Millennial's Guide to Parenthood Journey

Parenting journey is amazing but it is never easy. How we can become a millennial parent who gives our child a life worth living ? In order to get some helps from the expert and advisor, Mommy Jane attended the Millennial's Guide to Parenthood workshop on last Sunday which was organised by the Parenthood in collaboration with Nippon Paint Malaysia and Sunway Medical Centre that highlighted various hot topics relevant to today’s parents with our young children.

How to Manage The 5 Most Common Children’s Illnesses- the Common Cold, Hands Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD), Influenza, Diarrhoea and Dengue ? Consultant Paediatrician Dr. Cham Weng Tang who delivered the talk went in depth about the cause and effect of each of the 5 illnesses, which are common and yet preventable. He also highlighted how our walls (which are often overlooked) can be a medium of transmission of viruses and bacteria. Need to do some prevention after this to avoid all these top 5 most common illness.

How to Handle Picky Eaters and What Parents Can Do ? I'm sure this is our favourite talked amongst parents. Dietician Celeste Lau gave some tips on how to differentiate a picky eater versus a problem eater. She also shared how to handle picky eaters and how we as parents can introduce a wider variety of food selection in order for their child to thrive and grow.

After Dietician Celeste Lau talk, we had a delicious buffet lunch and a break for an hour....  

Dato’ Dr Rajbans Singh, President of Malaysian Wellness Society, spoke on the topic of Indoor Air Wellness. Our indoor air pollution can be 2 to 5 times worse than outdoors. With harmful pollutants all over the home, and in places one would never have thought off, he mentioned that this could affect our child’s health in the long term. Dato’ Dr. Rajbans also shared some steps on how we as parents can take positive steps to improve indoor wellness which starts from home. Really need to start cleaning the house now. Ha ha ha !!!

How to Bring Out The Best Potential in Your Child ? Ms. Sam Jeng Mun who is a clinical psychologist ask the parents to take some time to take an assessment that determined their type of parenting style. We were given a better understanding about our own personality. Ms. Sam also elaborated on the 4 types of parenting styles and how the particular style may affect their child mentally. Erm... Really need to change a bit on my parenting styles to suit my Little Angels' needs and for them to grow independently.

Mommies fill up the form to check their parenting styles

Besides from the talks by experts, the event also hosted close to 200 nominees from the Nippon Paint Wellness Colouring Contest. The Nippon Paint Wellness Colouring Contest is part of an initiative by Nippon Paint Malaysia to educate pre-school children on the importance of wellness and staying healthy. There were about 6,500 student from 56 school around Kuala Lumpur and Selangor that participated in the colouring contest. Congrats to all the little winners. All the parents are there to support their little ones.

The Colouring Contest was divided into 2 different categories i.e. Category 1 for Students aged 3 to 4-years-old and Category 2 for Students aged 5 to 6-years-old. All the 200 nominees were presented with a Mini Picasso Appreciation Plaque and a Wellness Blobby to bring home. 

Prize presentation by Erika, Founder of Olympic Kids Club

Out of the 200 nominees, 26 students were shortlisted to be in the running of winning the grand prize of a 2 day 1 night trip to Legoland Malaysia and a School-Makeover-Painting Package worth RM3,000. For the 3 to 4-years-old category, Lee Hui Yue from Taska Precious Step took home the grand prize, while Natalie Goh Xin Ning from Beaconhouse Subang emerged as winner for the 5 to 6-years-old category.

Lee Hui Yue from Taska Precious Step

Natalie Goh Xin Ning from Beaconhouse Subang

First runner up winners are Zarine Fyrzanah from REAL Kids Bandar Sunway and Caitlin Hana Tang from Cutie Cottage took home a 2-months Prime Membership at Olympic Kids Club, while second runner up winners Allyshia from Beaconhouse Subang and Tan Yen Zhe from Taska Precious Steps brought home family passes to Skytropolis Funland, Genting Highlands.

Caitlin Hana Tang from Cutie Cottage

Allyshia from Beaconhouse Subang

Tan Yen Zhe from Taska Precious Steps

The other top 20 are students from Baby Atelier, REAL Kids, Smart Readers, White Lodge, Tadika Desa Jaya and Tadika Lai Meng did not leave empty handed of course. Each category saw 10 consolation prizes, providing each student a 1 month prime membership at Olympic Kids Club which located the Mines Shopping Mall.

Magic Show to entertained the kids while parents were inside the Hall to listen to the Millenial's Guide to Parenthood

For more information on the Nippon Paint Wellness Campaign, head on to www.nipponpaint.com.my. 

  

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Thanks to the Parenthood for the invitation to join the parenting workshop which will help us as a millennial parents to understand our kids' needs and way to help them to become a successful person when they grown up. Congrats to all the little winners for the Nippon Paint Wellness Colouring Contest. Happiness and Proud are the feelings of the parents, teachers and kids and it is a good way to reward them for all their efforts.