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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Hear from 3 Millennial Dads who share their hands-on experience in bringing up their children and how they embrace fatherhood with confidence</em></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Dads are superheroes in the eyes of their children. It’s amazing to discover that millennial dads today are very much hands-on in the home front, from household chores to changing diapers! Moms still knows best but dads are getting there too!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To commemorate Father’s Day and to honour dads for their amazing effort as a leader, guardian and protector of the family, three Malaysian Millennial Dads shared their experiences as first-time dads and how they embraced their roles and responsibilities with ease, not to mention, pride! Every day is a learning process for them and with the advanced technology available these days, they have all the information they need.</p>
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<h6 style="text-align: center;"><em>Meet the three Millennial Dads. From left to right: Muhammad Nasrul Afiq, Xanthus Kong and Benjamin Rajendram.</em></h6>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>A Sweet Challenge!</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Parenting is a challenge especially when you are a first-time dad or mom. However, it is worth the work and effort and love makes it all better. Muhammad Nasrul Afiq, 25, a first-time dad to a 6-month year old boy, does not have it easy. “For me, everything is a challenge but I’m learning along the way. I am loving every moment of being a parent.”</p>
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<h6 style="text-align: center;"><em>Muhammad Nasrul Afiq giving his son, Muhammad Musa a bath</em></h6>
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<h6 style="text-align: center;"><em>Muhammad Nasrul Afiq carrying his little bundle of joy, Muhammad Musa</em></h6>
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<h6 style="text-align: center;"><em>Benjamin Rajendram with his three-year-old son, Joshua Zion Rajendram</em></h6>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">As for Benjamin Rajendram, 27, a first-time dad to a three-year-old boy, his challenge is of not knowing if he is doing enough for his child. “Most men have this question in their minds but they choose not to speak about it. As a dad, I am more than willing to go the extra mile for my son. Yet, I always ask myself, “Am I doing enough for Joshua Zion?” I constantly want to do more”.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Making Decisions Together - For The Better!</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Decision making is best when it is jointly made as husband and wife. Back then, dads assumed leadership in decision making, probably because they were the sole breadwinner. Times have changed. Now, millennial parents are open to having discussions with one another and making decisions together.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Xanthus Kong, 35, who has a 17-month year old baby boy, prefers to discuss with his wife and make decisions together especially on how they want to raise their child. “Our parents have in fact tried giving their opinions on ways to raise our child, but we prefer doing it our own way. We see it as teamwork and want to explore how we can do things on our own.”</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">As for Benjamin Rajendram, disciplining his son is important. “It is always a shared decision even when it comes to the way we discipline our son. My wife and I do come to an agreement and decide what would be the best way to discipline him.”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Nasrul also shared that he ensures he makes the right decision for the betterment of his family. For someone who is passionate about racing, he had to give it up as he does not want to risk his life and put his family in jeopardy. ‘My son and wife are my main priority and I want to always be there for them.”</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Best Parenting Advice </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It is indeed not difficult to be a good parent. Here are some parenting advice from the three millennial dads.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em><strong>Love your wife</strong> </em>
Benjamin highlighted the importance to love your wife because a child looks at how his dad would treat his mother. “The way you speak to your wife, that is how your child will speak to his wife in the future. To me, loving your wife, is the best advice. I want to show my son how a woman should be treated.”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em><strong>Always be sincere</strong> </em>
Xanthus Kong believes that sincerity and support of each other is vital as parents. Always have the best interest for your child and even your spouse. Care for and support each other.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em><strong>Trust one another</strong></em>
For Nasrul, he believes that the best parenting advice is to always trust one another and to have faith in all decisions that they make together for their child. “Building trust with my wife is very important because without trust, it would be easy for any third party to bring us down.”</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Tollyjoy – Celebrating Millennial Dads this Father’s Day</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This Father’s Day, baby brand Tollyjoy who has been journeying with parents over the last 40 years as they brought up their kids, is celebrating Millennial Dads by recognising this new ‘breed’ of dads.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Mr Tan Wee Keng, CEO of Tollyjoy Corporation shared his views on becoming a dad for the first time. “When I became a parent for the first time, I had to be taught and guided by my wife. I wish we had a training manual for first-time dads. It is true that women do have natural instincts especially when it comes to nurturing the child. The millennial dads today are indeed confident and hands-on. They are capable of raising a child on their own.”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Coincidentally, Benjamin shared that he used Tollyjoy products when his son was young. They helped make it easier for his wife and him to care for their son, Joshua Zion. “We had the Tollyjoy Portable Rack for bottles and accessories which was really helpful, especially when we were travelling. The mittens were useful as my son had a skin disorder and his skin would react to things he touched. The mittens protected him from scratching and hurting himself.”</p>
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