Singapore Childhood

Our Stories Then and Now

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
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Author: Jaime Koh, Singapore Children's Society ISBN: 9789814405799
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company Publication: August 3, 2012
Imprint: WSPC Language: English
Author: Jaime Koh, Singapore Children's Society
ISBN: 9789814405799
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Publication: August 3, 2012
Imprint: WSPC
Language: English

The political, economic and social changes that have occurred over the past 60 years have shaped and transformed the childhood of children in Singapore. This book explores this transformation through anecdotes and memories through interviews with individuals hailing from different races and age groups, together with related archived materials from different sources. The components of childhood — birth, home, play, school, health and welfare — are revisited so as to provide useful insights about the past to young readers and at the same time serve as a nostalgic read for older readers.

Written in a simple and accessible manner and filled with numerous photographs and specially commissioned cartoons, this book will be of interest to anyone who is interested in knowing about childhood as it was and is being experienced in Singapore.

This book is also available in Chinese.

Contents:

  • Changing Times, Changing Childhoods
  • Here Comes the Baby: Pregnancy, Birth Customs and Baby Celebrations
  • Bringing Up Children: Childcare and Home Life
  • From Marbles to Media Gaming: Play, Pleasure and Leisure
  • Of ABCs and 123s: How Singapore Children Studied and Learned
  • From Koyok to Clinic: Sixty Years of Children's Health
  • In Their Best Interest: From Welfare to Well-being

Readership: Readers who are interested in knowing more about how childhood was and is being experienced in Singapore.
Key Features:

  • An examination of childhood as it was and is being experienced in Singapore
  • Extensive research but presented in an easy-to-read manner
  • Rich pictorial resource of photographs and illustrations comparing then and now of childhood in Singapore
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The political, economic and social changes that have occurred over the past 60 years have shaped and transformed the childhood of children in Singapore. This book explores this transformation through anecdotes and memories through interviews with individuals hailing from different races and age groups, together with related archived materials from different sources. The components of childhood — birth, home, play, school, health and welfare — are revisited so as to provide useful insights about the past to young readers and at the same time serve as a nostalgic read for older readers.

Written in a simple and accessible manner and filled with numerous photographs and specially commissioned cartoons, this book will be of interest to anyone who is interested in knowing about childhood as it was and is being experienced in Singapore.

This book is also available in Chinese.

Contents:

Readership: Readers who are interested in knowing more about how childhood was and is being experienced in Singapore.
Key Features:

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