Thank you :)

You are the rare normal parent @kaerpediem - there's two things you wouldn't expect to go together in a sentence. You're right, parenting is hard in any generation, but over the years of seeing students pass through - I've seen such a steady decline pushing the norm into the outlier position, and the outliers into the norm. Especially at the university level. At the primary and kindy, they are so much better at their numbers and reading at a younger age - but absolutely rubbish when it comes to internal regulation, problem solving and social cognition.

From the role of an educator, either I'm going to all the wrong schools, or children in general are just very different these days.

Parents like you are such a treat and a rare gem. Compared to the masses however.....sigh

I'm hoping for better things with this new cabinet. So sad Tun can't be our education minister. Oh the kind of clean up that would happen..... I shall indulge in a little day dreaming. :)