AUG 6 2008 SINGAPORE: A more helpful husband is the biggest wish among one in four working mothers struggling to balance domestic roles with careers, a survey said yesterday. Dads who playa hands-on role n parenting emerged as far more important than obtaining more childcare leave from employers, acoording to the findings of the Working Mothers’ Forum, a support group.  The woes itemised in The Straits Times revealed that one in three Singaporean mums feels society is not understanding of the needs of working mothers.

The results coincide with Singapore’s struggle to convince couples to have more babies. The total fertility rate is 1.29 per woman in the city state, well below the 2,1 needed for the population to replace itself.

As reported in The Sun newspaper