Minor Issues: I went from a strict mum to a doting mum

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