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Parenting perils of being always connected
In this digital age, parents find it hard to disengage from their children's lives and this may have a negative impact, says Prof Lim Sun Sun, whose new book describes this phenomenon
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Once, on a work trip to Montreal, Professor Lim Sun Sun was startled from sleep by a 2am telephone call from her son's teacher.
Calling from Singapore in the afternoon, more than 12 hours ahead, the science teacher asked Prof Lim to source the new workbook her son needed for term two, as stocks had run out at the school's bookshop.
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