Rampant SPGism and The Rise of Single Parenting!

[makapaaa]

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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->I REFER to Ms Peck Chai Hong's letter on Monday, 'Don't deny single mothers Baby Bonus and other benefits'.
As a social worker, I have had the privilege to work with courageous single mothers like Ms Peck. They choose to keep their babies even though they know the odds are usually stacked against them, often without the support of family or a partner. They persevere to bring their children up with limited resources, in a society that generally frowns on single parenthood.
The Government discourages single parenthood by not allowing single parents to enjoy similar benefits given to married couples. However, by doing so, it also punishes children of single parents. Apart from benefits mentioned by Ms Peck, such as Baby Bonus, maternity leave and childcare leave, single unwed parents are also denied the right to own or rent an HDB flat with their children.
Many single mothers I have worked with had to live with other family members or worry that their children would be homeless. Financially less well off than married couples where both parents work, single parents are particularly disadvantaged when they are denied benefits. Children of single parents, as a result, often have to grow up in an environment that may not be as conducive as that of their counterparts from intact families.
Singapore acceded to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in 1995. The UNCRC specifies the basic human rights children should have: namely, the right to survival; to develop to the fullest; to protection from harmful influences, abuse and exploitation; and to participate fully in family, cultural and social life. Its four core principles are non-discrimination; devotion to the best interests of the child; the right to life, survival and development; and respect for the views of the child.
By acceding to the UNCRC, national governments commit themselves to developing policies and actions that are in the best interests of the child. Policies that do not allow single parents to enjoy similar benefits given to married couples are not in the best interest of the child and do not respect the basic rights of a child born to a single parent.
Peng Hai Ying (Ms)

 

[ahleebabasingaporethief]

Not just single parents. Every right of a born and bred S'porean have been trampled on by the Pappies' FT DOGS.

What rights ahve a citizen have over FT dogs; besides voting?

Even the MIW recently say they need time to think about it. CCB!

 

[kakowi]

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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->I REFER to Ms Peck Chai Hong's letter on Monday, 'Don't deny single mothers Baby Bonus and other benefits'.
As a social worker, I have had the privilege to work with courageous single mothers like Ms Peck. They choose to keep their babies even though they know the odds are usually stacked against them, often without the support of family or a partner. They persevere to bring their children up with limited resources, in a society that generally frowns on single parenthood.
The Government discourages single parenthood by not allowing single parents to enjoy similar benefits given to married couples. However, by doing so, it also punishes children of single parents. Apart from benefits mentioned by Ms Peck, such as Baby Bonus, maternity leave and childcare leave, single unwed parents are also denied the right to own or rent an HDB flat with their children.
Many single mothers I have worked with had to live with other family members or worry that their children would be homeless. Financially less well off than married couples where both parents work, single parents are particularly disadvantaged when they are denied benefits. Children of single parents, as a result, often have to grow up in an environment that may not be as conducive as that of their counterparts from intact families.
Singapore acceded to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in 1995. The UNCRC specifies the basic human rights children should have: namely, the right to survival; to develop to the fullest; to protection from harmful influences, abuse and exploitation; and to participate fully in family, cultural and social life. Its four core principles are non-discrimination; devotion to the best interests of the child; the right to life, survival and development; and respect for the views of the child.
By acceding to the UNCRC, national governments commit themselves to developing policies and actions that are in the best interests of the child. Policies that do not allow single parents to enjoy similar benefits given to married couples are not in the best interest of the child and do not respect the basic rights of a child born to a single parent.
Peng Hai Ying (Ms)

The hypocrisy of activist women and women-led organizations know no boundaries when it come to influencing mainstream values towards their own ends.

The writer here use the words 'single parents' when they suit her agenda. Then use the words 'single mothers' and 'courageous' when they refer to women.

Finally refer to authorities like 'United Nations' to establish linkages to 'single parents' when the objective is to promote the rights of 'single mothers'.

That is why such letters are activists based and linked to women's privileges whilst masquerading under hypocritically neutral words like 'single parents'.


Note first that for every single mother there is a single father, who is often deprived of visitation rights to the child. Can those women writers speak specifically if they themselves had deprived the fathers of the children the rights to be fathers?

Second if there are baby bonus, then it should apply to both parents. Wanting to have a baby and not wanting the marriage is the fault of both the mother and father.

Third let true objectivity prevail - the United Nations declaration of Chidren's Rights apply to the rights of the child to have access to both parents - especially the father to grow and develop with the child. The Women's Charter, the Family Courts and the female activists must reexamine their assumptions regarding mothers and children and their decided laws.

Finally, the male species themselves must understand their rights as males and fathers whilst respecting true equality, not the true inequality as espoused by Women's Charter and female activists.

 

[allanlee]

The hypocrisy of activist women and women-led organizations know no boundaries when it come to influencing mainstream values towards their own ends.

The writer here use the words 'single parents' when they suit her agenda. Then use the words 'single mothers' and 'courageous' when they refer to women.

Finally refer to authorities like 'United Nations' to establish linkages to 'single parents' when the objective is to promote the rights of 'single mothers'.

That is why such letters are activists based and linked to women's privileges whilst masquerading under hypocritically neutral words like 'single parents'.


Note first that for every single mother there is a single father, who is often deprived of visitation rights to the child. Can those women writers speak specifically if they themselves had deprived the fathers of the children the rights to be fathers?

Second if there are baby bonus, then it should apply to both parents. Wanting to have a baby and not wanting the marriage is the fault of both the mother and father.

Third let true objectivity prevail - the United Nations declaration of Chidren's Rights apply to the rights of the child to have access to both parents - especially the father to grow and develop with the child. The Women's Charter, the Family Courts and the female activists must reexamine their assumptions regarding mothers and children and their decided laws.

Finally, the male species themselves must understand their rights as males and fathers whilst respecting true equality, not the true inequality as espoused by Women's Charter and female activists.

CLAP * CLAP * CLAP * CLAP

I share your views here

F*CK THE WOMENS CHARTER !!

 

[TeeKee]

The hypocrisy of activist women and women-led organizations know no boundaries when it come to influencing mainstream values towards their own ends.

i dun promote single parents, but unfortunately this happens, whose fault? nobody knows because it's individual cases.

we should not discriminate them, whether they are single mother of single father....but I think the benefit should go to the parent with the child, regardless if the parent is man or woman.

they made a mistake in their marriage, we shouldn't condemn by penalizing or discriminate them..that's the last thing any developed country govt. would do.

 

[zhihau]

i dun promote single parents, but unfortunately this happens, whose fault? nobody knows because it's individual cases.

we should not discriminate them, whether they are single mother of single father....but I think the benefit should go to the parent with the child, regardless if the parent is man or woman.

they made a mistake in their marriage, we shouldn't condemn by penalizing or discriminate them..that's the last thing any developed country govt. would do.

i stand in full agreement with you here, and kudos to you!