{
  "id": 16724694,
  "title": "Singapore dad tells 16-year-old daughter to aim higher than McDonald’s for her first job after O-levels",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/singapore-dad-tells-16-year-old-daughter-to-aim-higher-than-mcdonalds",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T06:00:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Independent Singapore",
    "slug": "the-independent-singapore",
    "url": "https://theindependent.sg/singapore-dad-tells-16-year-old-daughter-to-aim-higher-than-mcdonald-s-for-her-first-job-after-o-levels"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "SINGAPORE: A 16-year-old girl who wants to spend her post-O-level break working in F&B or retail has found herself at odds with her parents after her father suggested she work at the company where her mother is employed instead. In a Reddit post on r/SGexams, the teenager said she wanted to find a casual job after her examinations, partly for fun and partly to gain her first taste of working life…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}