Club FTWM

[Kissgurami]

Imami:

ScaredyMum:

Realised that this Club is not as active as Club SAHM wor.... hahaha...

Ya boi!

LOL, busy working, cleaning the house and trying to revise with kids? :siam: :rotflmao:

[Kissgurami]

Imami:

Anyone having problem with picking up your children after work? How do you cope with that?

DDs are in the student care. So far, the centre is ok. They have their fair share of naughty kids but have faith in DDs that they can hold their own ground.

I alternate with my other half in fetching them back so it isn't that bad. Student care helps with getting their home work done and spelling revision done so DDs just need to shower and rest at home.

I can let them shower there but DDs are always forgetting to bring their uniforms back

[catddy2002]

Imami:

TheAnswer:

For FTWM, does your DH give you pocket money? I mean monthly allowance to spend as you wish.

Yes. Each month he would give me a healthy sum of money. That is on top of household expenses. For household expenses, I will pay first and claim from our joint account.

Wah you so lucky!
I'm not as lucky as you.
I earn more than DH.But I get him to take care of most of the household expenses while I take care part of household expenses and all my children study costs such as school misc fees, tution fees,etc.
I'm looking forward to the day that I can be SAHM to take good care of my children.

[MintyMin]

Imami,


Problems as in late in picking them up? So far i do not have such issues.. N the student care principal did say that they will stay till kids being picked up.. but of coz we shld not make it into a habit..

As for source of bad influence.. i guess it is inevitable.. as long as they go to sch.. there is no way you can stop them.. n we shld aws trust tat our kids remember wat we taught them at hm.. constant reminders and explanations are needed no matter if they are in student care or not.. IMO..

[ftwmum]

Hi all,


As you can guess from my nick I am a FTWM with no maid. DS starting P1 next year, hope to get him into student care as we cant afford a maid.
My mum is currently looking after DS after school.

Still sourcing for the \"best\" before and after school care for DS because my mum definately cant supervise his studies.

There is a BASC within his future school's compound run by YMCA. Cant seem to get any feedback abt this centre anywhere.
I found another after school care centre that is run by a private tuition centre. Looks good because there are tutors supervising the children's studies and small teacher to student ratio. It's definately more exp than the YMCA centre.

Would love to hear more from the FTW mummies here who use BASC.

Thank u

[Kissgurami]

ftwmum:

Hi all,


As you can guess from my nick I am a FTWM with no maid. DS starting P1 next year, hope to get him into student care as we cant afford a maid.
My mum is currently looking after DS after school.

Would love to hear more from the FTW mummies here who use BASC.

Thank u

Hi ftwmum

For BASC, I would agree it is tougher to receive feedback on. I did the scouting on my own as I was deciding between 3 BASC. I actually went during 3 different timing and days to spot check how is discipline handled within BASC. How the kids interact. Had the BASC show me around, see the food menu , their focus. Example, DDs BASC has 1 day in a month where they observe being vegetarians. their school holiday activities include visitings to old folks home, understanding various occupations and caring about pets.

The centre has to give you a good feel and mine includes revising spelling and making sure school homework is done in BASC.

Took me 3 months before I was firmly decided.

Hope this will help you

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TheAnswer:

For FTWM, does your DH give you pocket money? I mean monthly allowance to spend as you wish.

We are not high income earners. We split all expenses equally most times.
Yes, he does give me a small sum of pocket money but I use it to buy things for him sometimes or pay for treats for the family.

[Kissgurami]

TheAnswer:

For FTWM, does your DH give you pocket money? I mean monthly allowance to spend as you wish.

Nope. Single mum with a BF and I earn way more than my ex so doesn't make sense to force alimony.

BF gives a portion for the household but no pocket money either though I keep asking :evil:

[Imami]

Kissgurami:

Imami:

[quote=\"ScaredyMum\"]Realised that this Club is not as active as Club SAHM wor.... hahaha...

Ya boi!

LOL, busy working, cleaning the house and trying to revise with kids? :siam: :rotflmao:[/quote]Ya lor... No maid some more.... :faint:

[Imami]

MintyMin:

Imami,


Problems as in late in picking them up? So far i do not have such issues.. N the student care principal did say that they will stay till kids being picked up.. but of coz we shld not make it into a habit..

As for source of bad influence.. i guess it is inevitable.. as long as they go to sch.. there is no way you can stop them.. n we shld aws trust tat our kids remember wat we taught them at hm.. constant reminders and explanations are needed no matter if they are in student care or not.. IMO..

Yup, late in picking them up. I would have such problem a few times in a year (which is not very bad, but when I am late, I am very late).