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Hoping for a miracle
She was 19 weeks' pregnant when her doctors dropped a bombshell on her - her baby was unlikely to survive long after birth. But mum refuses to abort, even though doctors have not offered much hope. -TNP
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Expecting a baby? Expect to be fired
The majority of maternity-related job termination claims are from SME employees, but firms say they have constraints. |
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I don't want to have any more children
Top performer got the sack when she was six months pregnant. Until today, she is still bitter about being unfairly let go. -ST
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A stroller or battering ram?
Parents who go out with strollers are peeved by Singaporeans who don't give way, but others say they are being run over by unapologetic parents. |
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Motherhood doesn't mean giving up career
In this twin quest to get more working women to have children and more mothers back into the workforce, employers have the biggest parts to play.
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Breast feed and save $710
This was the figure consumer watchdog group Case says mothers will save when they breast feed exclusively for six months. -AsiaOne |
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Why change in attitude towards having kids?
Why so much focus on incentives for giving birth? Minister says children are well worth the trouble and couples with kids have few regrets. -ST
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Number of young single mums rising
The number of single mothers was increasing each year and the Terengganu Family Development Foundation had been helping this group to be self-reliant. -The Star
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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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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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Raising baby? Money talks
The state should invest more in early childhood care and education.
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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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Starting kids on managing money
I would be devastated if my kids became bankrupts through bad money management. -ST
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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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Summary of Marriage & Parenthood Package 2008
See here for full details of the M&P Package.
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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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Mindset change led to fertility treatment perks
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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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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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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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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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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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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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