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Who we are

We are a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting the common good here in Singapore.

“Culture is not a battle to be fought,
but a garden to be cultivated.”

We aim to strengthen social bonds by creating room for reasonable conversations and finding common ground. We hope to create a common understanding of values that will help us thrive together for generations.

Latest Articles

How Delayed Marriage and Parenthood Result in Sandwiched Families

Three Generation Asian Family

“Achievement-orientated Values” (Part 2 of 2): How this 1971 speech suggests solutions to fertility rates today

Inche Sha'ari Bin Tadin 2

“Achievement-orientated Values” (Part 1 of 2): This 1971 speech explains why our fertility rates are so low (and hints at how we can raise it) 

Achievement-oriented Values in 1971 speech
Singapore’s total fertility rate hit a new record low at 0.87 in 2025, a long consequence of the overwhelming success of the “Stop at Two” population control campaign launched in 1972. Just a year prior, Parliamentary Secretary Inche Sha’ari Bin Tadin gave a speech capturing the heart and motivation of the campaign. Could this speech also contain hints of how we can reverse our low birth rates?

Media

ParentEd Podcast by Focus on the Family Singapore | Raising Digitally-Savvy Kids – Discerning Fact from Fiction

Edric Poon In Company | Impacting Generations through Cultivate SG

East Asian Education Limited | The State of the Family in Singapore – and What Men Can Do

Upcoming Events

Tan Sin Cheng Tan Seow Hon Lim Su Ching

Cultivate Commune – Success and Flourishing in Singapore

“Unfiltered: The Whole Family Conversation” Conference

Cultivate-Commune-Feb-2025

Cultivate Commune – P*rn: What’s the Harm?

Cultivate Commune – Mismatched: Dating and the Gender Divide