Parents in Singapore sending 'pandemic babies' as young as 3 months old to enrichment classes

A Smart Babes session for babies 10 to 18 months old, provided by Growing up Gifted on Aug 4, 2022. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
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SINGAPORE - Their babies may not have taken their first steps, but parents of children born during the pandemic are already sending them for classes to expose them to the world outside of home.

From gym and movement to brain development classes, enrichment centres are reporting greater enrolment rates for babies as young as three months and toddlers up to three years old this year, after a slowdown amid Covid-19 restrictions in the past two years.

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