Who's to blame when a child goes 'beyond parental control'?

Playing truant from school, getting involved with gangs and stealing are some of the issues that can leave parents at their wit's end. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: ST FILE
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SINGAPORE - For over a year, Madam N tried to get her teenage daughter to stop smoking, stealing and playing truant.

She even transferred her daughter to another school to keep her away from peers she felt were a bad influence.

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