INTERACTIVE: Parent-child disconnect causing loneliness, depression and self-harm among teens

PETALING JAYA: A lonely teenager sits quietly in her room, playing on her mobile phone and refusing to leave even to eat.

“I’m not hungry actually,” said 16-years-old Anisah* who said her parents regularly work late and are not around to force her to eat either.

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