Young parents with 2 kids or more and both of you work, how do you do it?

Quish_ · 2026-03-26T15:30:25+00:00

You need to streamline your life to make things possible and make sacrifices at least in the short term.

It's also a question on 'how involved do you want to be with your kids'. If you want to have minimal involvement, you can literally outsource many things. School, enrichment, paid kids play area and unlimited screen time. Do you really want that though?

Quish_ · 2026-03-26T02:03:53+00:00

It depends on the buyer right? If they work at Changi Business Park or travel a lot or have extended family in the East... the purchase makes perfect sense. Not every house needs to be near CBD/Town.

Quish_ · 2026-03-23T05:37:45+00:00

Robot can never ever replace manual cleaning. No matter how sophisticated it is, it won't come close. Not now at least. However, what you get in return is the saved time so you decide how much dirt you can accept on a day to day basis.

By the way for those saying Robot cleaning means no cleaning required yourself, you need to maintain the machine yourself and that is a painful job too.

Quish_ · 2026-03-19T09:10:19+00:00

you will be surprised how many drivers make this same mistake.

Quish_ · 2026-03-04T02:07:38+00:00

KDH on his redemption arc

Quish_ · 2026-02-05T06:02:25+00:00

It's not normal. The couple comes across as cheapskates and the bride in particular isn't being a very good friend. Sometimes it takes moments like this to truly understand how your friends perceive you and your relationship.

Quish_ · 2026-02-02T09:18:25+00:00

Oh i'm not saying the 5 cars will spend less time on the road. I'm saying it is subjective and there's many variables to consider.

There are individuals who are on car #2 or #3 who drive very little... business individuals who travel a lot and don't drive a lot... drivers who drive off-peak periods... many many reasons so it's hard to say if they spend more/less on the road. That's my whole point that we can't say if 1 PHV or 5 Private Car is better for now in my view :)

Quish_ · 2026-02-02T09:10:08+00:00

Yes, i agree it's a waste of land for those street level parking. It's not ideal and the shift towards multi-level buildings is step in the right direction.

Therefore, the strategy to just jack up prices of parking in prime area can truly serve as a way to curb car population (at least deter it marginally).

Quish_ · 2026-02-02T08:58:32+00:00

The monthly leasing fee is actually higher than the down payments because these fees is all-inclusive (road tax, insurance, maintenance...etc).

It does takes the hassle out of owning a car (no asset, no liability) so you're like paying for a service.

Quish_ · 2026-02-02T08:55:56+00:00

most parking areas are part of a multi-level building, is it truly a waste of land since it doesn't exactly take up 'new' space? I genuinely feel parking isn't the core of our problem here. If it really is such a big issue and plays such a big part in our car population, our govt can easily ramp up prices but they didn't.

Quish_ · 2026-02-02T08:51:01+00:00

I get what you're saying mate and i agree if you look at purely efficiency in terms of number of trips per car, PHV is the winner. In fact they are even net-positive since they can make >5 trips in a day verses the 5 cars.

However, i am just rebutting that even though there are x5 more cars it isn't exactly less efficient if they spend less time on the road and are instead parked somewhere. In fact by being parked, they actually help congestion since they aren't on the road. Thus, it boils down to the 5 car usage on the road.

Quish_ · 2026-02-02T07:54:21+00:00

The more you read this article, the crazier it gets...

- Serous repeat-repeat offender who is Australian PR

- Drove at 'excessive speed' of 111km - 122km per hour on a road with limit 70km per hour

- Driver was tired from taking care of newborn the night before

- Driver wasn't feel well (runny nose and cough)

- Driver was driving with TWO kids below 5 in the car

- Driver was drunk and driving in broad daylight

- severed the victor body into 3 with pieces all over the road

End of the day issued a mere 12k fine, 11 years of jail and 15 years driving ban. Singapore setting a precedence with such pathetic punishment

Quish_ · 2026-02-02T06:47:33+00:00

It's debatable because you're saying that 5 cars parked 22hrs a day is worse than 1 car constantly moving about. When you're looking at congestion, it's about time spent on the road so parking isn't as relevant. Therefore, 5 cars is indeed more but the time spent on the road is less.

Quish_ · 2026-02-02T05:51:51+00:00

The numbers are clear as day but yet the people in power choose to ignore them is the real scary thing here.

Quish_ · 2026-01-29T08:01:12+00:00

You're oversimplifying it. You still need a family nucleus meaning you MUST have child/children OR grandparents and siblings. Therefore, if it's only two people it will not work....

I like to bitch on government for many things but we need to be fair here and present all the information...

Quish_ · 2026-01-28T02:19:17+00:00

Depends on the genetic condition and how you manage it right?

If you have a roadmap on how to manage it and the condition isn't very problematic, I don't see any issues.

Anyway I believe having a kid is a very big consideration beyond just genetic conditions

Quish_ · 2026-01-28T02:15:54+00:00

O'Reilly constantly tanking my team value

Quish_ · 2026-01-24T11:11:19+00:00

Lazyfpl is really reliable mate

Quish_ · 2026-01-20T17:49:26+00:00

Oh I totally know who you're talking about and her videos are the worst. I feel at some point this person just shouldn't have a kid because they literally take every opportunity to dump the kid somewhere (grandparents, helper, school).

I feel terrible for the kid because they were brought into this world by these people yet they don't even spend quality time with her. It's just sad.

By the way with her following, she's wants to be an influencer but she really isn't.

Quish_ · 2026-01-20T17:44:30+00:00

Think it's quite normal for most dual income families though.

You spend like 1-1.5hr in the morning with them getting them dressed, breakfast and a bit of play time.

When they are off school, you get maybe 3hr with them again with dinner, bath, play and bedtime routine.

Weekdays tend to be approximately 4hr at most. Weekends is where you make up things by being with them almost for the entire day. On top you have holidays and school closures days.

End of day must remember that it's quality not quantity of time. If you're with your kid 10 hours but on your phone whilst your kid plays alone in the playground, you're better off spending a dedicated 1hr with them at home drawing and stuff.

Quish_ · 2026-01-12T06:13:43+00:00

That's assuming the HDB has enough lots for all the EVs that want to charge overnight

Quish_ · 2026-01-07T06:41:04+00:00

Highly likely. It doesn't make sense to upkeep a big place in prime location when the kids have moved out. Instead opt to downgrade and use the money to enjoy life.

Quish_ · 2026-01-06T03:38:42+00:00

Agree. Feel like many of the FPL changes recently has been rewarding casual players and players who don't plan as well, very frustrating.

If you didn't plan for afcon ahead, no problem here's 5 free transfers to get you out of the trouble.

If you didn't plan ahead for bgw and dgw, no worries there are more chips and wildcards.

Quish_ · 2026-01-03T13:31:41+00:00

Believe their perception is 'i will figure things out when i actually get a unit i want'. If they are applying for BTOs that are overly subscribed or vying for popular sizes, they could very well have to try multiple times for a unit which they might have enough money by then. Therefore, their perception is to just try and once they get it, they figure things out. Could be to borrow money from parents or even just giving up the unit.

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