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Parents spend daily average of eight minutes with children
Fast lifestyles and the need to financially sustain family and work problems were the reasons parents spent less time with their children. -The Star
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Dump that distant parenting style
With wives now making great headway in the corporate world, many men feel that their role as breadwinners is diminished. Are they going to be a breadwinner father, a spend-time with- children father, or both? -myp
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French dad? Local mum? You're right at home in S'pore
If you have both a S'porean dad and a S'porean mum, you may soon be in the minority in S'pore. -TNP
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Stay home if you want to focus on baby
This reader says that if the mother wants to focus on bringing up her child, she should stay at home and take care of the baby. -myp
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Maternity leave should be extended to one year
Reader suggests that students from polytechnics and Institutes of Technical Education be hired as temporary staff to stand in for employees on maternity leave. -myp
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Bosses and workers have role in upping birth rate
Reader: Not every company is pro-family, and employers still hold negative views about married women and family life. -myp
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Baby perks start now
Appeals from would-be parents prompt Govt to bring the date forward. -AsiaOne
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The women get it. But...
One mother is happy about the extra maternity leave but questions if she will become a liability to her company.
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The men don't get it. Why?
In Singapore, it would be more costly to allow men to take a month off work than it would be to allow women to do so, said companies and human resource experts.
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Mummies want baby perks for children born this year too
Reader: When we realized that the implementation date for most of the new package has been set for 1 Jan 2009, all of us cannot help but feel as if we were taken on a joyride and abandoned after that. -AsiaOne
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Mindset change led to fertility treatment perks
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Summary of Marriage & Parenthood Package 2008
See here for full details of the M&P Package.
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More funds and support to encourage marriage and parenthood
Details of enhanced 2008 Marriage and Parenthood Package announced today by Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng. -AsiaOne
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Starting kids on managing money
I would be devastated if my kids became bankrupts through bad money management. -ST
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More help, schemes for women to encourage babies
For the first time, government will announce subsidies to couples undergoing IVF. -AsiaOne
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Raising baby? Money talks
The state should invest more in early childhood care and education.
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Maternity leave not a perk
A pregnant worker not only does not contribute to the company during her maternity leave, but she actually causes loss to the company as she continues to draw pay while on leave. -ST
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Why couples keep families small
Many families with three or more children are unable to cope, financially or otherwise. -myp
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