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 Broadcastclick to read more…

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 Societyclick to read more…

 

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...

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...

 


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.

 

 

Dr. Rosanna Wong

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.


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...

 

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...

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 to learn more

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 here to read about the research...

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