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    Government, what you really want us to do?

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    • O Offline
      Oppsgal
      last edited by

      limlim:
      Mychildren:

      [quote=\"Oppsgal\"]I find that there are not enough home based jobs around or even flexible jobs (2-3 days workdays).


      🤷 Want to return to be \"part-time\" working mother also difficult. Only mostly full time jobs. šŸ˜“

      Oppsgal,
      Hey got lobang let me know. I'll checked with u again probably 4-5 years down the road if I still here to KSP. šŸ˜‰

      I may have lobang for part time job..

      working hours like 6pm ~ 10pm. Easy, relaxed and Honest job but not maybe not many pple wanna do. Guess it's like $10/hr or something like that.[/quote]Wrong timing for me... either I am busy with cook dinner, pick my kid up or put my kid to bed sleep. Wish the home-based job with own timing work. 🤷

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        mamago
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        limlim:
        mamago:

        [quote=\"3Boys\"]The title of this thread should really be \"People, what do you really expect the g'ment to do?\"


        People expect everything to be laid out on a platter. I luurve PM's riposte during the televised session last week to the young man who said he didn't want to get married. Well, our parents had far fewer resources and safety nets, never stopped them from having hopes and dreams and daring to try right?

        Maid off every weekend so difficult to deal with meh?


        If you are a SAHM, then it's not.... but if you are a FTWM you can't even have a decent day off on Sunday cos your FW helper is having hers.... in this case, a FTWM is a worse job than a FW domestic helper... this could just be one of the reasons that the yuppies generation are delaying their motherhood....

        3B is XY not XX.. so cannot be FTWM...... :evil:[/quote]
        limlim san, thank you for correcting me, now i know.... :evil: :evil: :evil: hahaha....

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          corneyAmber
          last edited by

          mamago:
          limlim:


          3B is XY not XX.. so cannot be FTWM...... :evil:


          limlim san, thank you for correcting me, now i know.... :evil: :evil: :evil: hahaha....

          Why not? Full Time Working Man! :rotflmao:

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            mamago
            last edited by

            limlim:
            mamago:

            Morning rush hour will get worse if all schools start at around office hour... maybe...


            Not so much if there is distance priority as the \"only\" priority....... :evil:


            good morning, limlim san; have you check the property price near the \"branded/good\" schools yet?

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              Oppsgal
              last edited by

              Some thinks SAHMs very free...


              Someone ask me I nothing much to do at home, looks very free?

              The only time I nothing much to do is when I kpo here. :razz:

              Other time so busy. Time flies faster than working.

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                BeContented
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                Snow Crystal:
                Melodies:


                All those policies have further tightened all FTWMs' hands, legs and minds.. Just wonder how to have more babies?, how not to have tuition and how to further work with piece of mind? :slapshead: 😢

                :goodpost: Melodies, I think you have said it all for the FTWMs.
                FTWM was my pre-SAHM life - it's like a clown juggling balls. Realized that no one can be superwoman. Impossible. Can't have both worlds without strong support from parents who can help in logistics and education. But very few women have such support. How to juggle demanding job and a harsh, punishing education system at the same time.

                If I were still a FTWM, my wish list is simple - first and foremost, all teachers please teach properly what will be tested in exams and PSLE, and not give parents surprises in exams, don't recommend us to turn to tuition. Don't teach 50-60% knowledge and come out with a paper requiring 100% knowledge. Including PSLE. To enable that, please train the teachers properly. Beyond that, a balanced life for the kids. Like ACSJ as mentioned in newspapers, Mon and Thur no homework day - let the kids read, play or go outdoors reduce myopia. Max 2 hours homework per day for homework days. Happy kids= happy mums =happy FTWMs = Productivity = Golden Goose that lays golden eggs for the country whole year round :evil: šŸ˜„

                I hold a different view. People these days (even my era) expect a lot more & unwilling to forgo their lifestyle for kids/more kids.

                Most of my friends have only 1-2 kids. Some like u mentioned, have everything settled for them (educated grandparents who help to look after the kids, coach & ferry the grandchildren in cars to Sch & tuition, a maid that most of us will envy, earns good good $) but still won't give birth to more.

