Our nephew kids at home are very expert in manipulating their netbook. It’s my fault for I bought them netbooks. They seldom read their books.They are ages 4 and 6.They are better than me in playing games on line. I told their mother to convert the minds of the kids to other useful things.Playing games outdoor is a very good recommendation like playing balls.

Great tips, especially the points about earning screen time and balancing time on the computer or device with time spent playing outdoors!

Good tips all around and I am for kids going outside and playing something. On rainy days when around teens and tweens let them have their technology with the kids around me it is much quieter with the technology. I was a kid of seventies and eighties and that is what we did for the hand-held games were just starting then.

It is just not kids. See me!! All my spare time I spend here. I must make use of some of your tips for myself (lol)

you are right shvkat!
We need to educate our kids that screentime is compulsory rule for them and for us too.
A time to take a break for their eyes to take a rest.
A time for the body to move about rather than sitting like a couch potato.
Obesity and overweight issues are on the rise.
Kids rude behavior during meal time and when adults talking to them are unacceptable.
Time to let technology to stop for a second before it is too late

Although I feel like gadgets can be useful in some ways, it’s gotten to a point where most kids know how to play temple run rather than dishes. What’s happening, kids should play outside and have fun at parks.

@Kayla, kids are now getting wiser in gadget manipulation. My niece at age 2 knows how to operate their TV and knows how to text her dad and mum. She keeps on calling them too. I never had experienced what my niece experiences this time.

This topic is a concern for more than just kids as we all know too well. I know people of age 30, 40 and older that can’t hardly eat or have a conversation without trying to sneak a peak for that one more text etc. Excellent article!

Truly I think kids ar3 turning everything around to suit there needs and that’s dangerous if anything kids should not even be given access to this gadgets when they are still in school because that just corrupts their minds, and that are not able to concentrate on their studies. The above tips could work out but remember there are kids who’s tantrums cannot be eased easily until they get what they want. So I think the best way is not to let them have access to this things until they ar3 old enough so that they do u get hooked

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Wow, looks so good and so yummy too. I feel hungry looking at the photo of this recipe. I salute you peach of your expertise in recipe. I hope you are that slim hehehehe.

That indeed looks delicious and with so many ingredients little wonder that it would taste great too. It is a meal by itself.

Thanxs for the recipe, looks yummy and I’m always up for trying new cooking challenges. 🙂

Makes me want to try this type of soup. I never had Chinese sou[. Thanks for sharing! I just posted my first one and waiting for my 2nd approval.

Oh this one looks nice! I love to have it as an ice kachang or mixed with other sweetened things in a Filipino dessert called halo-halo 🙂 Yum!

I will make it at my home very soon because I am fond of cooking self for self not for others. It is a delicious soup. First of all get yourself some red beans, also known as adzuki beans. It’s a good idea to get this kind of stuff from a trusted vendor at the wet markets in Hong Kong.

They will usually have superior quality stuff which is reassuring as all beans look the same to me. The wet market vendor I go to is a super grouchy old guy with bushy white eyebrows who growls me whenever I ask a question but his merchandise is pretty good. I guess that’s why he growls?

Be sure to soak the red beans properly and then discard the soaking water. This will solve the problem of any, um, “extra air” after consumption of the beans. The traditional red bean dessert recipe also calls for dried tangerine peel , or Chenpi 陳皮, which you can also get at your local wet market. Sometimes you can see these tangerine peels hung in long festive coils from the ceilings of the dried goods shops as they air dry.

These Chenpi are used for many chinese dishes. They have an distinctive woodsy citrusy flavor that improves with age. Actually the aged tangerine peels can get very expensive!