JANUARY 2021

Straits Times Life
17 January
Hands-On Dad, Happy Kids
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/parenting-education/hands-on-dads-happy-kids

The Straits Times
14 Feb
Trailblazing women breaking barriers to empower a new generation
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/trailblazing-women-breaking-barriers-to-empower-a-new-generation

CNA938 Weekend Life
28 Feb, 12 pm
Edwin Choy talks about CFF in the last 20 years and moving ahead.

Our Better World
17 Feb
Bringing ‘Dad-dication’ to parenting
https://www.ourbetterworld.org/story/becoming-a-dad-for-life

The Straits Times
5 Mar
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/parenting-education/13-organisations-recognised-at-first-award-for-father-friendly

CNA938 CNA’s Day
5 Mar 8.10pm
Our CEO, Bryan Tan, was interviewed on CFF’s 20th Anniversary and the Great Companies for Dads Awards.

Channel 5 News Tonight
5 March 9pm
Great Companies for Dads Awards

Channel NewsAsia Singapore Tonight
5 March 10pm
Great Companies for Dads Awards

Money FM Radio Weekends
6 March 11.30am
Interview with Centre for Fathering and Kim Choo Kueh Chang on Great Companies for Dads Awards

Human Resource Director
Revealed: Best companies for working dads
https://www.hcamag.com/asia/specialisation/employee-engagement/revealed-best-companies-for-working-dads/248627

The Asian Parent
Singapore’s First Great Companies For Dads Awards Recognises 13 Organisations For Innovative HR Policies
https://sg.theasianparent.com/great-companies-for-dads-awards

APRIL 2021

The Straits Times
29 Apr
Employment and schooling key to helping vulnerable families build resilience: Panel
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/employment-and-schooling-key-to-helping-vulnerable-families-build-resilience-panel

MAY 2021

Families for Life
May
The fine art of juggling for dual career parents
https://familiesforlife.sg/discover-an-article/Pages/The-Fine-Art-of-Juggling-for-Dual-Career-Parents.aspx

Lianhe Zaobao
3 May
Regretting her belated realisation that Motherhood was the best thing to have happened in her life, Sun Xueling calls on society to explore ways to help women balance career and family.
https://www.zaobao.com.sg/news/singapore/story20210503-1143825?amp

CNA938 Live – Our Town Sunday with Susan Ng
9 May
How can Dads better support Mums and share the parenting load? Kevin Goh and wife Fannie Lim, who heads the charity Daughters of Tomorrow shares.

Lianhe Zaobao
18 May
Finding myself while helping other mothers
https://www.zaobao.com.sg/news/singapore/story20210518-1147506

Red Brick Mortgage Advisory
20 May
Redbrick conversation with DADs for Life
Bryan Tan, CEO for the Centre for Fathering & DADs for Life shares how he balances work life with fatherhood, and how fatherhood and parenthood shift perspectives on definitions of success, alongside steps he has taken to strengthen the family unit.
https://www.redbrick.sg/blog/redbrick-conversation-with-dads-for-life/

Lianhe Zaobao
30 May
With mums supporting mums, mothers need not be alone in their journey and the support helps build confidence.
https://www.zaobao.com.sg/news/singapore/story20210518-1147506

JUNE 2021

The Straits Times
3 Jun
Both legislation and mindset shifts needed to counter toxic masculinity: IPS panel
Also on the panel were Ms Monica Baey, an advocate for sexual violence survivors who started a national discussion on sexual harassment after going public with her experience as a target of voyeurism as an undergraduate, and Mr Bryan Tan, chief executive of the Centre for Fathering and the Dads for Life movement. On the notion of toxic masculinity, Mr Tan said traits perceived as masculine, like strength, aggressiveness, stoicism and independence, resonate with many men, but he noted some men also struggle to live up to such expectations and may suffer in silence due to a lack of social support.

“I have to confess that I couldn’t resonate with the term ‘toxic’, and I know this is true for many men, because what is described (as toxic) is so much a part of who we are as men,” he said. However, Mr Tan also said men should not trivialise the aspects of their masculinity that may be harmful to others, such as over-sexualising women.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/both-legislation-and-mindset-shifts-needed-to-counter-toxic-masculinity-panel

CNA938 Live – Our Town Saturday with Susan Ng
12 June 12pm & 11pm
Richard Hoon and Keith Magnus discusses CFF’s work in the past 20 years and plans moving ahead.

