May 15, 2020 Bryan Tan, CEO, Centre for Fathering and DADs for Life will be speaking to CNA938 Money Mind on his fathering journey and the challenges facing fathers. May 24, 2020 CNA938’s Family Ties will be speaking to Bapa Sepanjang Hayat (DADs for Life) volunteer Surafian to chat about how his family is celebrating […]
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May
May
Many fathers out there are rising to the challenges of working from home and engaging their children who are at home on home-based learning during the circuit breaker. Daryl Sung, DADs for Life volunteer at Cedar Primary School shares his three “Ls” for overcoming this COVID-19 season: Love – Continue to show lots of love […]
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Apr
Apr
Shawn Quek, school engagement manager for Centre for Fathering, shares his primary two son’s first home-based learning experience while working from home and useful lessons he learned. April 1st! It was an April Fool’s day like no other, because the first Home Based Learning (HBL) day was rolled out for all primary schools in Singapore. […]
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Jan
Jan
Oct 12, 2019 CNA938 Our Town, 12pm Centre for Fathering and DADs for Life Chairman, Richard Hoon, shares his thoughts on Volunteerism in Singapore with CNA938. Are people more willing to step forward now? Are charity boards seeing enough people wanting to volunteer with them? What can be done to attract more young people to […]
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Jan
Jan
Today Online My struggles with taking paternity leave 11 August 2019 https://www.todayonline.com/commentary/my-struggles-taking-paternity-leave The Straits Times Forum Don’t stigmatise involved fathers by Bryan Tan, CEO, Centre for Fathering and DADs for Life 3 September 2019 https://www.straitstimes.com/forum/letters-in-print/dont-stigmatise-involved-fathers Berita Harian 17 September 2019 The Centre for Fathering and Association for Malay Professionals Singapore (AMP), with support from Berita […]
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Nov
Nov
On November 19 ten years ago, Singapore’s very own fathering movement, DADs for Life, was launched on International Men’s Day. To commemorate the beginning of what has since grown into a national movement, over 100 fathers and children were mobilised to distribute “Toolkit Packs” for dads all over Singapore. The national fathering movement began with […]
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Nov
Nov
Mr. Lim Soon Hock’s fifth charity book, A Tortoise and The Mountain, is based on his experience climbing Mount Fuji, hiking up Tiger Nest in Bhutan and trekking in the forest of Pahang in search of the rare Rafflesia plant. The allegory is also coloured in with lessons from over 20 years of military training, […]
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Nov
Nov
Ten years ago, 19th of November was a day to remember… Yes, it was International Men’s Day, but it was also when our lion city saw the beginning of its own Fathers’ movement, DADs for Life! On this day, more than 100 fathers and children were mobilized across the island to distribute “Toolkit Packs” for […]
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Oct
Oct
Since 2016, Bapa Sepanjang Hayat (DADs for Life) has encouraged active fathering among the Malay Muslim community, providing workshops for fathers to learn how to become a better dad and activities for dads to bond with their families. This year’s Malay Muslim Fathering Month, which was launched on September 1, engaged over 600 fathers and […]