Parenthood is hard work – but even more so when you’re a single mom. In the Philippines, about 14 million are single moms (95% of an estimated 14 to 15 million solo parents) according to a World Health Organization-funded study by the Department of Health and the University of the Philippines-National Institutes of Health. Many of them must juggle multiple jobs, household chores, their own education, and childcare all at the same time. Some single moms from urban poor and marginalised communities also experienced an increase in unpaid care work during the pandemic, spending over five hours more a day, according to an Oxfam International survey.
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Fathers provide, protect, and persevere at home and at work. In celebration of Father’s Day, three fathers from Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, share how fatherhood has allowed them to become better versions of themselves, including at the workplace.
#SuperMoms Day at SM Supermalls!
If there’s one thing that our #SuperMoms love about Mother’s Day, it’s spending quality time with the whole family. This Sunday, make the day extra special when you celebrate at SM Supermalls!
Created and organized by award-winning integrated marketing experience agency TeamAsia, MommaCon continues to give women and moms a safe and collaborative space to share best practices and learn about topics on womanhood and motherhood. Following its successful and intimate premiere at the height of the pandemic in 2020, MommaCon is gearing up for its second year as it redefines what it means to be a mom in today’s time, happening virtually on September 11 and 18, 2021.
Tang Philippines partnered with the pioneer motherhood community Mommy Mundo and launched an online talk that encourages moms to make the most of time at home and get to know their kids. The talk entitled: Conscious Parenting: How to Build a Stronger Relationship with your child Through Meaningful Conversations engaged parents, with over 50,000 views and 872 comments. Tang encourages moms to make the most of lunchtime at home as a moment to nourish and build stronger relationships with their kids.
Kids ages 3 to 6 are taking off from toddlerhood to a new stage of exploration and learning, which is pre-school. This is commonly a critical phase in their lives when they start going to school, making new friends, and discovering the most fundamental lessons in life. However, because of the pandemic, children have been compelled to find a safe learning environment in their homes, with their parents actively participating to make sure of their child’s physical and academic growth.
In an ideal world, parents would blissfully prepare baby’s bedtime routine as they happily put baby to sleep. Off to dreamland they go where baby settles down all comfy and protected and both getting their share of a full night of uninterrupted sleep.
Pexels, the multimedia library dedicated to sharing diverse, free stock photos and videos, announced that it has made a major update to its algorithm to increase visibility of content that celebrates the LGBTQ+ community. This announcement follows Pexels’ previous partnership with Nappy in March of 2018 to highlight photos representative of diverse cultures and races. A company that values inclusivity at its core, Pexels has been on a mission to improve its search results to provide more well-rounded offerings since it launched in 2014 and was later acquired by Canva in 2018. Now, in light of Pride month, Pexels is permanently adjusting its algorithm for all relationship-based search keywords to deliver more diversity across genders and sexualities, giving presence to all types of relationships.
Having kids and teenagers at home during these difficult times of the COVID-19 pandemic is challenging enough. What makes it worse is having bored kids and teenagers almost a month into the enhanced community quarantine.
Father’s day is only a day away and if you have not gotten a present for your dad yet, don’t fret. Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) has special treats that you and your father will love.