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Minor Issues: Staying chill when teens prioritise peers over parents

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File picture of teenagers at a barbecue pit at the East Coast Park.

Some parents are concerned over the amount of time their teenagers spend with their friends, to the extent where they feel left out.

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SINGAPORE – Family dinners with all five of us around the dining table have been a cherished, daily affair since the teenagers started preparing for their year-end examinations and their co-curricular activities (CCA) took a break.

Before this period, my 17-year-old son would have dinners out with friends twice a week, after his CCA training.

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