Among them, I notice a boy in a neon orange hoodie nonchalantly picking at it. 11-year-old Vaughn is completely locked in on ...

A former single mum of two speaks on remarriage, stepparenting, and what it really takes to raise a blended family of five.

Grades are supposedly not everything, until one applies for a job. Telling students—especially the ones about to enter the workforce—that grades don’t define their future is hard to reconcile with ...

First it was Maju Forest. Then came Western Island. After Prime Minister Lawrence Wong unveiled a slew of welcomed family-centric policy changes during National Day Rally 2026, he capped off his ...

All images by Zachary Tang for RICE Media unless otherwise stated. Equipment support by Leica Store Singapore. As I try to step onto a community fitness corner’s elliptical machine, Jovan Tang stops ...

All images by Zachary Tang for RICE Media unless otherwise stated. Equipment supported by Leica Store Singapore. “Table 9, 里面六号,” I chant under my breath. Table 9, inside, Table 6. Teetering at the ...

Danial Sim, 28, is the founder of Tap Space, a label dedicated to miniatures and memorabilia of Singapore’s MRT and buses across different eras, now with a storefront in Burlington Square. In this ...

Someone posed this question mid-session, almost casually: if the cost of raising children was no longer a factor, removed entirely from the equation, would Singapore’s chronically low birth rate ...

This story was brought to you by Community Chest, the philanthropic arm of the National Council of Social Service. We tell ourselves we’re fine until we genuinely aren’t. And even then, we’re not ...

What happens when life changes faster than you can cope? RICE spends a day with Tsao Foundation senior counsellor Lina as she supports seniors like Mdm Jumiati through loss, loneliness, and ...

For June, grief is both personal and professional. A Wicare counsellor and former widow, June now walks alongside women like Jazz, helping widows navigate the emotional, financial, and logistical ...

Angela’s young adulthood brought a heartbreaking reality: losing both parents to cancer. She recalls her caregiving journey, navigating a role reversal many millennials quietly share—the parents who ...