The "Perfect" Father

If you have kids at home, you will understand this struggle immediately.“Starri, volume down please.” Five minutes later. “STAR-RI… volume down.” I think half my parenting these days revolves around repeating those three words. Especially at night. Somehow children have this magical ability to believe that the whole house also wants to listen to whatever cartoon, game, or song t...

If you are a parent, you will probably understand this, that tug-of-war between wanting your kid to be independent, but also needing to know that they are safe. For us, that time came when Starri started asking to walk to the bus stop herself and wanted to call us after school “just to talk.” That was when we decided to let her try the myFirst Fone S4.Starri has been using the w...

W Optics at Marina Square #02-20/21/22 Those of us past 40 will know this story too well. You are happily wearing glasses for astigmatism or far-sightedness, and then one fine day, you realise you need to take them off just to read a book or check your phone. That is when 老花眼 — presbyopia — comes knocking on your door without even bothering to press the bell. It creeps up q...