5
May
2021
by Gideon Loh
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Life Lessons From My Wayang Artiste Mum
My mother lost her parents in a motor accident at a young age, she had no formal education and had to live with various relatives. She grew up in the strictest environment where a mistake made at home would result in a punishment, a punishment…
21
August
2020
by Joel Chng
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Daddy…Where Are You?
Singapore’s 13th general election (GE) was held last month. For me, the 2015 GE and recently concluded 2020 GE have both been significant in my fatherhood journey. Not the elections per se, but the events that happened during these elections. In 2015, I drove Petrina…
21
July
2020
by E-van and Terry
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Keeping cool on baby’s milestones
I constantly find myself in some sort of self-doubt for milestones Raphael has yet to hit. And I feel awful for feeling that. You hear it all the time “every baby is different, some reach certain milestones earlier and some later” and yet, there is…
20
May
2020
by Joel Chng
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#HBL can be fun with COOK·PLAY·JAM (Repeat)
Last year, my mother-in-law bought a book for Ezra titled ‘Amanda the Panda: Outdoor Play Keeps Myopia Away’. A book for preschoolers by the Singapore National Eye Centre about preventing myopia. The colourful book with rhyming words effectively taught Ezra the dangers of spending too…
22
November
2019
by Joel Chng
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Grandparents play an important role in the family
A grandparent is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend. A few months ago, my family attended the wake of a friend’s grandparent. Ever since Ezra was a few months old, we have taken him along with us…
30
October
2019
by Joel Chng
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Save Your Child’s Eyes!
Last November, news broke that the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) was launching a new centre due to an urgent need to counter myopia, and the statistics shocked me. It has been a year yet I clearly remember the numbers: 20% of children in Singapore…