Parents don’t always know what’s best


Noor Azimah: Parents have to be sensitive to what their children want to pursue.

ASIAN parents, particularly the dreaded “tiger mums”, are often strict when it comes to education.

This, Malaysian Mental Health Association president Datuk Dr Andrew Mohanraj believes, is probably based on the cultural and intergenerational belief system that “parents know best”.

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