are we smart enough for our kids...

every week aku kadang2 got a chance to read a column i love in NST, written by Zaid Mohamad on smart parenting gitu...

what is so good about his writing?

most of everything yang ditulis, i found it very true. very related. easily to comprehend.

so hari ni tetiba aku rasa cam nak google this guy and i found his website and his blog.
and later i am going out to get a copy of one of his books, Smart Parents Richer Kids. He co-wrote this book with Azizi Ali. after reading what i can get from the book, aku rasa cam teruja nak beli and find out more. what you can get: - (as quoted from his blog)

What You Can Learn:
1. Save First: Build the solid foundation for the family financial
 Find effective ways to train the kids on the value of money
 Create a brighter future, today.

2. Set the Standard: Teach us how to live within our means, happily!
 Be the “Jones’ family” whom others look at as the benchmark
 Show the way to prioritize what is important to the family
 Teach the kids how to value their stuff and use them for a long, long time.

3. Simplify Budgeting & Investment: How to automate the process & have time for other things
 Find ways to pay your wife to stay at home!
 Find the investments that meet our objectives
 How to train the kids on money matters from young

4. Spend Smartly: Find hundreds of ways to save money, everyday
 Enjoy good family life without depleting your resources
 Instill good money habits in the kids

5. Severe Conditions Planning (Emergency & Insurance): Find ways to plan for the worst
 Learn to adapt to changing circumstances while maintaining the course
 Learn what and how to plan

6 SiX – Source of Income Expansion: Learn several ways to multiply your income immediately
 How to survive with a single income stream
 How to love your job while ethically expand your income
 How to create home-based business for your spouse

7. Share the Rewards: Understand why we need to share
 Find the best ways to share
 How to instill caring attitude in our kids

8. Smile and Stay Cool: Find ways to enjoy the family without spending money
 Learn inner peace and eliminate needs to spend
 Teach the kids that the good things in life are indeed free!

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as for me, aku memang interested with these kind of topics.

aku membesar cara agak lain dari budak lain. and my hubby pun membesar with a father who tends to lose his temper easily. tapi, nobody to be blamed sebab semua orang mangsa keadaan. sekarang keadaan dah lain. parents have to be more involved with their kids, sebab budak2 sekarang lagi expose to outside influence. from school, online friends, chatting, etc. kalau dulu, if kena marah ke, nak merajuk pun takleh panjang2...nanti kena marah lagi. so, nak tak nak kena la pujuk diri sendiri.

and apa yang aku perasan, bila membesar dengan environment sedemikian, once you grew up, you become a person with low self-confidence. apa nak buat mesti ragu2 sebab takut if silap nanti orang marah. if silap nanti kita akan kecewakan parents ke... if silap nanti people would label you failure etc etc.
lepas tu, nak try something new pun tak yakin. takut. takut dengan macam2. rasa diri ni macam tak layak nak try.

aku tak nak anak2 aku membesar begitu, just in case aku terbawak2 perangai aku dekat anak2.

so, reading zaid mohamad's articles help a lot for me and hubby in understanding our kids' behaviour. and alhamdulillah, so far hazeem pun sekolah tadika with a good teacher. she always remind us to always be careful on our words in teaching hazeem, and she always try to increase hazeem's self confidence in his daily classes. aku pun nampak hazeem ada positive improvement.

sayang anak la kata kan.... jangan lupa ajaran agama juga...sebab dunia ni semuanya sementara. aku dulu pun pernah lalai...skrg pun ada gak time yg leka... so mari la train anak2 supaya jadi hamba Allah yang berjaya dunia dan akhirat :-)

amin....