When a parent has cancer, one of the hardest questions can be how to support your child through the uncertainty. What should you tell them, how much can they understand, and how might they respond? Counsellor & Parenting Coach, Lim Swee Chen, explores how children and teenagers at different developmental stages may experience a parent’s cancer diagnosis, with practical guidance for helping them feel informed, secure and supported.

Grief in Chinese families is rarely simple. When someone passes away, different generations often respond in very different ways — sometimes creating tension, confusion, or even conflict. Counsellor & Parenting Coach explains how understanding these differences can help families move through loss with more clarity and less misunderstanding.

Many parents don’t feel burnt out — they feel lost. Somewhere between caring for everyone else, they stop recognising themselves. This quiet identity shift — sometimes called a parent identity crisis — is more common than people realise. Psychologist Ho Shee Wai explains why it happens and how you can find your way back.