The year-end holidays and festive occasions can be a crash course on social norms and behaviours for young children, says this mum of five. It helps to prepare them to avoid meltdowns. Festive seasons have always been occasions I truly look forward to attending. Christmas and Chinese New Year, in particular, usually meant endless gatherings with friends and family that stretched late into the night, with unrestrained conversations and genuine laughter. No one would be concerned about work or