Life skills

Looking for some school holiday activities to do at home with the kiddos? Try out these 5 fun and engaging things to do!

As parents, it is our responsibility to raise independent children by teaching them basic life skills from an early age.

In our effort to give our children the best life we can give them, we tend to forget teaching them practical life skills, like doing the laundry, cooking, or washing the dishes. 

Mr. Piyush Gupta, CEO and Director of DBS Group (in centre), was in conversation with well-known entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Mr. Jayesh Parekh, Managing Partner, Jungle Ventures (first from right) on 16 July in Singapore. Inspired by the conversation, here are some parenting tips to make your kids resilient and to help them secure their financial future.

Are we over-protecting our children in every way and denying them of the skills needed to face the realities of the real world?

“Remember parents, a man who believes he shouldn't have to cook or do chores was once a boy who was never taught any better.”

Your young children are more capable and self-reliant than you know! Check out these life skills your child should develop by age 10!

So you've potty trained them and taught them how not to talk with their mouths full. But because you're raising a Singaporean kid, there are other skills they need to be armed with. Read on, laugh along, and then tick them off your checklist!

How can you overcome the challenges of being a woman in the 21st century? Simple. Practice these four life skills. Dolly Yeo, chief coach and founder of Mindset Coaching that specialises in life coaching, tells us all about it here...