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Minor Issues: Can a ‘dandelion’ parent nurture an ‘orchid’ child?
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According to paediatrician and psychiatrist Thomas Boyce, genes alone do not make a child an orchid or a dandelion.
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Jill Lim
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SINGAPORE – “Are you an ‘orchid’ or a ‘dandelion’ parent?” a recent article intriguingly began. I did not have a clue.
I had heard of tiger parents (fierce), helicopters (always hovering) and jellyfish (no backbone). But flower styles were new to me.
