Commenting on the measures announced by the Government to make pre-school education more affordable and the increase in support for couples undergoing fertility treatments, SMU Dean of Students and Professor of Sociology (Practice) Paulin Straughan said structural barriers that hinder young adults from seeking a significant other and building a family must be removed through policy intervention. Prof Straughan added, “Raising children must come with private cost as it is a private endeavour. After all, it is your child."