Our Core Beliefs
- Fathers, be they affirming or abusive, present or absent, affectionate or impassive, leave an indelible mark on their children and subsequent generations.
- The greatest gift a father can give his child is to love the child’s mother. A strong marriage is what provides a stable and nurturing environment for developing emotionally healthy children.
Our Focus
CFF focuses on preventive social work by providing family-life education to parents at an early stage of their parenthood. There should be less need for corrective work, if we are able to help young parents cope with the demands of parenting. Nevertheless we do engage in corrective work (through face-to-face individual, couple or family therapy) on a needs basis; and intend to provide palliative support (through hotline phone counseling).
Having also a special focus on men, CFF majors on the need to support and equip fathers in their parenting roles. CFF aims to elevate society’s well-being by encouraging and inspiring fathers to play proactive roles in their children’s’ lives. We believe that fathering is a key variable which must be plugged in order for the whole family equation to work. However fathering and its accompanying assortment of men’s issues have long been under-discussed and much neglected matters. Consequently, men today face increasing demands to close the “psychological lag” in their roles as fathers, compared to the speed with which mothers have entered the workforce and coped with their careers.
We hope to be holistic in our approach by:
- Encouraging strong marriages as a foundation on which to build a nurturing environment for children. This encompasses strengthening the life skills and character of our young people, with a view to building a strong pipeline of healthy marriages.
- Equipping young fathers and mothers with the parenting, leadership and change management skills for family wellness.
- Facilitating age-appropriate opportunities for fathers and mothers to bond with their children (through activities like storytelling & singing, parent-child adventure bonding camps, outdoor sports and back-to-nature events).
- Inspiring the intention for strong family rituals and traditions, through nation-wide awareness events, art forms (e.g. drama, music and prose) and other public promotions.
