SINGAPORE - In Singapore’s unending quest to raise its dismal birth rate, MPs said on Thursday that there are still caregiving gaps to be bridged, including on childcare leave, infant care facilities and flexible work arrangements. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - In Singapore’s unending quest to raise its dismal birth rate, MPs said on Thursday that there are still caregiving gaps to be bridged, including on childcare leave, infant care facilities and flexible work arrangements.
Mr Ang proposed that the leave be changed to two days per primary school-age child, up to a cap of four days a year, while Nominated MP Abdul Samad Abdul Wahab asked if childcare leave can be extended to children in secondary school. “For new BTO estates, the tender for childcare and other amenities only go out after residents start moving in, resulting in a demand and supply problem,” said Ms Cheng.
Measures that penalise single mothers also penalise their children, affecting how they live and grow and their possibility of social mobility, she added. These include re-examining how they define success for their children, and helping them deal with growing up in a digital world with its many perils such as online predators and cyberbullying.
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