PARENTING

You are turning into your parents

Dec 16, 2018, 5:00 am
Freelance producer Mervyn Lim gave his son Alexander Lim a book, Karung Guni Boy. Freelance writer Jinny Koh (with daughters Ariel and Esther) says the best gifts she got were these two dolls from her former domestic helper. Ms Ruby Lim-Yang's son sa

The best gifts

Dec 16, 2018, 5:00 am

The best and most meaningful Christmas gifts

Dec 15, 2018, 12:00 pm
Ms Suziyana Hamid and her husband Reduan Nordin play games like Monopoly and Scrabble together with their only child, eight-year-old Sophie, or take her in-line skating in the park.

Mum, I'm bored at home

Dec 9, 2018, 5:00 am

How to handle boredom

Dec 9, 2018, 5:00 am

What to do when your kids complain they are bored

Dec 8, 2018, 4:00 pm
Ilika Motani, 10, and her brother, Darshan Motani, six, are avid Book Bugs card collectors. Lucian Lee, eight, and Lukas Lee, four, with their parents, Ms Chanelle Lim and Mr Larry Lee, taking part in a National Heritage Board's Heritage Explorers Pr

Catch the Book Bug

Nov 25, 2018, 5:00 am

Using games to get kids hooked on reading, learning

Nov 24, 2018, 5:00 pm
Artist Moktarrullah Abdullah (above), who was diagnosed with depression and obsessive compulsive disorder at the age of 15, says art has helped him cope with his monsters.

Fighting the monsters in their minds

Nov 18, 2018, 5:00 am

Young people with depression: Fighting the monsters in their minds

Nov 17, 2018, 9:00 am