Marriage & Parenthood Package
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dolphinsiah:
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Thanks for sharing! Enjoyed this clip - esp the part on 大男人，小女人，小男人 and 女强人。。 :rotflmao: -
Children need to be nurtured. One can’t possibly give birth and leave babies to grow on their own. Neither can couples pump air to make them grow faster. This is where the factor of time comes in.
How many couples have precious time to enjoy their kids? After working such long hours, many couples are mentally and physically exhausted to enjoy horse riding sessions with kids. They hardly see their kids after work as little darlings would be sound asleep.
Some work till 10 or 11 plus bcos his job nature requires it. It is a daily thing. Returning home, my brother has a a month old daughter who is sound asleep. Weekends are only days he gets to enjoy cuddling time and playing with her. Baby bonus, honestly is no push factor.
Try persuading him or my SIL to have #2, I doubt they will. -
Aiyoh, those cash given by government, not enough to pay 12 months childcare fee.
Baby is cute, will parents still love them when he/she grows up into teenage years? -
octoberbaby:
:yikes: you mean you won't when your kids grow up???Aiyoh, those cash given by government, not enough to pay 12 months childcare fee.
Baby is cute, will parents still love them when he/she grows up into teenage years? -
There are so many troubled teenage kids, gang fight, etc. Where are their parents? They were cute when they were babies, weren’t they? but what happened to their teenage years?
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octoberbaby:
There are so many troubled teenage kids, gang fight, etc. Where are their parents? They were cute when they were babies, weren't they? but what happened to their teenage years?
Parental love is unconditional. Even if the kids turned out to be hardcore criminals or scumbags, they would still be loved by their parents. Disappointed? YES, Heartache? YES, maybe there would be even guilt trips (not strict enough when they are young or shouldn't have spoiled them, etc) but their love for their children certainly will not diminished as a result.
There are many reasons for wayward teens but I choose to believe that most parents will try to raise their kids the best way they could. Even siblings turn out different under the same parenting rules. -
Funz:
You know your situation best.
Much as hubby wants to spend time coaching kids, it is not possible...leaving office at 7pm is quite impossible. Even if he does, he has to continue working at home till 10/11 pm.janet_lee88:
[quote=\"Funz] It is not bullsh!t. It is about deciding what is your priority.
Work life balance starts with yourself. Though the company and the govt does play a part, ultimately, to achieve that, it has to come from yourself. What are you willing to give up to have that balance?
Is it truly really impossible to make it a point to leave at 6 or 7pm 1 or 2 days a week? If one does not make that a commitment, it is easy to let other immediate matters take over, whether or not those matters are urgent and requiring immediate attention. If one is constantly operating on an urgent and important mode, something is very wrong somewhere.
There is no end to work. If there is an end, it will be scary as it means you will be out of a job. So at some point, one has to decide what takes precedence, that pile of work or something else.[/quote][/quote][/quote]
It is usually not one, but many factors that contributes to whether a person can/cannot achieve work-life balance. It is also very subjective to the individual \"how much\" is enough. 2-4 hours of family time, 1 or 2 times a week may be \"balance\" for some but may not be so for others. There is no yardstick to measure/define what is work-life balance.
I leave on the dot almost everyday (a choice I made). Thankful I can have dinner with DC every night, but sad to say, most hours (at most 2-3 before DC goes to bed) after dinner are spent on school/tuition work. Very minimal time (I am talking about weekday evenings here) is spent on playing, chit-chatting, doing things we like tgt...
Would I really call that work-life balance? Not really. My idea of work-life balance is spending \"quality\" time, not just \"quantity\". I wouldn't mind having 1-2 more hours a day to enjoy some hobbies tgt after the homework is done (ok, I know I am greedy
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Unfortunately, office hours are pretty long in SG (9-10hrs + travelling time to & fro). Unless one is fortunate enough to get a 9-5 job or a job that allows some telecommuting, 2-3 hrs is the max we can get to be home with kids after work.
Apart from these, I do get my fair share of not so understanding superiors. Some denied my childcare leave (child was \"returned\" by childcare for running fever) but I had to stay in office and \"dump\" (the word my superior used) my kid somewhere. Some denied my sick leave, some commented I must be very free (under-stretched) so that I can leave on the dot everyday, thus proposing to \"expand\" the job scope with something that requires night and weekend duties (rotating basis).
That was the triggering point to make me leave for another organization.
Govt policies & infrastructure may be there (childcare leave, telecommuting) to support work-life balance, encourage procreation etc. Hwr, execution from the ground is a far cry, and I am not talking about pte sector only..... -
ScaredyMum:
If you were previously in the public sector, hope you wrote or replied under \"reason for leaving\" at your exit interview, \"I am not able to 'dump' my kid somewhere in the manner suggested by my superior.\"Apart from these, I do get my fair share of not so understanding superiors. Some denied my childcare leave (child was \"returned\" by childcare for running fever) but I had to stay in office and \"dump\" (the word my superior used) my kid somewhere. Some denied my sick leave, some commented I must be very free (under-stretched) so that I can leave on the dot everyday, thus proposing to \"expand\" the job scope with something that requires night and weekend duties (rotating basis).
That was the triggering point to make me leave for another organization.
Govt policies & infrastructure may be there (childcare leave, telecommuting) to support work-life balance, encourage procreation etc. Hwr, execution from the ground is a far cry, and I am not talking about pte sector only.....
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