KiasuParents - Parenting in Singapore

Hi we're new to singapore and have struggled to figure out how parents can work without getting a full time live in maid (which is really just not for us)

We've found our son a pre school place which finishes at 2pm mon-wed in order for my wife to do some part time work however she is required to work till 3:30!

Are there helpers or a service that could collect our child and entertain him (take to a cafe or park) for 1.5 hours while my wife finishes? A bit like employing a part time cleaner on an hourly rate?

Would an agency be any use? I guess it works out about 6 hrs a week?

Thanks

Your best bet is probably to have a neighbor or a classmate's mom (or even a teacher or helper from the centre) to help with the 1.5hours - it coincides with naptimes, so it can be quite "easy"... Alternatively, go for the full-day childcare centres. These do not have term breaks and school holidays. On days that you cannot fetch your boy on time, you know you have some buffer with time.

Hi

You can consider to hire part time babysitter