Kids Watch Kids Learn

Ian had a great time at Go Go Bambini. Thanks to Jeffrey who introduces me to this promotion event by his friend Yanni. Apart from the good food and goodie bags, the promotion is to create awareness among parents that children follow and imitate adults thus exhibiting good values and desired behaviour by adults is important. One of the interesting learning style that Dr Daniel Fung mentioned was interesting to me which I am going to further elaborate. The picture illustrates the theory behind. For example, the behaviour we want a child to exhibit " To sit down at the dining table to eat his food".

HPB SEEKS YOUR HELP TO STAMP OUT CHILD AND YOUTH SMOKING!

Wouldn’t it be interesting to find out the extent to which your child’s behaviour is affected by yours? Come and experience first-hand at a special session organised by the Health Promotion Board!

“Stop Smoking Before Your Child Starts” is a new campaign launched by HPB that focuses on the influence that parental behaviour have on children. The campaign was developed based on a study1 done by Dartmouth College that suggest that children are highly attentive to their parents’ smoking habits, and are more likely to regard smoking as appropriate and normal behaviour in social settings, thus resulting in a higher likelihood of them picking up the habit later on in life.

HPB is committed to a smoke free Singapore and is seeking your help to spread this important message among parents like yourself. We would like to invite you and your child to a fun morning followed by lunch at Go Go Bambini, Dempsey Hill at 11.00am on Saturday, 25th July, As part of the fun and interactive activities, we offer you an opportunity to observe how your child might behave relative to the child in the TV campaign which was developed based on the study. You can view the television commercial here: http://www.vimeo.com/5636146

Also get the chance to hear from Dr Daniel Fung, Chief of Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Institute of Mental Health who will share with you about the impact of parental behaviour and share some tips on how to deal with it. Also, meet Ann Aludra, a mummy who quit her smoking habit of 7 years for her child.