DADs for Life Conference 2024 Notice to all registrants An email with the Conference details (ie date, time, zoom link) have been sent out to all registrants. If you have not received the email from engage@fathers.com.sg with the email header DADs for Life Conference 2024, please do contact us […]
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IN THEIR FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS
Being a father is an honor and privilege to have. The role of fathers in the society is more crucial than ever before to provide stability and leadership in their respective families, especially during these uncertain times. At this year’s conference, titled f 75661, we desire to see fathers rise up to take their rightful place in the family, to be the Providers, Protectors and Leaders of their families; role models whom their children look up to and desire to follow.
THE CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD IN MANDARIN
24
Aug
Aug
Are leaders made or born? There may be a small percentage of leaders who may be born with individual traits which lend itself to leadership, but leadership itself can be learned, especially by committed individuals who display an interest in doing so.[1] An analysis of thousands of 360-degree reviews [2], women outscored men on 17 […]
24
Jul
Jul
Pulau Ubin is Singapore’s remaining hinterland, her last real kampong (‘village’ in Malay) and Singaporeans should rush to see it before it is pushed into oblivion by progress and development. That’s what a total of 24 fathers did with their children over two weekends in July. They had signed up for Centre For Fathering’s newest […]
21
Jun
Jun
”It’s so hard to get my 14-year old daughter to open up to me,” a father laments. “The only two times she speaks with me is to ask for her monthly allowance and to complain about how her elder siblings have been bullying her.” Sounds familiar? Obviously, this father isn’t aware that his daughter has […]
19
Jun
Jun
All of my three children were delivered at the same hospital and the same thing happened for every one of them. A nurse would take the new born away in a towel to clean it up immediately after the gynae had cut the umbilical cord. Soon after, she would announce: “Ten fingers. Ten toes.” The […]
10
Dec
Dec
It has been said that “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” Does it only mean that Jack is bored if he does not get to play, or much more? The eminent play scholar, Joe Frost, in his compelling book, “A History of Childhood Play and Play Environments” (1) tellingly shows that […]