Parenting teens can be a challenge when we're met with moody and sullen responses. While we understand that our teens are going through an intense period of emotional, mental and physical development, it can still be frustrating not to know what's going on in their lives. How can we adapt our communication methods so that our teens will still trust and respond to us? Join Chong Ee Jay, who chats with Alicia Boo, a working mum of four, aged 7 to 13. Through recent experiences with her newly minte...
Feb 07, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 73
Fatherhood might seem to be a daunting, lifelong endeavour, but is also one of the most precious and rewarding roles that any man could play. How can fathers gain new perspective regarding fatherhood, find purpose in parenting and leave a lasting legacy through the children they raise? Join our host, Chong Ee Jay, who chats with Cliff Tam, a stay-at-home dad and father of two daughters, aged 4 and 6 respectively. Speaking from his journey as a stay-at-home father, Cliff shares about his struggle...
Jan 24, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 72
"How can we learn from failure and move on better from it? Otherwise, if success is the end goal and failure is not an option, then everyone else will fall between the cracks." If failures are to be expected as part of one's learning and growing, why are our youth so afraid of failing? Join Aaron Ng, who chats with Matthew Zachary Liu, a life coach with a passion for working with youths and their families. He unpacks the importance of parents' involvement in their child's growing up years, how i...
Jan 10, 2023•24 min•Season 1Ep. 71
Men are playing a more involved role as fathers, reflecting a shift in perceived gender roles from their parents' generation. How can this generation of dads step up to be more involved if they did not experience engaged fatherhood with their fathers? Join our host, Aaron Ng, who chats with Jerrold Hong, an aspiring counsellor and father of two young children, aged 1 and 4. Jerrold shares his journey of preparing for fatherhood even before his children were born, and persisting through challenge...
Dec 20, 2022•21 min•Season 1Ep. 70
The adolescent years are pivotal for every teen and for every parent. As our teens seek to clarify who they are, they often look to their parents for validation, support and most importantly, presence. How can parents navigate these complex years and be present to help their teens have motivation and a sense of purpose in life? Join our host, Chong Ee Jay, who chats with Muru Nagaraju, a trainer and father of a teenage daughter and son, aged 17 and 15 respectively. Speaking from his journey as a...
Dec 06, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 69
Social media, some parents view it with caution, others cannot live without it. When it comes to our tweens and teens, most of them want to get a slice of the action. But how do we ensure our children are equipped to handle potential pitfalls of the online world? How do we know when they are truly ready? Join our host, Aaron Ng, who chats with June Yong, a mother of 3 children. Drawing from experiences with her eldest 13 year old daughter, June shares practical tips of guiding our children in th...
Nov 22, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 68
The parenting journey is colourful, with an array of both bright and darker moments. As a parent, we might often lose our cool or can't help but yell and lash out at our child for their misbehaviour or wrongdoing. How can parents avoid yelling and navigate their own emotions and expectations while parenting their children? Join our host, Delia Ng, who chats with Chong Ee Jay, father of a 7-year-old son. Speaking from his journey as a father and parent to his son, Ee Jay shares about the importan...
Nov 08, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 67
As parents, we desire to have good relationships with our children, but it often gets challenging once they hit their teenage years. What can we do to have respectful and robust conversations with our teens? Join our host, Chong Ee Jay , who chats with Yvonne Kong-Ho, a passionate coach specialising in workforce development and mother of two children, 11 and 13. Parenting children with different personalities and communication styles, Yvonne shares how she learnt to be more intentional in enteri...
Oct 25, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 66
As much as grief and loss are part of life, it can be a heavy weight to bear - especially when someone dear is taken from us abruptly. In the midst of indescribable pain, how can parents have room to grieve the loss of their child? How can friends come around them in support in helpful and practical ways? Join our host, June Yong, who chats with Cameron and Delia Walcott, parents of three children - Caleb, Evan and Anna. Cameron pastors a church and Delia is the principal of a school in Michigan...
Oct 11, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 65
Disobedience, illogical demands, ignoring our requests - these are just some of the things that our children do that cause us to lose our cool. Is there a way to avoid getting triggered if we're always ahead of our children's triggers? Joining our host, June Yong, is Skye Tan, a mother of two, who writes and speaks on parenting and marriage. Drawing from years of managing her triggers, Skye shares the realities of responding to our children's difficult behaviour. How we model dealing with our ow...
