Family

Mental Health

I was 10 when I first thought about ending my life

TW: This article contains mention of self-harm and suicide ideation. I grew up in a family that was constantly fighting. Discipline, harsh criticism and bruises filled my childhood, leading me to...

Post-secondary

My self-worth was tied to my grades, but God set me free

I was the studious one in my family. I was the one that my parents would boast about due to my good results, the one that my cousins were constantly compared to, the one who enjoyed studying and...

Family

3 ways to honour our parents

FamChamps, a community movement by Focus on the Family Singapore, is dedicated to raising young individuals who believe in, live out and advocate for family values. Since 2014, FamChamps has...

Family

I am adopted and unashamed: How I traded my fear of separation for peace and identity

“I felt unloved, unwanted and unimportant.” That’s how Ashley Tan summed up the internal struggle she faced growing up as an adopted person. Now 20, Ashley was adopted as an infant in...

Family

This is what my children teach me about Father God’s love

Today is Children’s Day. And school’s out. As a father of two active (sometimes mischievous) children, ages eight and four, it is a day where my wife and I will squeeze out time to bring them...

Family

Always being teased for looking different, I finally found out I was adopted after a conflict at home

How would a 19-year-old react when he finds out that he is adopted? That is what I went through two years ago during a conflict with my family, when I discovered that I was adopted. From birth, I...

Real Life, Real People

I lost a kidney growing up, but I would come to gain so much more

I was three years old when I lost a kidney.  From a young age, I had been having regular fevers. My mother kept bringing me to the general practitioner, but there was no other sign from my body that...

Family

5 biblical truths that help me parent my children effectively today

I became a father in 2022 and recently welcomed my second-born just three months ago. After two years of being accosted by Instagram’s algorithm on the latest tip on how to parent my child more...

Movies & TV

How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies: There’s no comparison in love

*MASSIVE SPOILERS AHEAD* How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies topped Singapore box office last weekend. Popularly known as a tear-jerking show, the Thai movie has gained much traction on social...