Family

Family

Struggling to have conversations about the value of family, marriage and children? Me too

Iā€™ve been pondering over the struggles of my generation in articulating the value of marriage and family. For starters, it was recently reported that Singaporeā€™s total fertility rate has hit...

Family

Can I celebrate my mum despite her imperfections?

My relationship with my mum isnā€™t the best. Growing up, I didnā€™t feel particularly safe about sharing everything in my life with my mum. She isnā€™t exactly the kind who would be very expressive...

Family

Learning to share the Gospel with my grandparents

My popo (maternal grandmother) is great.Ā  Sheā€™s smart despite never really going to school (she learned to read Mandarin all by herself!), resourceful and thrifty.Ā  She makes the best fried eggs...

Real Life, Real People

#SpillTheTeh: Ex-offenders on life after prison

In the latest episode of #SpillTheTeh, we interviewed 3 ex-offenders to hear them share about their lives before and after prison.Ā  Graceson Ang (38) Tian Boon Keng (35) Johnny Chin (49) How we got...

Family

What will it take to see reconciliation in our families?

On a night (one of the monthly #ThirstYouthNights we’re doing through 2023) that was all about reconciliation in families, I was surprised to find I was struck most by what happened before the...

Family

When your Christian family is always fighting

I once heard this view about how in Christian families: the first generation is the most faithful, and with each passing generation, a natural decline in the familyā€™s faith sets in. As someone who...

Family

What parents want you to know

Last week, the Youth Nights Team sat down with TYN’s upcoming speakers Dr Frankie Tan and his wife Tina, a couple who love and care deeply for Gen Z.Ā  Frankie and Tina are parents of three...

Money Matters

My fatherā€™s taxi: My family wasnā€™t rich, and I was bullied for it

The year was 2000. I was enrolling into primary school, and my father had just obtained his taxi driverā€™s vocational licence some three years after the Asian Financial Crisis. After multiple failed...

Family

Eat With Your Family Day: Conversation starters and ideas to connect with one another

Usually held on the last Friday of each school term, the final Eat With Your Family Day for 2022 is coming up this Friday, November 18!Ā  Read on for suggestions on how you can spend time with your...