                Perhaps some do want more but due to certain unfavorabke factors decide to stop......but equally, many others will just simply quote all sorts of excuses but in actual fact, unwilling to give up their lifestyle. It's really a personal choice, nothing much the govt can do. I'm one :oops:
                B4 my kids, I wanted 4. After 2 kids, I am reluctant to give up my current lifestyle for #3 even tho I do at times wish for another baby to hold. But if it happens, I probably will keep the baby....but to deliberately plan another is out of the question.

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                  mamago
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                  ksi:
                  mamago:

                  [quote=\"limlim\"]
                  3B is XY not XX.. so cannot be FTWM...... :evil:


                  limlim san, thank you for correcting me, now i know.... :evil: :evil: :evil: hahaha....

                  Why not? Full Time Working Man! :rotflmao:[/quote]
                  limlim san, hear? :evil:

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                    fightingmom
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                    jedamum:
                    How to train to do homework fast?

                    My boy spends one hour on dinner. 20min just to drink his cup of milo in the morning. How to eat hearty breakfast? Breakfast is on the go when walking to school as I want to give him that extra 10min sleep. He sleeps at 10.15pm and wales up at 610am . Not even 8 hours.
                    How to train to do homework fast? Hmm.. I used to \"challenge\" my dd when she was in lower primary to see who can solve a Maths question faster and accurately. Sometimes I win, sometimes I \"lose\" so the winner gets to decide what board game to play next. (oh, my dd loves board games)

                    I guess probably all these years of \"training\" , she tends to do her homework quickly as she wants to play or read her fav book afterwards.

                    Listing down all her homework for the day helps also. She can clearly see what she has to complete and she usually put a timing to it. When she completes one homework, she would put a big tick at the side.

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                      Oppsgal
                      last edited by

                      BeContented:
                      Snow Crystal:

                      [quote=\"Melodies\"]
                      All those policies have further tightened all FTWMs' hands, legs and minds.. Just wonder how to have more babies?, how not to have tuition and how to further work with piece of mind? :slapshead: 😢

                      :goodpost: Melodies, I think you have said it all for the FTWMs.
                      FTWM was my pre-SAHM life - it's like a clown juggling balls. Realized that no one can be superwoman. Impossible. Can't have both worlds without strong support from parents who can help in logistics and education. But very few women have such support. How to juggle demanding job and a harsh, punishing education system at the same time.

                      If I were still a FTWM, my wish list is simple - first and foremost, all teachers please teach properly what will be tested in exams and PSLE, and not give parents surprises in exams, don't recommend us to turn to tuition. Don't teach 50-60% knowledge and come out with a paper requiring 100% knowledge. Including PSLE. To enable that, please train the teachers properly. Beyond that, a balanced life for the kids. Like ACSJ as mentioned in newspapers, Mon and Thur no homework day - let the kids read, play or go outdoors reduce myopia. Max 2 hours homework per day for homework days. Happy kids= happy mums =happy FTWMs = Productivity = Golden Goose that lays golden eggs for the country whole year round :evil: šŸ˜„

                      I hold a different view. People these days (even my era) expect a lot more & unwillingly to forgo their lifestyle for kids/more kids.

                      Most of my friends have only 1-2 kids. Some like u mentioned, have everything settled for them (educated grandparents who help to look after the kids, coach & ferry the grandchildren in cars to Sch & tuition, a maid that most of us will envy, earns good good $) but still won't give birth to more.

                      Perhaps some do want more but due to certain unfavorabke factors decide to stop......but equally, many others will just simply quote all sorts of excuses but in actual fact, unwilling to give up their lifestyle. It's really a personal choice, nothing much the govt can do. I'm one :oops:
                      B4 my kids, I wanted 4. After 2 kids, I am reluctant to give up my current lifestyle for #3 even tho I do at times wish for another baby to hold. But if it happens, I probably will keep the baby....but to deliberately plan another is out of the question.[/quote]
                      Not sure what you mean by \"unwilling to give up their lifestyle\"?

                      Once married lifestyle change.

                      After married, give birth to kids, lifestyle will change again. Have to wake up wee hours to feed baby, have to change nappies.

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                        corneyAmber
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                        Oppsgal:
                        Some thinks SAHMs very free...


                        Someone ask me I nothing much to do at home, looks very free?

                        The only time I nothing much to do is when I kpo here. :razz:

                        Other time so busy. Time flies faster than working.
                        Not at all. SAHM is 24/7, 365 days and unpaid....by rewarding in other ways...

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