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We would rather our boys go to school with unfinished homework than forgo their sleep

One way to think about sleep in early childhood is that it helps to build up neural capacity and interconnections that are the foundation of a young brain.
One way to think about sleep in early childhood is that it helps to build up neural capacity and interconnections that are the foundation of a young brain.

What we learnt from my son’s unfair e-commerce job contract

If our kids are resilient, they will have nothing to fear from unfair contracts, unscrupulous employers or anything else that new technologies could throw at them in the future.
If our kids are resilient, they will have nothing to fear from unfair contracts, unscrupulous employers or anything else that new technologies could throw at them in the future.

My younger son never had us parents to himself alone, until now

Each only-child period in our life has added something to our marriage and family, says the writer.
Each only-child period in our life has added something to our marriage and family, says the writer.

Minor Issues: Shielding our kids from the ‘jobpocalypse’

For fresh graduates, it is never too late to explore internships, even after graduation.
For fresh graduates, it is never too late to explore internships, even after graduation.

Minor Issues: Family survival guide for perimenopause

Many women going through perimenopause describe it as hormonal hell. What people don’t often talk about is that the family goes through it too.
Many women going through perimenopause describe it as hormonal hell. What people don’t often talk about is that the family goes through it too.

48 hours with my two sons in Bali

The real magic of the writer's weekend in Bali was not in the dives, the catch, or the brunches, but in the chatting, laughing and bonding with his two sons.
The real magic of the writer's weekend in Bali was not in the dives, the catch, or the brunches, but in the chatting, laughing and bonding with his two sons.

Minor Issues: What needs to be done to get more daughters into Stem careers

Unfortunately, the unequal standing of women in Stem has not seen the same breakthroughs as medicine.
Unfortunately, the unequal standing of women in Stem has not seen the same breakthroughs as medicine.

Minor Issues: How emotionally immature parents harm their kids

As parents, we need to be sensitive when a child says he or she is hurt or emotionally troubled by our words or behaviours.
As parents, we need to be sensitive when a child says he or she is hurt or emotionally troubled by our words or behaviours.

Beaches, birds and bubbly on a driving holiday along Cape Town’s Garden Route

Preekstoel Beach, one of the many beaches with clear water and fine sand along Cape Town's Garden Route.
Preekstoel Beach, one of the many beaches with clear water and fine sand along Cape Town's Garden Route.

Minor Issues: How parents can prevent their sons from being sucked into the ‘manosphere’

Stephen Graham, who co-wrote the drama Adolescence, felt that parents needed to be mindful of the external influences working insidiously on their children.
Stephen Graham, who co-wrote the drama Adolescence, felt that parents needed to be mindful of the external influences working insidiously on their children.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.