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Communications Strategies : Building Children’s Self-Esteem
Encourage Self-assessment Parents may avoid criticizing children by asking children to understand and evaluate their own behavior rather than commenting on it themselves. As an example, rather than expressing directly disapproval of a bad grade, as a parent you might ask the child a series of questions that encourages the child to think about how their performance was related to their preparation. "How do you feel about this grade?" "What effort did you put into studying?" "What might need to change in order to improve your grades?" Questions like this help children to make connections between their behavior and their...
Hearing : Love, Respect and Mutual Understanding
One of a crucial thing about having a good esteem and confidence is to emotionally feel safe, heard and understood. That comes from sincere, full hearing and listening. Really listening.This article gives you tips that teach you how to get your kids to listen to you, gaining mutual respect and understanding. Maybe in life there is no on magic bullet or one magic answer magic,but, we can all try our best. I know that for me, yelling, punishment, and lectures don’t work for getting kids to listen, show respect, or connect, and these strategies do. As far as things not...
CreaTee's Ramadan giveaway
It is the month of giving and sharing. In conjunction of Ramadan, CreaTee though it would be a good idea to share other business that we are a fan off. Courtesy of EAT food truck, we have couple of vouchers to giveaway. Try EAT for something different when breaking fast. Or if you are a foodie and in search of a delicious burger. Their beef burger is a must try and a best seller. You can find EAT at TAPAK@Jalan Ampang, Wednesday - Sunday. 6.30pm till midnight. We are giving 2 vouchers for 1 lucky winner. The contest runs from...
Workshop with Chin kids (Group 2) / May 22, 2017
We continued our t-shirt designing workshops with the second group of Chin refugee kids. We cap each group to 20 in each sessions so that we can give full attention towards all the kids. For this week, 3 of them were sick so we were left with 17 only. They were younger from the first group we had. Ages from 4 till about 8 years old. Language was a bit of a barrier, but nothing that can't be fix with art. Due to their age, the design tend to be a bit simple, but nevertheless it was heartwarming in seeing how...
Why do bully bullies?
https://youtu.be/Q2UzEBCuli8 We often read in the newspaper about bullying. The reason why a person bullies another varies. There isn't one reason that fits each individual's action. There are also different characteristic of bullies; narcissistic bullies, bullying from peer pressure among others. Listen to Dr. Goh Chee Leong as he talks further on the subject. ....................................... DR. GOH CHEE LEONGCEO, HELP Education Services (HELP International School) Vice President, HELP University Dean, Faculty of Behavioural Science, HELP University President, Malaysian Psychological Association (PSIMA) Treasurer, International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS)