Minor Issues: Give kids their best start in life, whether they have one parent or two

The book The Two-Parent Privilege shows that kids who grow up in two-parent households do better in terms of outcomes. PHOTO: PIXABAY
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SINGAPORE – I grew up in a single-parent household. My father died of lung cancer when I was seven.

My mother raised my sister and me by herself, even managing to take care of my paternal grandmother, who had dementia, until she died.

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