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Turf City closes on 31 December 2023. Been visiting Turf City since it became a commercial mall, first batch of tenants included Mcdonald's and Watsons. Over the years, tenants have included Giant, Jack's Place, Owen Seafood, Tung Lok etc and of course the massive car mart. Used to meet up with friends just to walk along the rows of cars. Reckon Turf City means different things to different people given the variety of activities available; makan, cars + accessories, sports, grocery shopping, furniture shopping, child enrichment etc. Perhaps share share Turf City stories here ?

Hello dear parents need your expert advice on ballet classes and chinese classes recommendation. have promise 2 kids would let them attend the above classes. can share what's the damage and which school to recommend, preferably near orchard/suntec or river valley area. thanks

Yale law professor and author Amy Chua, better known as the iron-fisted Asian-American Tiger Mom, is exporting her parenting style to Singapore, with the launch of an after-school enrichment center in the tuition-crazy city-state. The Keys Academy, which focuses both academics as well as soft skills such as creativity and leadership, aims to groom secondary-school students for university and "jobs of the future," with classes in robot-building and computer-coding as well as externships with global corporations and college admissions programs. "It's the best of both worlds," 52-year old Chua, who is one of four advisers to the center, told CNBC on Thursday. "I like that Keys Academy preserves the hard core 'you need to know the basics, and there's no way around that hard work.' But, [it equally focuses on] personal communication skills, how can you be interesting and dynamic, because that's really what it takes now." Click for full article. https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/queen-tiger-moms-takes-singapore-043201601.html

Hi all, looking for the above mentioned for my primary one kid...any good recommendation please let me know. Thanks in advance!

http://www.commercialexploitation.org/baby...teinrefund.html D*n*y offers full refunds to anyone who bought the DVDs within the LAST FIVE YEARS ... in the US. Research shows that screen time is NOT EDUCATIONAL for babies, and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends no screen time for children under the age of two. So much money is made of unsubstantiated claims about benefits to children. I'm curious to which of the current fads in early childhood education actually have a documented, large percentage of success rather than anecdotal, one-off claims? Or, for that matter, whether theses fads actually last long enough that successful ADULTS can be found who benefitted from these programs in childhood. Confession time: I HAVE actually bought these DVDs - in fact, shipped them over via Amazon when I couldn't find them for sale here, 5-6 years ago.