{ChRiStOpHeR} EVALUATIVE~(/>.O)~***

The Singapore government has passed policies and laws to allow busy families to spend time together. With these policies, parents are allowed a rest from work to bond with the children and their spouses to foster stronger family bonds during their "not-working" hours. With these policies, parents are able to take their children out on trips or simply relax at home, enjoying quality family time. For example, the Singapore government has introduced the "Five-day work week', where parents only work five days a week, thus there is available time for them to rest during the weekends, play with the children, spend time with their spouses since they do not have to work on weekends. However, some working parents are bombarded with work during the five day week and are unable to finish their work. Thus, they mostly bring their unfinished work back home, slaving throughout the weekend to complete their urgent assignments. In most cases, work takes priority over family, as income is earned through work. Due to this, parents sometimes are not able to spend time with the family. Especially in such a modern and competitive society like Singapore, more parents neglect their family because of work as time is money in hectic Singapore society. Thus, most of their ffree time is spent on work, trying to earn more income or catching their employers' attention to get promotions. They have to prove their worth as it is easy to be replaced by other talented people as many are highly educated in Singapore. Thus, it is important for them to keep on working so as to not lose out to the rest. Also, by earning higher income by working harder, the parent is more able to support the family. The children and spouses may be neglected as a result of this overwhelming trend of working. Thus, the five day work week is rendered less effective as the working parents do not spend time with the family, instead they slave away in their room trying to complete their work before the weekend comes to a close. In conclusion, the government may have introduced measures to promote a family-friendly Singapore, however, it is not very effective due to the parents working during their free time, being unable to bond with their family much.