In Search of a Place to Call Home
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In Butterworth, 10-year-old Mohamed Noor is playing football with his friends in an alley behind a row of shophouses. The children are speaking fluent...
Parenting in a Pandemic: Tension, Stress and Guilt
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NO INSTRUCTION MANUALS nor guide books were available on “How to parent under lockdown”, especially not in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic....
Penang Pushes Ahead with its Gender Inclusiveness Policy
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In January this year, the Penang state government announced that it had tabled and passed a Gender Inclusiveness Policy aimed at building an inclusive society i...
Covid-19 Caretakers’ Fatigue: When Caretaking Crushes Family Members
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AT THE PEAK of the health crisis, the news media were saturated with reports about medical professionals suffering from burnout and compassionate fatigue. The p...
Becoming More Active as One Ages
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SOUTHEAST ASIA HAS a longstanding tradition of filial piety, with duties of elderly care being shouldered and shared among younger family members. There is simu...
Preschoolers May Suffer Permanent Damage from the Pandemic
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COVID-19 HAS PERFORMED quite a time heist on everyone, and on preschoolers especially. Schools were once again forced to close last May as cases steadily rose.
Is Home Still Sweet Home during Covid-19?
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Ee Ling looks for alternatives online to calm her mind.BURNOUTS ARE INEVITABLE these days when families are spending increasing amounts of time indoors....