Minor Issues: Money mantras my family lives by
SINGAPORE – I grew up in a single-parent household, living off a primary school teacher’s salary, in a four-room Housing Board (HDB) flat. [...]
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Working for Families: Taxpayers Union says $2.8 billion scheme should be cut back in favour of tax cuts
The government’s rising $2.8 billion Working for Families bill is under fire with calls for it to be replaced with tax cuts. The [...]
Tackling patriarchal mindsets starts at home, say panellists at dialogue
SINGAPORE – Sharing responsibilities like cooking and caregiving with wives and treating sons and daughters the same are ways in which men can [...]
Minor Issues: Raising calm teens in an age of anger
SINGAPORE – Not too long ago, I took my three teens cycling. Somewhere near Jurassic Mile Changi, on a narrow stretch bordered by [...]
For some of Japan's lonely workers, Covid-19 brings a homecoming
TOKYO (REUTERS) – After four years spent working and living alone, far from his family and friends, Tsuyoshi Tatebayashi packed his bags at [...]
Employment and schooling key to helping vulnerable families build resilience: Panel
SINGAPORE – It is important for the Government and community to work together to provide vulnerable families with access to opportunities in employment [...]
100 needy families to get digital access under South Central Community initiative
SINGAPORE – A new initiative by the South Central Community (SCC) Family Service Centre will help about 100 underprivileged families receive crucial digital [...]
Families of synthetic cannabis addicts say it’s more dangerous than ever
Addicts’ family members are reporting synthetic cannabis is more dangerous than ever, after moving from dairy shelves to Facebook groups. The substance was [...]
Brooke van Velden: Families can’t live in warm intentions from Jacinda Ardern’s government
OPINION: Rental price increases are forcing people to make some hard and painful life decisions. A woman told me this week that she’d [...]
Initiative links S'pore community up to help poor families
SINGAPORE- Madam Linda Ismail, 46, would not have been able to afford tuition for her nine-year-old son if it was not given to [...]