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Dads’ Dilemma

Overworked dadLing Liu (’06) contributed reporting to this week’s TIME Asia cover story on a wave of guilt rippling over Asian fathers who don’t have enough time to spend with their children.

It’s a Saturday morning in Singapore, and around 20 men have turned up at the Chongfu Primary School to hear Wong Suen Kwong give a talk about fathering. Wong, who heads an NGO called the Centre for Fathering, begins his presentation with a PowerPoint slide declaring his organization’s purpose: “Inspiring fathers to be involved with their children’s lives.” A little way into the meeting, one of the men explains his way of rising to this challenge. He has rigged up his home with over $2,000 worth of remotely operated camera equipment, so that when he’s at work he can log onto the Internet and see what his kids are doing. A ripple of laughter spreads through the room, but there’s a touch of ruefulness about it because many of today’s fathers find it equally hard to be fully involved with their children.

Read the full story here.

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