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Minor Issues: My kids get to decide if they want to have tuition

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When parents give their child the power to decide whether to have tuition, the child gains autonomy and learns personal responsibility.

When parents give their child the power to decide whether to have tuition, the child gains autonomy and learns personal responsibility.

ST ILLUSTRATION: CEL GULAPA

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SINGAPORE – I have never been a fan of tuition or academic enrichment lessons for my children.

Over the years, I have written about how I would not send my kids – now 19, 16 and nine – for tuition unless they needed and wanted it.

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