Josephine Teo

Communications and information minister Josephine Teo shared her thoughts on parenthood and on growing up under the care of her mother and grandmother in an ...

She explained: "I felt there were many things I had to handle in my constituency, and it would be very difficult for me to cope if I had more children. She wants us to have good, upright characters, so we bore this in mind and dared not misbehave," said Teo. It helped that we used to be part of an extended family, so my uncles and aunts were all around to take care of us, thus allowing mum to rest." "I was in my teenage years, which was a period of exploration. Teo recalled: "To a certain extent, Popo also played the role of a mother to me. She said: "No doubt one has to give and make effort when becoming a parent.