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Your child's hands are shaking before a maths test. They "forgot everything" overnight. They had a stomach ache this morning that mysteriously disappeared once ...
Dr. Lam, read moreHow to Build a Reading Habit When Your Child Says 'I Hate Reading'
Beyond 'find books they like' — practical strategies for reluctant readers including comics, audiobooks, and adaptations that actually work.
A P4 parent sat in my classroom last month, looking defeated. "I've tried everything," she said. "I took him to the library. I bought him books about dinosaurs, because he likes dinosaurs. I even got ...
Miss ChanShould Your Child Learn Traditional or Simplified Chinese? A Language Teacher's Honest Answer.
A Hong Kong Chinese language teacher gives her clear recommendation for families navigating the traditional vs. simplified Chinese question — with the cognitive science behind it.
I get this question more than almost any other, and it tends to arrive in one of two forms....
Miss ChanThe Grammar Mistakes HK Students Still Make in P6 (That Started in P1)
Some English grammar errors fossilise in lower primary and persist for years. Here's how to spot them early and break the pattern.
Last week, a P6 parent showed me her son's English composition. It was genuinely impressive — creative story, good vocabulary, clear structure. Then I spotted it: "He go to the park yesterday." Third ...
Miss ChanHomework Anxiety vs Homework Avoidance: They Look the Same But Need Different Fixes
Anxious and avoidant children both resist homework — but they need opposite interventions. Here's how to tell the difference.
Miss Fu5 min28,000 Children Commute Between Shenzhen and Hong Kong Every Day. Here's What That Does to a Child.
A teacher who grew up on the mainland and teaches in Hong Kong examines what daily cross-border commuting does to children's identity, social belonging, and development.
Miss Yang6 minNew Year Resolutions for Parents (Not Students)
The most impactful changes for your child's learning don't come from your child. They come from you. Five parent resolutions that actually work.
Miss Fu6 minWe Built a System That Makes Children Sick and Then Express Surprise When They Get Sick.
Ms. Poon traces the anxiety pipeline from K1 interview prep through primary streaming through DSE — and argues that the government's response is treating symptoms while defending the disease.
Ms. Poon8 minTeenage Anxiety Doesn't Look Like Crying. Here's What It Actually Looks Like.
Miss Fu's clinical breakdown of how anxiety manifests in Hong Kong teenagers — the physical symptoms, the social withdrawal, the perfectionism, and what a parent actually says when they notice.
Miss Fu8 minConfessions of a Reformed Tiger Mum (I Spent HK$3,000 on Practice Books Last Year)
One Hong Kong parent's honest account of homework obsession, comparison anxiety, and what actually helped her children learn.
Let me tell you about the Tuesday night I cried in the bathroom because my P3 son couldn't do long division....
Tiger MaA Letter to Hong Kong Parents (From Someone Who Watched You for 12 Years)
A direct, personal letter to Hong Kong parents from someone who spent 12 years watching them from the other side of the table. What she wishes she could have said. What she's saying now.
Dear Hong Kong Parent,...
Ms. PoonWhen Your Child Says 'Everyone Else Gets Better Marks'
What to say (and not say) when your child has internalised comparison culture. Practical scripts for Hong Kong parents.
It happened on a Wednesday, in the car, on the way home from school. My daughter — P4, the one who usually seems fine — stared out the window and said, very quietly: "Mummy, everyone else gets better ...
Tiger MaThe 10-Minute Homework Check That Works Better Than 45 Minutes
Counterintuitive insight: checking less homework more carefully is more effective than checking everything. Here's the method.
Miss Fu6 minThe 5-Minute Reset: A Brain Break That Actually Helps Focus
Not all breaks are equal. Based on attention restoration theory, here are specific 5-minute activities that genuinely restore your child's focus.
Miss Fu6 minThe Homework Routine That Survives Chinese New Year
Re-establishing your child's homework routine after the CNY break doesn't have to take three weeks. Here's the 3-day reset method.
Miss Fu5 minScreen Time Before Homework: The 30-Minute Rule Nobody Follows
There's a measurable cooldown period between screen use and focused homework. Here's the science — and a practical routine that actually works.
Miss Fu6 minThe New Humanities Subject: What's Really in It, and What It Means for Your Primary Child's Future
Mrs. Lau breaks down the new primary Humanities subject — its content, how it will likely be assessed, and practical ways to support your child at home.
