@Good spot taking the time to see/learn what your kids are doing in school. My experince is somewhat different but i guess we can all learn.
One thing i learnt very early on in schooling here in the West, is that if the teache has even the slightest inkling that you are not involved in your child then they will be 'abandoned' like you have never experineced before.From Halloween, to Easter bunnies to X-mas plays. we have been involved in making costumes all of us (me, wifey and ricdeelet) sometimes till past midnight, cutting newspapers, researching on the net (my wife and i are clueless in some of these things) but i kid you not it's fun and you learn alot.
During the X-mas costume "make-over" last year Ricdeelet told us xxx ( a dude in her class) told her to go for a sleep-over over the weekend as his folks will be away and their Nan (mboch equivalent) usually just sleeps all day!!!! WTFHell!! i almost chocked in my saliva. my point is the more you engage with them, the more they tell you. Ricdeelet tells us so much it's amazing how much you learn this sessions.(I have been a prop in a school skit, i worn 100m parents during sports day, she was sooooooo happy bragging rights galore. been also told Xy tried to kiss her like in the movies i mean this are 4 year olds!! nways i could go on and on but am sure you all get my point, engage them through and through in all their activites and they will tell you stuff including "dad has an ass" in one of their books!!
@Bwenyenye
PSP is good, by i highly recommend Nintendo WII family..awesome piece of gaming from keeping fit, to racing to name it. We usually play the 3 of us saturday mornings racing cars. However always let her win, am known to crash always in the last corner and she screams with delight and what a sight when she wins !! After this she will clean her room, help wash the dishes et al.
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