Filmmaker father shares about his parenting style, teaching his children about the world


All piled up: Chung and his wife Leong (pictured with their three children) have an unconventional and unique parenting style.Photo: Linus Chung

Filmmaker Linus Chung’s most memorable moment in fatherhood was when his wife Leong Shen Nyan showed him her pregnancy test results. And that was how his journey into fatherhood began, eight years ago, recalls the 41-year-old from Kuching, Sarawak.

“We realised that this was the moment where we would go from having to take care of just ourselves to being responsible for another life, ” he says.

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