CreaTee Blog

Let’s get this out of the way. I am by no means a supporter of violence of any kind. Whatever seemingly drastic actions is, definitely the last resort. I would like to start with a story.just a simple short one may not directly involve bullying, but to illustrate the point of “standing up for yourself”. So bare with me. This started a few weeks ago. A book that needed to be completed on an already tight deadline. Having said that the graphic designer was assured that after a well-planned schedule, everyone was to keep to it, it was to run...

  It is coming up to two years since CreaTee was first introduced to the market. There are a lot of ups and downs, lessons that we the team at CreaTee have learned.  One, in particular, is the topic of “Fear”.   More often than not we see and feel that the parents that are not interested in the brand not due to the lack of interest of the child per se, we hear “I am not creative”, “it is not going to come out nice or good”, coming from the adult themselves. That is why this time round we...

    August suddenly became a super busy month for CreaTee. We got invited to participate in multiple events. We also commencing once again our workshops with the Rohingya this month. Our collaboration with Grow Inc and Rawsome is happening on18 August at 10.00 a. Please spread the word if anyone you know would like to participate in this Mommy and Me session. It will be a lot of fun for sure. Have a great August everyone.

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...

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...