Finding Joy

Want to know what’s really going on in our children’s lives? Cook for them

Saturdays start with a morning trip to the wet market and end with a table of hungry teenagers. There’s no bigger delight than that.

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Conversations over dinner have inculcated open communication in his family, says the writer.

Conversations over dinner have inculcated open communication in his family, says the writer.

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Wong Jeat Shyan

“Will you be home for dinner tonight?” is a question that I ask my two teenage children every Saturday morning.

The answer is always the same: “What do you plan to cook?” 

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