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Mum Guilt: Juggling career with parenting and tackling personality clashes

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Ms Lily Kew, 48, recalls feeling guilty when she had to say goodbye to her daughter, Uli Seven Ong, then about 10 months old, to go on work trips.

PHOTO: COURTESY OF LILY KEW

Janice Tai

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SINGAPORE- Ms Lily Kew, 48, is currently pregnant with her second child. She had her first just two and a half years ago.
As a much older mum to a young child, she is in a strange season of life where the pressure is particularly intense as she juggles being at the peak of her career with newfound motherhood.
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