Families

PSLE: Should parents take leave to help their child prepare for the exams?

Dr Jade Kua encourages her sons Mark Xavier Teo (right) and Marcel Ian Teo to exercise during exam seasons.

Secondary 1 life: Choosing a CCA and coping with not getting your top choices

Festive drums is among the CCA choices at Edgefield Secondary School.

Minor Issues

When children become the teachers to their parents

Kids may say the darnedest things, but their words wake us up to see the banal truth in a totally different light, says the writer.

Some personnel advised to leave U.S. military base in Qatar, diplomats say

An F-22 Raptor from the 1st Fighter Wing, 27th Fighter Squadron taxis for departure deployment to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, U.S., June 24, 2019. Kaylee Dubois/U.S. Air Force/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Six dead as Gaza’s displaced struggle to hold ground in torrential rain

Palestinians gather near tents sheltering displaced people, amid a windstorm, in Gaza City, January 13, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

Fun With Kids

Matching Chinese New Year outfits for the family; Year of the Horse watch for kids

Sheila Sim with her family and friends in matching outfits that she designed in partnership with Le Petit Society.

Tidy shelves and neater homes? What I got wrong about decluttering

Decluttering is, ultimately, an act of love, says the writer. By making those decisions ourselves, we spare children and loved ones uncertainty and grief.

Crans-Montana fire: Swiss families file legal complaint over New Year’s bar fire

People gather around a makeshift memorial outside the \"Le Constellation\" bar, after a deadly fire and explosion during a New Year's Eve party, in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana, in southwestern Switzerland, January 4, 2026. REUTERS/Lisa Leutner

Two new family service centres opening in Tengah and Bukit Panjang by 2027

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7 Malaysian siblings finally get citizenship after relative’s DNA confirms family ties

For most of their lives, seven siblings lived in the shadows, without identity documents, formal schooling or the certainty of a stable future.

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