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ST journalist Venessa Lee's children Leah Broom, 6 (girl in pink), and Micah, 10, (in white) join other children as they participate in a safari-themed city parade at Sentosa. ST PHOTO: JASMINE CHOONG
ST journalist Venessa Lee and her children, Micah Broom, 10, and Leah Broom, 6, on the Imbiah Trail on Sentosa.
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A room at the Outpost Hotel at Sentosa.
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Pineapple Upside Down Cake at Native Kitchen.
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Leah Broom, 6 plus years old, Primary 1 (girl), and Micah Broom, 10 years old, Primary 10 (boy) interact with Shashi, a 25-year-old greater sulfur-crested female cockatoo, who gives Leah a kiss on her cheek during an Animal Encounters at Sentosa.
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Shashi, a 25-year-old greater sulfur-crested female cockatoo, flies to Micah Broom's arm (left), from Leslie Gorrie, supervisor with Animal And Bird Encounters Sentosa, 30 (man in the background), during an Animal Encounters at Sentosa.
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Venessa Lee with Leah Broom (left), and Micah Broom (right) at the Animal Crafts Booth by MuzArt.
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Children participate in a Safari-themed City Parade which happens at 1.30pm and 4.30pm.
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Micah broom and Leah broom reading a book together in the hotel room with their mother Venessa Lee in another room.
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Micah broom and Leah broom reading a book together in the hotel room.
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The lazy river pool in the hotel.
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Micah broom and Leah broom with their mother Venessa Lee in the hotel lobby.

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Micah broom and Leah broom playing in the lazy river pool.
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Micah broom and Leah broom playing beside the kid’s pool.
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Micah broom and Leah broom playing in the lazy river pool.
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Venessa Lee
Senior Correspondent
Updated
Published
May 25, 2019 at 2:00 PM
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SINGAPORE - A grown man is wearing a big unicorn float at the kids' swimming pool. It is as good a symbol as any for hands-on parenting in the Instagram age.

In one of three shallow pools, toddlers step on burbling mini- fountains or slither down the slides, while babies wobble towards their parents. Older children and adults drift in a serene, tiered pool.

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