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Your Child Needs This More Than Friends
As children grow, their world enlarges and making friends becomes one of their most important missions. Friendships are good for a child’s self-esteem. A child with friends will definitely feel

Balance Facts with Feelings
Here’s a conversation between a father and her daughter. Father: Didn’t you have a test recently? Daughter: Yes, I did. Father: How did you do in the test? Daughter: I

Stop Asking, “How Was School Today?”
School offers children a wide range of experiences ranging educational to social. They are experiencing what it is like to be part of a larger group, to adapt to a

How to Have Difficult Conversations With Your Child?
Do you enjoy having conversations with your child? Of course you do. Except for the difficult ones about hot button issues. Right? Well, today, I am going to help you

Conflict Management
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread globally and affected millions of people all over the world. Many families are placed under great pressure due to everyone having to stay home

Growing Together As A Strong Family
The pandemic has taught many of us a new lesson on adaptability & resilience as we went through a steep learning curve on living, working and even staying closely together

Game Plan for Circuit Breaker Lite
With the recent tightening rules announced as Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) also known by many Circuit Breaker Lite, many Singapore dads are back to default Work-from-home and full home-based learning

How To Build A Long Lasting Marriage
It is true that it would never be a smooth ride throughout the Marriage journey and facing some obstacles is definitely inevitable! Nevertheless, despite the challenges, most parts of marriage

Family Enrichment Programmes Can Increase Productivity
With more women entering or re-entering the workforce it is changing Singapore’s family landscape with more dual-earner married couples. According to Singapore’s General Household Survey report, the proportion of dual-earner
