Family

15 Jun 2025

Would you bring a 5-year-old to volunteer? These parents share why they do itCouple juggles full-time work, parenting and still makes time to give back to the community Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

10 Aug 2025

How to Set Screen Time Rules for Your FamilyMost parenting blogs recommend setting a two-hour-per-day time limit on all screens for minors. Is that what's best for your children?

5 Sep 2025

Hunger grows in Nigeria as aid cuts reduce food suppliesDIKWA, Nigeria - Destitute families displaced by conflict in northeastern Nigeria are finding nutrition centres closed or running low on food as a result of a collapse in aid funding from the United States and other Western countries. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

10 Sep 2025

Large families with young children to receive first tranche of $1,000 LifeSG credits from Sept 10The families will continue to receive $1,000 every year till the child turns six. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

21 Oct 2024

Singapore's Family Justice Courts launches its model for therapeutic justiceSingapore's Family Justice Courts (FJC) has released guidelines to help parties resolve disagreements amicably. Also, where children are involved, their welfare must come first. The model for therapeutic justice involves a judge-led process where parties and their lawyers work together to untangle disputes within the f

27 Jan 2025

Struggling single mum copes with advice from family coach: She’s always there to listen and careNTU Expert Comment: The Sunday Times, page A5

10 Mar 2025

Singapore’s lower-income families on ComLink+ scheme to get more help navigating healthcare, housing systemCoaches will also work with these families to help them adopt a healthier lifestyle.

29 May 2025

All in the family: What keeps these next-gen F&B owners cookingAmid record F&B closures in 2024, young heirs step up to evolve their family-run eateries in a tougher economy. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

5 April 2022

Jail for man who installed spy app on wife's phone, hacked her social media accountsSINGAPORE: After constant arguments with his wife, a man secretly installed a surveillance app on her phone to monitor her social media activity, calls and messages. Nicholas Wang Weichou, 30, used the app to hack into his wife's social media accounts and sent her threatening messages after doing

1 April 2022

Govt's support for family extends to unwed parents and their children: Sun XuelingThis includes help in the areas of employment, caregiving and children's development. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

19 February 2022

Budget 2022: Low-income families to get more supportDedicated and trained befrienders will be matched to each family to support those in need. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

22 January 2022

IN FOCUS: Missing people in Singapore and their loved ones who haven't stopped searchingWhen someone goes missing, the goal is closure. But what happens when it has been decades with no answer in sight? CNA speaks to individuals who continue to hope, and a non-profit group that traces missing people.

21 October 2021

Family violence cases on the rise in S'pore amid Covid-19 pandemicA greater awareness of family violence and more victims being more open to getting help is one reason for the rise, said social workers. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

21 January 2021

5,135 family violence cases reported in 2020 as police release figures for first timeThe offences included causing hurt, using criminal force and assault. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

23 February 2020

Pulling together in creative ways, to better feed food insecure SingaporeansThere are over a hundred food assistance groups helping the needy. But why are good intentions sometimes falling short of meeting needs – and can groups overcome their differences to work together?

24 August 2019

The Big Read in short: Households that get by on a shoestringEach week, TODAY’s long-running Big Read series delves into the trends and issues that matter. This week, we look at how the bottom 20 per cent of households in Singapore get by, given that their average monthly expenditure has persistently outstripped their income based on government data. This is a shortened versio

8 September 2018

Commentary: This is what the face of poverty looks likeConsider the complexities in tackling poverty to avoid superficial solutions that assume the root is the lack of skills or wisdom to make certain choices, says one social worker.

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