KIDS GUIDE 2021

Panel Tips WHATWERE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES YOU FACED AS A MUM-TO-BE, A NEWMUM OR A PARENT DURING THE COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS?

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Keeping the kids off the screens all day! Nicola

I reallyworry about the fact thatmy kids can’t see their grandparents due to travel restrictions. Lucy

Lacking support from fami ly members who didn’t live with us. Handling a three-month-old alone was a true challenge. Grace

During the Circuit Breaker, my husband couldn’t come into Singapore due to travel restrictions. Back then, I was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to enter before I gave birth to our baby princess! It was a relief that he managed to make it to Singapore three weeks before Maeve was born. Evelyn As a parent, the toughest challenge through COVID was home-schooling two kids while working full-time from home. Keeping up with the Zoom meetings and class assignments to be submitted each day, on top of working, was frankly a bit insane. Another challenge was keeping two active young boys entertained in the house and managing their energy levels! Nisha

Keeping the kids entertained and trying to work at the same time. Luckily they weren’t of school-age yet but after trying to get through my three kids’ nursery activities, I don’t know how their teachers do it. Respect. Melissa

Home-schooling was tough. The juggle between work and schooling was very testing. Something had to give, sowhen I gavemyself permission to “not have it all together”, it was a huge relief. Dee

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