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Singapore richer, healthier than most English-speaking countries?

SINGAPORE: Singapore is getting so accustomed to superlatives that...

Singaporeans more open to talking about death, but few take concrete steps to prepare

SINGAPORE: A recent survey by the Singapore Management University...

‘This is daylight robbery’: Toast Box patrons upset with difference in menu pictures and actual items

SINGAPORE: Some Toast Box patrons have raised concerns over...

TikToker draws mixed reactions after questioning Singapore’s ‘cleanest city in the world’ tag

SINGAPORE: A TikToker has drawn mixed reactions online after...

Business

SeaMoney becomes Monee in rebrand, CEO calls it ‘simple and cute’

SINGAPORE: Sea Limited, owner of popular e-commerce platform Shopee,...

My wife’s office manager keeps spiking her drink, yet the company still keeps the manager around

SINGAPORE: A concerned husband took to an online forum...

Why does my mum’s former employer keep “accidentally” crediting salary and CPF to her and then ask her to pay back?

SINGAPORE: A Singaporean woman has found herself in a...

Man asks how jobseekers stay sane and survive months of unemployment in today’s Singapore job market

SINGAPORE: After noticing that more and more locals are...

Singapore Politics

Singaporeans weigh in with wish list for next Cabinet, the next Minister for Defence has big shoes to fill

SINGAPORE: We are all guessing on the upcoming Cabinet...

Ng Chee Meng asks PM Wong to exclude him from government role in new leadership lineup

SINGAPORE: Jalan Kayu MP and National Trades Union Congress...

Australian think tank piece says GE2025 results mean Singaporeans have become ‘incredibly savvy voters’

SINGAPORE: The Lowy Institute, a think tank based in...

PM Wong confirms Pritam Singh to remain as leader of the opposition

SINGAPORE: In a Facebook post on May 5, Prime...

Tag: Parenting

Is it possible for a family of 4 to survive on a single income in Singapore?

Netizens share tips & tricks with teen whose mom always barges into his room even when “IM NOT WEARING ANYTHING”

Parenting Young Adult Children 101

Motorcyclist gets flack for donning helmet only for himself but not for his child passenger

Woman tells her son not to apologise after he accidentally knocked over a brochure stand that hit another woman

Reddit user sees dad hit & pinch daughter in library while the girl did schoolwork, asks what she should have done

Netizen finds out that most SG Reddit users would allow their child to work after O-levels, not for the money but for learning life skills

Man who called a baby crying at restaurant as ’30 minutes of hell’ divides netizens

Netizen asks if today’s parents still cane their children to discipline them, or ‘just talk some sense into them till they learn?’

Netizen asks ‘is it true that kids are harder to take care nowadays compared to gen x/y when they were kids?’