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Playing awkwardly nice on playdates

It may be fun for the children, but parents walk on eggshells as we try to outdo one another in humility and politeness

ST ILLUSTRATION: CEL GULAPA
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Between my wife and me, I am the "fun parent" to our three-year-old daughter.

I'm the one who will heave a laughing JJ over my shoulders, pretending she's a heavy sack of potatoes to be tossed wildly onto the back of a truck (our king-sized bed).

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on January 25, 2021, with the headline Playing awkwardly nice on playdates. Subscribe