. Almost half of them are living in Asia. Up to 124 million children and adolescents from 5 to 19 are obese in 2016 (World Health Organisation, 2018). Malaysia is not excluded from this worldwide epidemic; in fact, it is still the top country in South East Asia with the highest obesity rate. Furthermore, what is more heart-breaking is the fact that Malaysian children are largely affected as well.

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In the United States, the month of September is recognized as Childhood Obesity Awareness Month by the American Academy of Paediatrics (AAP) and we would like to play our part in educating parents across Malaysia about Obesity and the threats it brings, especially to our children.

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How to Improve Attention in Children

8/4/2020

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​Do you always find yourself needing to shout at your child in order for them to pay attention? Or do you always repeat the same instruction because they are not paying attention to you? Before we discuss how to improve the attention span in children, let’s have a better understanding of what attention is and how it works.

Attention is the ability to regulate one’s attentional resources, it is a critical skill to access learning in a group environment, which is also an important piece in self-regulation (DiCarlo et al., 2016). This can be influenced by motivation, self-esteem, sensory integration, practice, language difficulties, and any existing diagnosis. Attention has two primary aspects: it can be focused and it is selective (Boersma & Das, 2008). It allows us to screen out the irrelevant stimulation and focus on the important information in a particular moment.


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Nurturing Creativity during Child Development

7/22/2020

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Every child is born with a gift to create new ideas and innovative outcomes that evolve from their ideas, thus, we are uniquely creative human beings. It is an ability for a child to solve problems, entertain himself, and explore the world in his own way. Creativity enables children to be flexible and resilient, explains Sally Goldberg, PhD, professor of early childhood education at Nova South-Eastern University in Fort Lauderdale in Florida (Abedon, n.d.).

According to Today’s Parent, young children in the age of 0 to 5 like to play with anything and everything (Arnall, 2018). For example, they would build a spaceships with the math pattern blocks together, despite the fact that the blocks were intended to demonstrate fractions. 
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Importance of Experience Influences on Child Development

7/17/2020

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Early life experiences can exert a huge effect on both of the brain development and behavioural development; while the latter experience also plays an important role in maintaining and elaborating, which is important in establishing a solid foundation for development after early stages (Fox, Levitt & Nelson, 2010). For example, the learning experience of a child will shape a child’s behaviour and personality as well as how the child’s brain grows and develops. 

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