Our children are neither our projects nor our key performance indicators
The Straits Times|March 02, 2024
I refer to Minister Prime Ministers in the Office Indranee Rajah's remarks in Parliament on Singapore's resident total fertility rate, which has dropped below 1 (Singapore's total fertility rate hits record low in 2023, falls below 1 for first time, Feb 28).
Maybel Chong
Our children are neither our projects nor our key performance indicators

Reasons for the consistent decline in the total fertility rate are undoubtedly multifaceted, with an increase in the cost of living and work-life pressures cited as top causes.

However, what is of increasing concern is the added pressure, as the minister mentioned in Parliament, to be "an excellent parent".

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