By Tita Dulce Festin-Baybay

That’s right, Kidsters! What is the best way of getting the attention of readers and the audience as a whole? Start by telling a story. Haven’t you noticed that when we start with “Once upon a time,” you immediately get interested?

I remember that whenever my teachers would teach a lesson by giving stories, the more I get interested and the more I remember the lesson. Read the rest…

Tita Dulce Festin-Baybay

That’s right, Kidsters! Let me tell you something about a good habit that you can start while you are young.

This is by saving money. How? By getting a piggy bank where you can put your extra coins. Read the rest…

By Tita Dulce Festin-Baybay

That’s right, Kidsters. Your Tita Dulce wants to remind you to be honest in all that you do.  Being honest means saying the truth at all times.  No small or white lies

If you did not do your homework because you were watching television instead, be honest and admit it.
Sure, you will get scolded but as I just read recently, be honest enough to admit your mistake for watching television instead of doing your homework.  You know it was wrong and you wasted precious time.  Learn the lesson from your mistake and remember it.  Do not dwell on the scolding or the punishment.  Think of the lesson learned. Read the rest…

Tita Dulce Festin-Baybay

That’s right, Kidsters! There are ways on how not to get angry at our classmates, siblings, elders, helpers, or even at our pets. Another way of saying it is there are ways on how to control our emotions.

Even when I am already this age, I still find it hard to control my temper or not get angry, especially when others really make you lose your patience. A relative of mine who lives in the U.S. and is a military man, sent me an email giving tips on how to control emotions.

Cousin Vikthor Festin calls it “the rules of practicing ‘ugaling langit, ugaling kaaya-aya.” To translate in English, heaven-like manner, well-liked manner. Read the rest…

By Tita Dulce Festin-Baybay
That’s Right

I just came across a write up by an elementary school student from Carmona Elementary School in Carmona, Cavite published  in the year 2006 in their official school and community paper called “The Central Point.”  The title of Joe Mark B. Mercado’s piece is “Lincoln’s 10 ‘cannots’ and I would like to share it with you. Joe says these were the ten ‘cannots’ that the US President Abraham Lincoln followed that made him a successful person. Lincoln’s mother died when he was just 9 years old.  Here they are: Read the rest…