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Ms Jonnansical Boo (right) and Mr Tony Ong (left) have learnt to navigate going out as a family by letting their son, Colin, know what to expect.
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SINGAPORE – When he was younger, Colin loved to press lift buttons and see them light up. So his mother, Ms Jonnansical Boo, taught him that he had to ask the people in the lift if he could do the pressing for them.
“But if adults ignored him or went ahead to press the button, it would lead to a meltdown and a lot of crying,” she says.
