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Minor Issues: Learning to cope with the changes coming in 2025 for our family

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Changes in life and routines are not always welcome. They can be uncomfortable, unsettling and unnerving.

Changes in life and routines are not always welcome. They can be uncomfortable, unsettling and unnerving.

ST ILLUSTRATION: CEL GULAPA

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SINGAPORE – On the last evening of our recent family holiday, my three children were having a boisterous conversation in the bedroom of the apartment we were staying in.

Amid their shouts and laughter, I felt a sense of wistfulness when it struck me that such relaxed and fun moments may not happen so often in the months ahead.

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