Minor Issues: Parenting regrets of mums with grown kids

Take toddlers outdoors so they can appreciate nature and insects, suggests one parent.   ST PHOTO: GIN TAY
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SINGAPORE – It is report book season. When my two older children aged 14 and 17 came home with their grades, I told them I was proud of the effort they had put in.

No, they did not score straight As. In fact, they each had one or two subjects they would need to work much harder on.

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