Sep 20, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 64
It is inevitable: Anxiety and stress heightens as our children go through the education system and face national examinations! How can we become the parent-coach our children need as they go through these academic challenges? Join our host, Chong Ee Jay , who chats with Pauline Foo, a mother of three and an educator who has been in the field for more than 20 years. Speaking about understanding our unique child, Pauline shares about taking individualistic approaches in parenting and how motivatin...
Sep 06, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 63
As the saying goes, "Life is not a destination to be reached, but a journey to be enjoyed." How can our children enjoy the journey of learning? And how can parents learn to praise effort over results so that our children grow up knowing and appreciating the things that truly matter? Join our host, June Yong, who chats with Mark and Sue Lim who are parents of two sons, authors of a parenting blog and consultants at The Social Factor , which focuses on training and teaching holistic self-developme...
Aug 16, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Why do children love playing mobile and internet games? Their answer is usually "Gaming is fun!" but there are often underlying reasons to "just being fun". As parents, how do we identify the issues and help our children cope with their gaming habits? Joining our host Chong Ee Jay is Ray Chua, a senior clinical psychologist specialising in helping gamers with problematic gaming behaviours since 2009. He is also a father of two girls. An avid gamer from young, Ray is no stranger to the world of g...
Aug 02, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 61
Have you found yourself in moments where you're fighting hard to hold back your natural response to your child's anxieties? Joining our host, Alicia Boo, is Chan Swee Fen, a family life educator, counsellor and a trainer facilitator. They discuss ways to identify signs of anxiety in our children and techniques to help them overcome their worries and anxieties. Using the acronym C.A.L.M., Swee Fen hopes that parents can first apply these strategies to themselves, then guide their children to bett...
Jul 19, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Raising children comes with a myriad of challenges and concerns, be it physical, psychological or academical. Despite these stresses, can parents raise resilient children with a Growth mind-set? How can a Growth mind-set empower and enable our children to thrive as they grow and mature? Join our host, June Yong, who chats with Jocelyn Wee, a mother of 3 and an educator who teaches primary and secondary school kids critical life skills. Speaking of the Growth mind-set, Jocelyn shares practical ha...
Jul 05, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 59
No man knows what parenthood has in store until he becomes a father. But before that moment arrives, is it possible for one to be ready for fatherhood? How can fathers embrace being a son, husband, father, and friend all at the same time? Join our host, Chong Ee Jay, who chats with Isaac Tan, a father of a daughter, with another on the way! Speaking of strong foundations for one's journey of fatherhood, Isaac shares about the relationship with his father, reflects on his own relationship with hi...
Jun 14, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 58
Nobody likes to be nagged at. Or being the nag. But couples often find themselves caught in these situations of being annoyed with each other. Is there a way to end the nagging? Joining our host, Alicia Boo, is Natalie Yeo who has been married for four years. They dissect the anatomy of nagging and Natalie shares her hard-fought journey of first-year nagging woes to present-time win-win situations. Find out how she challenged herself with "1-minute chores", which changed her own attitude and pos...
May 31, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 57
With the recent government announcement regarding removing mid-year examinations for all primary and secondary school students, what have parents made of this decision? Would it mean less practice for examinations or one less opportunity to track their child's academic progress? Joining our host, June Yong, is mother of two, Judith, who shares her honest thoughts about what is truly important in a child's academic journey and aptly reminds parents that each unique child learns and excels differe...
May 17, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 56
Until parents hold a crying infant in their arms, the potential of loss can be a cruel, nagging thought as they await Baby's arrival. But as the day draws nearer, how does a first-time dad deal with the overflowing thoughts and emotions? This week's host, Joanna Koh-Hoe, chats with Aaron Ng once again, a familiar voice on the ParentEd podcast. While Aaron didn't have his dad present in his growing years, he is determined to be the best dad his son needs. He reflects on how these 14 years of wait...
May 03, 2022•25 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Pregnancy and preparation often go hand-in-hand for first-time parents. From conception to birth, what does the journey of becoming mum entail? How does a wife prepare herself to become mum? What are the thoughts and emotions that one thinks and feels in anticipation of becoming a parent? What would parenthood take? Joining our host, Joanna Koh-Hoe, is married couple Aaron and Joy-Anne Ng who are expecting their first child! Aaron and Joy-Anne share their authentic story through 14 years of marr...
