“When I was your age ah…” A familiar opening sentence for many Singaporean parents when they start to look at this generation’s way of work and life. More often than not, parents are at the winning end in this conversation by exemplifying grit, blood, sweat and tears in their yesteryears when compared to ours now. I sometimes consider whether or not this mindset will be set on ourselves 10 years down the road, on our children.

Strawberry Generation?

To a certain extent, they can’t be all at fault right? When we have these “perks” below that I’m sure we are all too familiar with. Mental Health – While I’m in no way discounting and understating the importance of mental health, the emotional, psychological and social well being aspects of lives probably wasn’t all that spelled out and explicitly explained 40-50 years ago. This social aspect and and...