Venessa Lee

Senior Correspondent at The Straits Times

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Articles

Daddy and mummy, stop hovering: Why some gave up helicopter parenting

3 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Venessa Lee

UPDATED Mar 30, 2025, 03:00 PM
Teenage use of AI: What parents should be aware of

1 month ago | straitstimes.com | Venessa Lee

SINGAPORE – When Caleb Teo, 16, uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools, it is always related to school, he says. The Year 1 student at a junior college (JC) says: “Usually, I’ll try and think of the response first, but when I’m tired or frustrated, I’ll turn to ChatGPT. Sometimes, I forget a concept and it triggers my memory enough so that I can answer the question myself.” Get the ST Smart Parenting newsletter for expert advice. Visit the microsite for more
Are Singaporeans worried about retirement?

1 month ago | straitstimes.com | Venessa Lee

SINGAPORE – Financial adviser Patrick Chang, 58, is championing a different kind of retirement. He has written a self-published book about retirement, The A To Z Guide To Retirement Planning: Everything You Need To Know About Accumulating And Preserving Wealth For Your Golden Years (2016). He is now working on his second book, Retire Retirement, Welcome Protirement: The Essentials A To Z.
The Singapore institutions that are ‘slaying’ Gen Z marketing like never before

Nov 11, 2024 | herworld.com | Venessa Lee

Home-grown institutions are getting a glow-up using #GenZmarketing. A recent TikTok video by National Gallery Singapore (NGS) opens with an older man greeting his audience using Gen Z slang: “Hey, besties. Time to enter your artsy era.”Museum employee Clarence Yeo, who is in his 60s, continues using Gen Z parlance as he walks around the museum, declaring “the vibes are immaculate around here”.
Young caregivers: Balancing the stress, developing empathy

Oct 19, 2024 | straitstimes.com | Venessa Lee |Shawn Hoo

Published Oct 19, 2024, 01:05 PM SINGAPORE – Gen Z caregivers, in their 20s or younger, face challenges – like learning how to adult or managing fledgling careers – that may differ from other caregivers, who are more often in their 60s and older, and tending to their spouse or elderly parent. Experts say that younger caregivers may become more common in an ageing society with falling birthrates, as in the much-watched Netflix movie How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies.
Young caregivers: ‘I was afraid. I thought, what am I going to do?’

Oct 19, 2024 | straitstimes.com | Venessa Lee

SINGAPORE – In 2016, when Ms Alison Lim learnt from her doctor that she had young-onset dementia at the age of 58, she felt a sense of relief and understanding. The retired manager and consultant from the hotel industry recalls: “I was so relieved because it had been so confusing.”
When the child becomes the parent: Number of young caregivers set to rise

Oct 19, 2024 | straitstimes.com | Venessa Lee

SINGAPORE – When Mr William Koh was 16, he ran into difficulties while caring for his then 59-year-old mother, who has dementia. Then in his first year of junior college, he was not sure what to do when his mum Margaret Laird had problems with her credit card.
Rising demand for special needs tuition

Oct 13, 2024 | straitstimes.com | Venessa Lee

SINGAPORE – For the past year, eight-year-old Nurul Shafilla Edora has been having tuition to help her with learning problems associated with dyslexia. Her mother, Ms Norazilah Mohammad, engaged the services of a tuition teacher for English because Shafilla, who is in Primary 2 in a mainstream school, has problems with reading.
More Children Are Wearing Myopia-Control Contact Lenses

Sep 25, 2024 | womensweekly.com.sg | Venessa Lee

Secondary 1 student Michaela Wang, 13, started wearing contact lenses three years ago, when she was in Primary 4. With the onset of myopia, she began using spectacles at the age of 10, but switched to daily disposable myopia-control contact lenses within a month. Her soft contact lenses are intended to not only address myopia, but also control the condition in children.
Chinese language and culture for kids: Popular with locals and expats

Aug 18, 2024 | straitstimes.com | Venessa Lee

SINGAPORE – A few months ago, Ms Chua Shi Ying enrolled her only child, Hailey Ho, in a pre-school where only Mandarin is spoken. She hopes that two-year-old Hailey will do better than she did at school and beyond.