The many maids silently living in their employers’ homes are what really keep this country going. If all the maids suddenly went back to their countri...

Walk down the streets of Melbourne, Sydney or Perth and you might be surprised to bump into some familiar faces—a classmate from primary school, perha...

Singaporeans are becoming extinct thanks to our spectacularly low birth rate. Many have chosen to live without kids, which means that they may need to...

Just when you thought life couldn’t get any worse, the government drops some very ominous hints that they’re going to raise the GST to 8% in 2023, and...

At the end of the education rat race, all Singaporean parents hope that their child eventually does well enough to get into a good university and enro...

With the rising cost of living in Singapore, raising a child here isn't cheap, and it's only going to get more expensive. Fortunately, the government'...

Singapore would never have achieved so much without the support of an army of maids from the Philippines, Indonesia and Myanmar, silently cleaning hom...

Confucius would be so smug if he knew that filial piety, his favourite virtue, was enshrined in Singapore law. The Singapore government expects childr...

The March holidays are upon us, which means that every parent is going to have the daunting task of keeping their kids entertained 24/7. For those wh...

Singaporean children are some of the world's most over-scheduled. Even during the March school holidays, they're probably not spared. Bottle-thick gla...