Community Heroes: More than 'How's your day?' — why helping youths spark deeper conversations at home matters to me
Heart.th is a ground-up initiative that aims to strengthen parent-child relationships by sparking conversations at home.
From left: Heart.th's founders Samuel Law, Jasmine Lum, Raymus Koh and Nicole Soh holding their activity booklets at the Singapore Kindness Movement's Kindness Day SG at Paya Lebar Quarter mall on May 20, 2023.
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Singapore has about 450 active ground-up initiatives, made up of groups of individuals who come together in self-organised projects to help the community. TODAY's Voices section is publishing first-hand accounts of young changemakers and the stories behind their initiatives.
Here, Ms Jasmine Lum, 27, recounts her year-long journey with Heart.th, an initiative that aims to help young people better engage their families through meaningful conversations at home.
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Heart.th is a ground-up initiative that aims to strengthen parent-child relationships by sparking conversations at home.
It began as an idea from my days as a history undergraduate at Nanyang Technological University.
I stayed in a campus hostel and spent time with my parents only on weekends. During meals, our conversations were often limited to the usual exchanges of “Have you eaten?” and “How’s your day?”.
I was deeply dissatisfied with these trivial conversations and longed to build deeper connections with my parents.
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