Are you a new parent or expecting a baby soon? Are you having doubts about your parenting skills or having issues about parenting now that your children are growing? Taking parenting classes may be great for you. Let us learn more about parenting classes and find out if you need to take them. Table of contents What are parenting classes Why are parenting classes importantTypes of … [Read more...]
Parenting Tips in the Time of the Lingering Crisis
The coronavirus pandemic has been causing a lot of distress to everyone. To us parents, it's even tougher, especially now that it has been months since the pandemic began. We have to deal with our children's emotional stress, anxiety, and fears, along with managing our own. With the role to keep our children safe and secure despite the uncertainty, we would like to share with you some tips to … [Read more...]
Managing Children’s Screen Time: Helpful Apps and Other Tips
We are now in the digital age. We cannot deny how being "on the screen" can help our kids when it comes to development, education, communication, and entertainment. However, too much screen time and unmonitored usage is not good for our kids. We are faced with the challenge of managing children's screen time in terms of duration and the activities they do with their gadgets. In this post, … [Read more...]
Survival of the Friendliest: The Key to Species Survival?
I saw this YouTube video by NatGeo, which was shared and also reflected on by TransCultural Group. It's about the key to species survival. We know of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution that says "Survival of the Fittest." While the theory says "fittest", it does not actually mean the strongest. "Fittest" refers to the reproductive ability of the species, as well as their ability to … [Read more...]
Confirmation Bias: Believing What You Want to Believe In
Most of the time we get into a debate or an argument, we always believe that we are right. Then we go ahead and give evidences that support our opinions and beliefs. If you have ever tried looking into facts and evidences that support otherwise, then well and good, but most likely, that is not what happens, right? Right! This tendency is called "confirmation bias". Let us learn more … [Read more...]
Implicit Bias on Children: 4 Tips on How You Can Help Manage It
Have you noticed some people stereotyping or being biased towards others without being aware of it? This is known as implicit bias. Without you knowing it, you may have your own biases, too. Your children, even if they are as young as six years old, also have their biases. If not managed early on, there is a danger for these implicit biases to get stronger and affect their future lives and … [Read more...]
Understanding and Embracing Cultural Diversity
In our world where there is a lot of travel, migration, union, and communication going on, there is no doubt that we are continuing to witness and experience cultural diversity. It is such an enriching experience, but there is no denying that such diversity can also be also challenging. What is cultural diversity? What are its benefits and challenges? How are people reacting to cultural … [Read more...]
Cultural Intelligence 101: Key to Successful Leadership
Cultural Intelligence? The world has indeed become more and more interconnected than ever. And I say that with all conviction—whether we like it or not. With the rise of different inventions like mobile phones, the internet, and even social media, it's almost impossible not to assume so. Everywhere we go—be it physically or virtually—it has become part of our normal to see people of … [Read more...]
5 Easy Ways to Accelerate Remote Learning
It can be hard to find the motivation to learn while at home, at home there are million distractions, and a million other things that you could be doing. There are also other responsibilities to up hold all around you. But, you can make time to learn at home by breaking down your learning sessions into twenty minutes time periods. Make sure you are also interested in what you are learning or you … [Read more...]
Journey Through My World
As a child I was an avid reader and my parents gave me a lot of books to help with my English and I was always reading. It was fun to explore new worlds through the words that I was reading and my parents were of course supportive. Once I grew older I realized that English wasn't the only language I needed to know, it was hard at first to broaden my horizons but it was worth it. We need to step … [Read more...]