Earphones or Headphones?

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Whether my son is using his Kindle Fire, my netbook or iPod, he still likes to use earphones or headphones, instead of just turning on the device's build-in speaker. I am worried that he's abusing his ears by turning on the headphone's sound full blast.

I should buy a Pro-Ject Pro Audio speaker or an earphones /headphones that wouldn't destroy his eardrums even with the sound on full blast. It will all boil down to my son to be responsible in adjusting the volume that's not too loud for his ears.

Positive Parenting Style: Dolphin Parenting

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It takes a village to raise a child. ~African Proverb

Raising a child is not an easy task. I only have one and it has not been an easy journey for us. I am a semi-tiger mom which I also combine with other positive parenting style to balance the tiger's strictness with something that's laid back.

I read an article about this new parenting style called Dolphin Parenting. Shawn Achor, a Harvard-trained psychologist who teaches at Wharton Business School and author of The Happiness Advantage and Before Happiness, said that parents should try out dolphin parenting. So why is it supposedly the parenting style that everyone should follow instead of Tiger or Helicopter Parenting?

Dolphin Parents are those who raise playful, sociable and smart kids because they're flexible, playful and kind parents.

I will stick though with my own parenting style, a combination of all the parenting styles mentioned above. My son needs the strictness that only a tiger mom can give, the playfulness of the dolphin mom and the "hovering" of the helicopter mama.

Time print postcards while my son is asleep. Good night!

Philippine Science High School Entrance Exam

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The Philippine Science High School (PSHS) is now accepting applications for its National Competitive Examination (NCE). PSHS is a public high school that offers scholarships to Filipino students who are gifted in the sciences and mathematics. According to Wikipedia, graduates of the PSHS are bound by law to major in the pure and applied sciences, mathematics, or engineering upon entering college. 

If you're good in tinkering with how stuff works, like the tv or maybe bar knobs, maybe you would like to become a PSHS scholar. 

You can send in you're application, not later than August 12, at any DOST regional or field office or at the PSHS Main Campus, Agham Road, Diliman Quezon City, if you: 

• are a Grade 6 pupil; 
• belong to the TOP 10% of the batch for SY 2012-2013 with no grade below 80% OR; do not belong to the TOP 10% but have a final grade of at least 85% in Science and Math and 80% in all other subjects; 
• are a Filipino citizen with no pending application as immigrant to any foreign country; 
• were born on or after June 1, 1999; 
• are in good health; 
• are of good conduct and behavior; 
• have not taken the NCE previously

For a more detailed instruction on the application process, vist the PSHS NCE page. You may also call (02) 924-0614.