Parenthood is, of course, a lifelong journey.

But there is a distinct flavour to parenting at every stage: wonder amid mayhem and sleep deprivation in the first three months; recognising the emerging individual in the toddler years; facilitating curiosity and experimentation in the pre-school ages; catching glimpses of independence in primary school; and so forth.

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Tan Poh Lin is a senior research fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.

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