{"id":71997,"date":"2026-07-27T11:56:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T03:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=71997"},"modified":"2026-07-27T11:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T03:56:14","slug":"tv-presenter-diana-ser-lists-out-life-advice-for-her-children-entering-university-dont-just-make-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=71997","title":{"rendered":"TV presenter Diana Ser lists out life advice for her children entering university: &#8216;Don\u2019t just make friends&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>For parents, no matter how old your children get, there is always one more piece of advice you would like to squeeze in before they head out the door.<\/p>\n<p>For former actress and Talking Point host Diana Ser, that door just happens to lead to university.<\/p>\n<p>The 54-year-old recently revealed that two of her three children \u2013 presumably her eldest son Jake, 19, and daughter Christy, 17 \u2013 will be starting university next year.<\/p>\n<p>To mark the milestone, she shared a series of adorable throwback photos of them growing up, along with five life lessons she hopes they&#8217;ll carry with them into adulthood.<\/p>\n<p>1. Iron your clothes<\/p>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s more than just about appearance, though\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u2013<\/span><span> it reflects self-respect and discipline, she wrote.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. Seek solace in the outdoors<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cNature calms, refreshes, and rejuvenates.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>3. Don\u2019t just make friends<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cCultivate friendships that last. These provide emotional and psychological support and relationships, and relationships that anchor you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>4. Get enough sleep<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYou\u2019ll look and think better. Period.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>5. Get perspectives on everything<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBut ground your decisions to what matters most to you. Your values, passion, and loved ones.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/entertainment\/diana-ser-advice-university-kids-james-lye-6279786\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For parents, no matter how old your children get, there is always one more piece of advice you would like to squeeze in before they&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--jOWC9NqG--\/c_crop,h_1125,w_2000,x_0,y_1\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/07\/27\/diana_ser_children_university.jpg?itok=prdrIjim","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1329,3503,21369,525,1988,52,402,19873,7603,23573,16329],"class_list":["post-71997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-advice","tag-children","tag-diana","tag-dont","tag-entering","tag-friends","tag-life","tag-lists","tag-presenter","tag-ser","tag-university","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/71998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}