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The writer tells herself that she would just raise kids she would enjoy spending time with.

The writer now tells herself that she will just raise kids she enjoys spending time with.

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SINGAPORE – With my two older children, now 18 and 15, I was a “mean mum” who did not give in to their demands.

For example, my son would ask for more screen or game time, or even a mobile phone when he was in primary school, because his friends had one.

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