For me, I just want to spread happiness

Reading all these really make me hope that my children will not face bullying too, and if they do, hope that they not be afraid and let me know about it

We speak English and Chinese but we speak Chinese more since they can speak English with their friends at school

For me, my ME TIME is when i read and when i bath. I like to reflect on life and daily activities whenever i bath

For me, my ME TIME is when I read and when i bath. I tend to take long shower and reflect about life

slmkhoo:

avimomsg:

Hi i am new do this board. I have a 2.5 years old boy, he is behind in social communication and i visited development pediatrician in NUH and she thinks he might have high functioning autism.

She suggested that i can wait for formal assessment as he is very young but can start the therapy for him.
We are foreigner here so not eligible for EIPIC program which she recommended, but we can get therapies in private centers.
Can anybody here please suggest me if there is any good private therapy center in and around yishun area.
I googled about it but most of the centers are in orchard or in the east side.
It would be great help if anyone can suggest.. thank you in advance.

If your child is high-functioning or only suspected of being on the spectrum, then you don't have to start with formal therapy so early. A lot of therapy for young children is best done little and often, taking opportunities when they arise. That means that parents or caregivers are the best ones to do it, not therapists who only see the child an hour a week or even less.

While looking for a therapist, just see if working with him at home helps. Engage him in simple communication, even with signs rather than speech. Don't give him things until he indicates he wants it. Play games that require taking turns, ask him questions etc. These websites may help:
http://childrensupportsolutions.com/strategies-to-support-communication-development-in-children-with-asd/
http://www.hanen.org/Helpful-Info/Autism-Corner.aspx

My daughter, now 21, is high-functioning ASD, and we've done a lot with her ourselves. She was a late speaker (around 2) and even now doesn't say much. She's very introvert. But she has come a long way and is in NTU now.

I find this so encouraging! Hope your daughter is doing fine in NTU

Positive thinking really goes a long way…

jliu76746:

I think that ones ability to forgive has a lot to do with the way they were brought up, their beliefs and morals, etc. It's certainly true that time helps to heal wounds, but for many people the power of forgiveness lies in how well or how compassionate the person is that hurt you... do they show remorse for what happened? do they want to correct the behavior? Keeping a positive attitude is the best way to get past suffering believing that things could always be worst and that you owe it to yourself to pursue a happy, healthy life regardless of others actions towards you,sure people will crap on you with they are given the opportunity but you can do one of two things with that, you can either take it as a life lesson and use it to build your character or you can dwell, mope and believe that the world is out to get you.

Agree to this, there are things in life that is not easy to forgive but I will tell myself to take it as a life lesson and move on with life. Afterall, life is too short to mope around

I think this is a pretty interesting question and definitely endless answers. For me, my marriage always holds on the promise to never go to bed angry because we both agreed to settle it and let bygones be bygones. This ensures that I do not bring up past arguments and do not anger him further if not our argument may take hours…

Yes mine do, but I make it a point to know what game he is playing and I let him know that is okay to play as long as when we say is time to stop, he does. I think is okay to let your kids play because its their form of relaxation so long as they know when to stop and they would not bring the virtual world into the reality