Don't Sweat The Small Stuff
from Coffee with Joni Ong, Today, 13 Feb 2008 edition “Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff” The plan was to have six children. So, you can imagine Joni Ong’s disappointment when she couldn’t conceive. Later, in-vitro fertilization treatment gave her twin daughters – now 18 and the first identical twins born under the programme in Singapore . Two more girls (17 and 15) and a boy (12) followed naturally. Today, Ms Ong is president of ‘I Love Children’, a group set up in 2005 to advocate and celebrate parenthood. The vivacious mum, community member, human resource consultant and “other half” of MP Ong Kian Min, tells Sheralyn Tay (of Times) about the joys and challenges of parenting, and juggling roles. A bona fide supermum. How d’you do it? I’m not a supermum (laughs), just a mother who loves being a mother. How do I do it? I have “me” time. My husband is very supportive and… I have a very good bunch of girlfrien...