Minor Issues: Being a chill parent in a kiasu world

A family cycles along the Kallang Park Connector on April 15, 2020. PHOTO: ST FILE
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SINGAPORE - Exam season is almost over for my two younger teens, while the eldest is busy with his O levels, which end in mid-November.

The constant refrain in the house is me bugging them. Not to study, but to stop studying. Like, "Want to go for a walk?"

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