Minor Issues: Trust, myopia and screen time for our kids

It is not just the older children, kids under 10 are hooked on screens too. PHOTO: ST FILE
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SINGAPORE - It struck me, when I was reading about the 16-year-old student who had planned to attack two mosques in Singapore, that I had only a vague idea about what my 15-year-old son has been doing online.

I don't use a parental control app to restrict his usage or track websites he visits.

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