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Contents SNIPPETS 4 Blood Ties 4 Choice Products, Interesting News and More! water. Interestingly enough, hey say that blood is thicker than y is the exact opposite of the meaning of this proverb toda it meant that the blood you ly, what it originally meant. Previous the heat of the battlefield forges spill alongside your comrades in you create with your family, with a bond that rivals the connection r in the womb. But, for Grace whom you are connected by the wate efield was the operating theatre, Park and Cole Sirucek, their battl ld be saved. er to make sure their daughter wou as they did everything in their pow Read their story on page 14. T SLICE 8 Thank God It’s Good Friday! Interesting trivia, momentous events and more! COVERSTORY 10 Just Your Everyday Son, Husband And Father 8 8 Ching Wei Hong understands the Singaporean families’ struggle n of Families for talk to Ching Wei Hong, Chairma In the same spirit of family, we also Wines (page 12) on their views and of CornerStone Life (page 10) and Clinton Ang, CEO well as y Singaporean families today, as regarding the challenges facing man experiences ay approaches, Frid ming the next generation. As Good the difficulties of raising and groo Easter (page 8). We some little known facts about it and we take the opportunity to look at , the largest dialect group in ng the arrival of the Hokkiens also go down memory lane, traci FOCUS 12 Grooming The Fourth Singapore (page 26). Generation children are in today’s media, we note how our Given the amount of sexualisation such as the dangers of and tackle other worrying issues, unhealthily influenced (page 17) tional issues that many bring up one of the cross-genera cyberbullying (page 18). We also to on page 20, which is the they might actually be contributing parents talk about and one issue of entitlement in children. Clinton Ang’s rise to the top and his plans for the future 14 The Biggest Fight Of Their Lives Nothing prepared Grace Park and Cole Sirucek for this 10MINUTESWITH... 18 16 Tay Eu-Yen about the topic of al conundrums, we find out more Continuing our coverage on ethic God on page 21. ons that will result from us playing designer babies and the implicati est that you would like azine with us or any topics of inter Share your thoughts about the mag [email protected] or leave your us an e-mail at edito us to consider covering. Just drop ifemag. our Facebook at fb.com/familyandl comments on Butter Factory co-founder, semi-retired party animal and mother of one creating it. y this issue as much as we enjoyed Happy reading and we hope you enjo NURTURE Managing Editor Gerald Woon 17 The Pornification Of Our Young Sex is all over the media and your child is the consumer 18 Is Your Child A Cyberbully? Singapore is the second highest nation of cyberbullies 19 Character = Academic Excellence The importance of character education for your child 20 Raising Generation “E” For Entitled HEALTH And Brown Eyes - No Asthma Please We tackle the implications and ethics of “designer babies” 22 I Can(not) See Clearly Now 21 Age-related sight ailments that will strike when you are not careful Are your children getting too pampered and self-entitled? familyandlife.sg 21 One Baby With Black Hair Their Hair! MANAGING EDITOR EDITORIAL CREATIVE 23 Honey, The Kids Are Losing SALES & MARKETING Childhood hair loss is real, very real RELAX CONTRIBUTORS 24 Oh, Oh, Oh, Sweet Wine O’ Mine Wine with chicken rice, you say? 25 Won’t You Take Me To Hello Kitty Town? Nothing to do in Singapore? Head westwards across the Second Link 26 Here Come The Hokkiens! A traipse back in time to Fujian province, home of the Hokkiens BITES 28 Salmon Tataki With Green Asparagus & Hollandaise Sauce Fine dining brought home EVENTS 29 What’s Happening 30 A list of upcoming family events OP-ED 30 My Two Cents On... 2 Family & Life • Mar 2014 Teaching children everything but a sense of entitlement ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE Gerald Woon [email protected] Writer | Farhan Shah [email protected] Designer | Zach [email protected] Senior Marketing Executive| Emily Choo [email protected] Sales Administrator| Michelle Lee [email protected] Chef Tim Meijers Jade Tan Jenn Choi Maureen Beth Schuster Manager | Jessica Ong [email protected] CONTACT US Editorial Enquiries [email protected] Advertising Enquiries Tel: [phone] Email: [email protected] MCI (P) 114/08/2013 Colour Separation & Printed by Times Printers Private Limited 16 Tuas Avenue 5, Singapore 639340 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Licence No. L021/09/2012 Distributed by MediaWheel Singapore 31 Toh Guan Road East #07-01 LW Technocentre, Singapore 608608 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] All materials pr inted within Family & Life are Copyright 2013 © and protected under the Copyright Act. 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