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Seminar Series on Parenthood
The Federation
partnered the Vocational Training Council in a series of
seminars on parenthood between November and December 2004.
The seminars were successfully run with the wholehearted
support of Metro Broadcast…click
to read more…
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Project
on learning disorder
With
the kind sponsorship of The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities
Trust, this support service project for children with Developmental
Coordination Disorder (DCD), consisting of a
series of activities that provide professional support
and training, has been co-organized by the Federation
and the Heep Hong Society…click
to read more…
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Fun
for Kids at Airport
Sponsored
by the Airport Authority Hong Kong, 15
young people have volunteered for the "Children's funfair"
programme,
organized by the Federation's Youth Volunteer
Network (YVN). It involves spending time with
children waiting to get on board…click
to read more...
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Free
preview tickets for Elektra
Kentac
Investments Limited, the Hong Kong sub-distributor
for Twentieth Century Fox Film, has generously
sponsored us with 100 preview tickets for the action movie
Elektra …click
here to read more...
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Effective
parenting
It
has been said that parenting is the most difficult job
in the world. Most parents do that job well out of instinct.
They know and love their children better than anyone
- but getting it right is not easy. Parents have high
hopes for their children and their wishes are usually
quite transparent. That leads to pressure and for many
teens the natural response is to look for relief in rebellion
in its many forms.
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Dr.
Rosanna Wong
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The
recent cases of two runaway boys in Hong Kong indicate the solutions
some children seek from pressure. Although the details of these
cases are not yet clear, exam pressure was involved, both at
home and at school. A sensitive, alert parent might see the effect
of academic pressure, talk it over and give support before the
problem gets serious. That would bring security, a boost to self
esteem and the risk of rebellion might subside.
But with
teens parents also have to start letting go, perhaps the hardest
part of all. Inter-generational communication skills are acquired
through experience and love but sometimes professional counselling
or training can help in seeing the situation more objectively.
While the Federation's School Social Work Unit aims to identify
students' problems at school, our Family Life Education Service
helps families maintain harmony at home and enhance effective
parenting. The stress created by our very competitive world
is testing for all family members. With understanding, good
communication and trust we can hope to deal with it wisely.
If you would like to help us by sponsoring a parenting support
programme please do contact either Ms Yolanda Chiu or Ms Elaine
Chan at Partnership & Resource Development on 2123 9598.
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Citizens of
the global village
Last year saw the launch of The Dragon Foundation's Global Citizenship
programme. The aim is to widen young people's horizons, showing
them that we live in an inter-connected world where a global perspective
is needed for true understanding. The programme also hones leadership
skills of potential high flyers. Amongst them are Ada Ho - now
working at Goldman Sachs, and Frank Lai - a 3rd Year medical student
at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. We asked what they had
hoped to gain from this programme and whether it had matched their
expectations. Click
here to find out...
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Doh-ray-me:
an ear for music
Researchers in the US have discovered a new link between a child's mother tongue
and musical ability. It has to do with learning and using tones from an early
age. That's very good news for all native speakers of Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese
and Thai - all tonal languages. It seems that they learn to associate pitches
or tones with meaningful words early on. Only 14% of the 4-5 years old Americans
tested had perfect pitch compared with 60% of the Chinese.click
here to read about it...
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Survey
shows 15% students addicted to the Net
A survey of
psychological attitudes and family relationships in Hong Kong's
young Internet users has found that 15% of the secondary school
students interviewed consider themselves addicted although the
majority go online to relax. This can result in conflict at home
and 70% said they had arguments about it. Child safety online
has a high profile today when 95% of students have the online
habit and 9 out of 10 children between 8 and 16 have viewed prornography
on the Interne. click
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Learning
and language disabilities in Hong Kong
Learning and
language disabilities have received attention recently in Hong
Kong The Federation partnered the Heep Hong Society in late 2004
on a project for children with Developmental Coordination Disorder
(DCD). Findings of this joint study have recently been released.
Earlier in the year the Hong Kong Christian Service interviewed
teachers about dyslexia at their schools and found that 80% had
experience of dyslexic students…Click
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