Mrs. Lau6 minDSS Schools: The Middle Path Between Local and International That Most HK Parents Overlook
55% Fewer Graduate Jobs. AI Is Eating the Career We Told You to Study For.
DSE in an AI World: What Examiners Will Actually Be Testing From 2026
I've Watched DSE Year Destroy Children. Here's What the Families Who Survived It Did Differently.
What I wish I could have told you at the start of every admissions cycle
Twelve years as Head of Admissions distilled into the things Ms. Poon genuinely wishes parents knew — personal, specific, and unfiltered.
Every September, the admissions cycle began again. Forms went up on the website. The phone started ringing. And I would sit at my desk at the start of a new season thinking: if I could just say one th...
Ms. Poon18 Preschools Closed This Term. The Ones Closing Aren't the Bad Ones.
Ms. Poon on the kindergarten closure wave — which schools are closing and why quality has nothing to do with it, and what it means for families in the K1 application process.
Eighteen preschools have closed this term. Thirty more are expected to close or cut staff in 2025. When you read that in the news, your instinct is probably to assume that what closed was the deadwood...
Ms. PoonK1 admissions for families new to Hong Kong: the expat guide no one writes
Expat school vs. local system, timing for mid-cycle arrivals, which schools have rolling admissions, and how to handle a non-Cantonese-dominant child.
If you are moving to Hong Kong and your child is approaching kindergarten age, you are facing a system that assumes familiarity with norms, timelines, and informal knowledge that first-generation Hong...
Ms. PoonWong Sir
Chief Editor & Maths
Former Hong Kong primary maths teacher with 15 years in the classroom. Built Tutor Wong after seeing the same homework mistakes thousands of times. Believes every error is a learning opportunity — if you know where to look.
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Miss Chan
English & Language Arts
Grew up bilingual in Hong Kong. PGDE in English Language Education from HKU. 8 years teaching P1-P6 English at a band 1 school in Kowloon Tong. Makes English feel approachable for every family.
56 articles →
Miss Fu
Play Therapy & Counselling
Certified play therapist and counsellor with a postgraduate diploma in Play Therapy and an MSc in Counselling from HKU. Left private practice to become a full-time stay-at-home mum. Mother of two boys (ages 1 and 2), with a third boy on the way. Writes from the chaos of the living room floor — all the training, all the theory, and still completely outnumbered.
86 articles →
Tiger Ma
The Honest Parent Column
Anonymous HK parent. Self-described reformed tiger mum. Two kids in local primary in Sha Tin. Works in finance. Writes what other parents think but won't say out loud.
82 articles →
Mr. Ng
STEM & AI Literacy
Secondary school science and computing teacher in New Territories. BSc Computer Science (CUHK), PGDE. Early adopter of AI tools in the classroom — and a cautious one. Believes every student needs to understand how algorithms make decisions that affect them.
44 articles →
Mrs. Lau
DSE Strategy & Secondary Specialist
Former DSE Chinese and Liberal Studies (now Citizenship & Social Development) examiner. 18 years teaching in Band 1 secondary schools across Hong Kong Island. Now runs a boutique DSE tutoring practice. Helps families navigate S1–S6 with clarity instead of panic.
39 articles →
Miss Yang
Mandarin & Chinese Humanities
Originally from Chengdu. BA in Chinese Literature (Fudan University), MA in Education (University of Edinburgh). Has taught Mandarin and Chinese Humanities at a renowned K-12 international school in Hong Kong for 9 years. Uniquely placed between two education worlds — mainland rigour and international breadth — she helps families raise truly bilingual and bicultural children.
49 articles →
Ms. Poon
K1 Admissions Insider (Anonymous)
Anonymous. Former Head of Admissions at a Band 1 kindergarten in Kowloon — name withheld because some of what she writes would end careers, including hers. Reviewed over 4,000 applications and sat across the table from thousands of families over 12 years. She has seen every strategy, every coach-trained toddler, every parent try to charm their way through. She left when her own child hit application age and the hypocrisy became unbearable. She writes to level the playing field: the scoring rubrics schools don't publish, the things that actually get children rejected, and the uncomfortable truths about a system that hides behind the language of child development while operating as pure social selection.
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