Parenting

It’s not just exams that pressure students. It’s the fear of letting us down

An examination is rarely “just an examination” to a young person.

Births rebound in South Korea, but parents still wait for daycare spots

The parents’ accounts suggest that a nationwide decline in daycare centres does not necessarily make places easier to find locally.

‘Wish Papa was here’: The pain of long-distance parenting for S’pore’s foreign workers

Sayeed Md Abu, a migrant worker who joined the I.C.A.N. Fathering Workshop, with photos of his family. He has two daughters aged 6 and 10.

One man’s journey to medicine: He pivoted from architecture to nursing to medicine

Uzer Danial Sukari is a second year student at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.

What if young men and women want different marriages?

As gender attitudes diverge, young men and women may increasingly want different kinds of marriages, says the writer.

Minor Issues

How fatherhood changes brain biology and body shape

Our brains are not fixed and remain malleable over the course of our lives, reorganising as we mature and engage in new experiences.

Parents want certainty over their children’s future. That’s fuelling the education arms race

While many parents expressed a desire for holistic education, their actions demonstrate enduring preferences to ensure their offspring do not fall behind academically.

Forum: Streamline maternity-related employment dispute processes

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.

Minor Issues

The simple joys of unhurried days and forest trails during a family holiday

The writer took in the pleasantly woodsy scent of the forest after the rain at Melbourne’s Dandenong Ranges National Park.

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