We should Lead by Example.

Kids Aplenty in the 1970s. 

The recent brouhaha about the "Marriage and Parenthood Reset" by our Government and spearheaded by an interagency workgroup chaired by a Minister is laudable. However, the assignment of leadership of this workgroup needs to be reconsidered. The choice of the chairman is also rather puzzling,and I question the powers that be in selecting a chairman with no prior experience in both these aspects (Marriage and Parenthood)

People can and sometimes do a better job  than people who have experience. Look at football managers in the top flight. Many of the top managers (Pep Guardiola, Nuno Esperito Santo, and Juergen Klopp) have limited top class playing experience, but that did not stop them from helming top clubs, like Manchester City, Nottingham Forest (OK, they are second tier) and Liverpool respectively. 

Marriage is a union between 2 people, a holy matrimony in whatever religion people choose and it also a legally binding contract between 2 people in the eyes of the law, a husband and a wife. Singapore still chooses to be conservative and their is no same sex union recognized in Singapore at this point in time. 

Parenthood is another tough task, a lifetime of sacrifice, struggle, comittment and love for one's offspring. Today's world is very different from the Baby Boomer's time, (1946 - 1965) when raising children in the 70s, 80s, 90s had vastly different challenges, and opportunities than today.

I question whether the Committee can truly succeed, and how can they firstly emphatise what is front and centre of the Millenials, and Gen Zs minds, which is - high housing costs, long wait times, high cost of living, disruptive work with no guarantee of long term employment in this convoluted world ?

Better to sit down and talk to all the young folk out there, aggregate their fears and desires and come up with a workable blueprint and put it out and run with it. Better still, the working committee should be composed of people who are themselves married, and parents themselves.

Choose a few young influencer couples, divorcees, and singles (not the flashy in your face) to be the poster boys and girls.

Then GO WITH IT.

Tweak when there is resistance or bumps in the road.

Our Government is not omniscient, certainly they are no experts. 

They should accept whatever the new generation feedsback to them in this area.