Apr 19, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Married life really brings a dose of reality that can be different from what we expect. How do couples bridge this gap without feeling disillusioned? Joining our host, Aaron Ng, is Ivan and Kerin Lau, a young couple who got married in 2020 and now have a 8 month old baby. Exploring how couples can communicate and negotiate expectations with the realities of married life, Ivan and Kerin share their experiences and some helpful tips – like having methodical debrief sessions after conflicts. “The s...
Apr 06, 2022•20 min•Ep. 53
As if the pandemic hasn't already brought on a gamut of stressors, but married couples have had to care for their families, and... learn to be each other's colleagues too. How has this unexpected and unique dynamic impacted families? Joining our host, Delia Ng, is married couple Daniel and Alicia Chai who have four children aged between 6 and 12. Delving into the topic of being spouses and colleagues all at the same time, Daniel and Alicia share real stories about how working from home together ...
Mar 22, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 52
"Worthy now. Not if. Not when. We are worthy of love and belonging now. Right this minute. As is." - The Gifts of Imperfection" Father-Daughter relationships are intricate, in that fathers play a key role in their daughter's psychological development. How can fathers be role-models for their daughters in order for them to grow up as confident and secure young ladies? Joining our host, Joanna Koh-Hoe, is father of three, Chiang Wen-Wei, and his eldest daughter, Charis. Delving into the topic of s...
Mar 08, 2022•25 min•Season 1Ep. 51
“My child was shown sexually explicit images by friends in school.” “I caught my child viewing porn.” Have you or someone you know been in such situations? Join this week's host, June Yong, as she hears from Violet about her challenging experience of discovering her 9 year old son viewing porn. Pushing through her initial shock and fears, Violet started having age-appropriate conversations on sex and relationships with him. She hopes that this forms an internal narrative that her son uses to nav...
Feb 22, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 50
When a marriage grows cold and home feels dreadful, is there anything more than to call it quits? Lily and David share candidly with host Joanna Koh-Hoe about their divorce, individual journeys of growth apart, and eventually remarriage. What keeps them going now are these two words "Press On", now engraved on their wedding rings. They believe that "There will always be light at the end of the tunnel. Just press on." Lily and David have been married for 10 years in their second marriage and have...
Feb 08, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Unity in marriage might seem easier with the union of two similar people. Alas, that’s rarely the case. Like teammates playing different positions in a sports team, how can couples play for the Big Goal of Marriage? Join this week’s host, Aaron Ng, as he finds out what Reuben and Ronice Ng have discovered early in their marriage. From a 41-day wedding preparation, to relocation to UK three weeks later in the middle of a pandemic, this couple shares how they learnt to focused on the essentials. I...
Jan 18, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Entering Primary School for the first time often bring both a sense of excitement and nervousness for both parent and child. How can parents prepare their children for successful transition to Primary School? Joining our host, Susan Koh, is mother of two, Adelene Chan. In preparing a child for entering Primary School, Susan and Adelene discuss parenting approaches, life skills a parent hopes to instill in their child and how parents can help their child adapt to new environments, routines and fr...
Jan 04, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 47
People often say that sex takes a backseat after a couple gets married and have children. But as we know, sex is an integral part of our marriage and like all things worth working on, healthy and open communication creates that improvement. Sexual issues are also cited as the primary cause of broken marriages. How can we reclaim and enjoy the beautiful gift of sexual intimacy with our spouse? In this episode, our host, Alicia Boo, will be discussing about the gift of sexual intimacy in marriage ...
Dec 22, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 46
The tween years are often transitional as both parents and tweens adapt to changes — environmentally, physically and emotionally. How can parents and tweens be safe spaces, to share openly without hurting one another through the process? Joining our host, Susan Koh, are mother and son, Judith and Micah. Over candid and honest stories, they chat about changes that both parents and tweens go through, challenges faced through transitions, and also share mutual expectations. Judith is a family-life ...
Dec 08, 2021•21 min•Season 1Ep. 45
No human being is perfect and it is only natural to expect that we will make mistakes in our relationships, especially the ones closest in proximity. How can parents create a safe space for our children to be real and unafraid to express both their joys and struggles with us? Joining our host, June Yong, are husband and wife, Mark and Sue Lim. Over candid stories, they share about how they built a family culture of saying sorry authentically, guiding their children in emotional vocabulary and gr...
Nov 24, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 44
