There are some student hostel that provides home-stay services, or mainly provides home-stay service. These so-called home-stay is a kind of custody service for young children whose parents could not accompany them. This home-stay service allows the young children who lacks the independence ability to be able to feel the family warmth despite being in a foreign country. The service includes laundry, cooking, guidance in studies, handling of administrative work on behalf of them, keeping contact with the students' parents etc. These additional services would reassure the parents when their child is studying and staying in Singapore.