About
Welcome! This blog is about parenting and the issues associated with bringing up children. Whether you are looking for inspiration on your parenting journey or hard facts to help you decide what’s best for your child, this is the website for you.
Based in Kuala Lumpur, Parenting Works was started to provide an online source of information for the parenting community. We bring together all sorts of useful information and resources to help you navigate the daily challenges of raising kids.
Hi! I’m Eileen Lian and I write Parenting Works. When I had my first child, I chose to be a stay-at-home attachment parenting, breastfeeding and unschooling mum because I wanted my children to really feel the joys of living and learning.
Two kids and 14 years later, I am thankful for having made those early decisions and grateful to the websites that helped me along the way.
Before the children arrived, I was a journalist covering the information technology industry. After ten years of being a full-time mum, I suddenly woke up to the fact that the children had discovered that there was more to life than mummy – I guess it had to happen sooner or later! – and eased back into work as a freelance writer and editor.
To contact us, please email parentingworks AT gmail DOT com
We’d love to hear from you!
hi eileen!
nice site there.
I’m a graphic designer. mom to 3 kids 5,3,1 yrs
practised home birth, breastfeeding, attached parenting and now thinking of homeschooling.
do u know of any homeschool families around kl or pj? we are worried that we can’t sustain the marathon of homeschooling.
Hi Hoi Yan,
Good to hear from you.
There are several homeschool networks in M’sia and many groups that one can join around the KL/PJ area. These resources will help you get started: Learning Beyond Schooling and Out Of The Box Learning
Also, here are the links to the local homeschool forums:
Homefrontier
MALHEN
MyChosen
Unschooling Malaysia
Good luck!
Hi Eileen,
You have a great site here. I am sure all the Mothers are really going to receive excellent information on all sorts of things to do with “Mummying”
I’m raising one of my grandchildren, an 8 year old going on 20, and at present am being re-united with my inner child!
Kids can do that to you so easily.
So with the whole house now full of crayons, scissors, paper, bratz dolls, dress-ups and so on I had no alternative other than to join in the fun.
So was born my fun website http://www.can-do-kids-crafts.com/index.html
Perhaps I can share some of the crazy ideas that keep popping up in my head all the time?
Look forward to reading lots more crafty stuff in here often.
Regards,
Marylyn(Nannie CanDo)