Families

Dear parents, please don’t make me part of your child’s punishment

If discipline has to happen there and then, perhaps the aim should be to shrink the audience rather than enlarge it, says the writer.

Hezbollah outlines financial aid plan for Lebanese with destroyed homes

Ali Damoush, chairman of Hezbollah's Executive Council, speaks during a press conference in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon October 13, 2026. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Action star Jet Li denies abandoning first family, says he left past marriage with nothing

Jet Li has denied rumours claiming he had abandoned his ex-wife and their two older daughters.

Fun With Kids

Legoland Malaysia Resort’s new rooms, Singapore Polo Club’s charity carnival, student art exhibition

The new Lego City-themed rooms feature vibrant wall murals, custom furniture and bedding.

Pope Leo opens Vatican meeting likely to discuss remarriage, gay Catholics

Under current Church teaching, remarried Catholics cannot receive communion unless they abstain from sex with their new partner, because their first marriage is still valid in the eyes of the Church.

Lebanon's Hezbollah gets $200 million from Iran to help displaced, sources say

Nour Hamzeh carries her children's belongings salvaged from the rubble of her home, which was destroyed in an Israeli strike, after returning to Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh in southern Lebanon following the deployment of Lebanese soldiers in one of three so-called pilot zones established after the withdrawal of Israeli forces under a U.S.-brokered plan, July 27, 2026. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Bjorn Shen is a busy chef with 3 kids. Here’s his advice for working parents

Chef Bjorn Shen reads I’m Not Cookin’ This Up to his three kids. The picture book is written by his wife Roxanne Toh.

Three in four families go hungry in parts of Yemen from new fighting

Bakers make loaves of bread at a bakery shop as the World Food Programme says three-in-four families in parts of Yemen are going hungry due to the impact of a surge in fighting, in Sanaa, Yemen, October 2, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

Helping our children understand the value of suffering

We often use the word “chores” to describe tasks that are tedious and painful, whether it is homework, housework or reading. But they are a necessary part of life, says the writer.

Fun With Kids

Slow down and enter your children’s world with a free play date

The free event at Fernvale Community Club on Oct 10 and 11 encourages families with pre-schoolers to bond through play.

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