Power 98 – Breakfast Show with Mister Young & Jacqui
14 June
Interview with Bryan Tan on roles of fathers.
https://fb.watch/6ZPjk6eruT/

Capital 958 Live
16 June
Norman Tan talks about Celebrating Fathers, Dads@School Forum and the roles of the fathers.
https://fb.watch/6dPwe1h0TN

Frontline – Channel 8
18 Jun 2021, 8pm
Stay Home Fathers – Abraham Yeo
https://www.8world.com/vodcasts/episode/all/frontline-fatherhood-challengers-1511736

Warna94.2 Warna Vista
18 Jun 11am
Eruandee Prayitna talks about Celebrating Fathers and active fathering
https://fb.watch/6gQnoHwtgD/

Today
18 Jun 2021
A family that works together stays together
https://www.todayonline.com/brand-spotlight/family-works-together-stays-together

HRD Asia
19 June
CEO reveals struggle with work-life harmony
https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/men/fathers-day-2021-lessons-learnt-amir-khan-valdir-rodrigues-bryan-tan

L’’Officiel Singapore
19 June 2021
Sacrifices, Emotional Moments, and Family Drama: 3 Dads reflect on their biggest lessons
https://www.hcamag.com/asia/specialisation/leadership/ceo-reveals-struggle-with-work-life-harmony/258299

The Straits Times
19 June 2021
Dads get more involved in parenting but still battle dad guilt, workplace bias

Bryan Tan:

Hands-on fathering benefits not just children but also the whole family, says Mr Bryan Tan, chief executive for the Centre for Fathering (CFF), a charity that seeks to empower fathers. He also heads national movements Dads for Life and Mums for Life.

Children with involved dads tend to be more socially and emotionally secure, do better in school and learn that parenting and raising kids is not just “women’s work”, he says. Couples who share responsibilities also have stronger marriages.

CFF chief Bryan Tan says “subtle workplace prejudice” makes it difficult for fathers who are seen to “take too much time off” to care for their children or elderly parents. This adds to their “mental load” in having to provide for the family yet wanting to be there for their children.

Mr Bryan Tan hopes to see agencies such as CFF reinforced with resources to help men become active fathers and to set up more fathering groups in schools, of which there are more than 120 currently.

“Every man and father in Singapore needs to know that on this journey of manhood and fatherhood, he will never walk alone,” he adds.

Tan Chuan-Jin:

Parents today also face “new stressors and expectations”, such as being constantly tethered to devices while their children demand their attention, says Mr Tan Chuan-Jin, patron of CFF, Dads for Life and Mums for Life. He has two children aged 19 and 23.

“They can tell when we are distracted even while we may be physically with them,” he says.

“We compensate by sending them for classes, enrichment programmes, buying them toys… but what they want most is for us to be there with them, to love them and for them to feel assured and confident of who they are and where they stand.

“It gives them confidence and assurance, and there is less likelihood of them having to seek other things to fill up that void,” says Mr Tan, who is also Speaker of Parliament and an MP for Marine Parade GRC.

https://www.straitstimes.com/life/dads-get-more-involved-in-parenting-but-still-battle-dad-guilt-workplace-bias

CNA938Live – Our Town Saturday with Susan Ng
19 June 12.10pm (AVU) / 12.35pm (BSH)
Bapa Sepanjang Hayat (BSH) volunteer Malek Hamid and Appa Valnaal Uravu (AVU) volunteer Alwin Suresh Paulraj talk about their fathering journeys.

CNA938Live – Our Town Sunday with Susan Ng
20 June 11.10am
Bryan Tan discusses Celebrating Fathers and the roles of Dads and Adriana Lim represents MUMs for Life to discuss how wives can support and appreciate Dads as they juggle multiple roles.

Berita Harian
20 June
DADs for Life for the Malay Muslim community encourages active involvement in raising a child.

The Straits Times
20 June
Better outcomes for families when dads take paternity leave: Study
Fathering experts said it was important for men to be involved in the initial weeks in caring for their wives and newborn infants. Calling birth a rite of passage for men as well as women, Mr Bryan Tan, chief executive of the non-profit Centre For Fathering, noted: “Having dads involved from the very beginning… not only presents good benefits for mums and kids, dads will also feel greater satisfaction towards their role as a father and a husband. They grow into their roles as dads.”
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/better-outcomes-for-families-when-dads-take-paternity-leave-study

The Straits Times
21 June
Dad, you’re the best – Open Communication key in son sharing about being bullied
Interview with CFF Volunteer Ganesan Maniam
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/open-communication-key-in-son-sharing-about-being-bullied

The Straits Times
28 June
Challenges and silver linings in raising newborns amid pandemic

When Mr Bryan Tan’s fourth child was born in March, he was hit by the contrast with when his first three children – now aged 11, seven and five – were born. Then his family and friends would visit often and play with his children.

Mr Tan, 45, chief executive at the Centre for Fathering and Dads for Life, said: “It was harder for the rest of our family and friends to celebrate the arrival of our newborn. We missed that community involvement.”

Mr Bryan Tan, a father of four and chief executive at the Centre for Fathering and Dads for Life, said: “It’s important to be gentle on ourselves, and not feel guilty or ashamed when we let the TV become the nanny.”

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/parenting-education/challenges-and-silver-linings-in-raising-newborns-amid-pandemic

AUGUST 2021

NOVEMBER 2021