How my seven years old son teaches me social skills
My seven year son teaches me a lot of manner. He's my third child. With the first and second child I have to admin I was not the best dad who would have acted on their best interest. I was a dad who had been influenced by the not-so-good Asian/ Confucian culture inherited from the family. I yelled at them, I scolded them sternly, I didn't give them a chance to explain. What was the reason? I created an invisible wall between myself and them. They didn't come to me for advice, they didn't come to me when they need to share their feelings. I realised the situation and how wrong I was when I read Stephen Covey's The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Let's go back to my seven year old son because this article is about him. He is a sweet little boy. He cares for everybody's feeling. Traditionally Asian wives don't take the surname after marriage so my wife has her own. One night my son talked to my wife and he realised that all family members have th