As Annabelle Chew’s family grew bigger over the years, her ideas about spending quality time together evolved.
Annabelle, 46, a vice-principal of a preschool, and her husband, operations manager Victor Ong, 51, have five children aged between three and 21.
She says: “Back when we had two or three kids, I used to think everybody must gather together for family time. But I realised that as the children grew older, they had different needs and interests. It was better to be flexible, to connect with each child, one to one.”
She decided to go on individual outings with each of her five kids, in addition to spending time together as an entire family. Her husband sometimes does so, too.
Over the years, their cycling sessions or meals out with individual…