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                                <title><![CDATA[ 'Free time' after final exams sparks debate on start of 2025 school year ]]></title>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Changes to citizenship laws change nothing for thousands born to Malaysian mothers ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 09:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Minister calls on parents to report sexual harassment of kids ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2023 13:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Nancy Shukri says parents must not hesitate to report if their children fall victim to such incidents. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ 'Lawnmower parenting', from the classroom to the interview room ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Such behaviour on the part of parents will not do their children any favours in life, a psychologist warns. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Concern over parents going into debt to buy their children homes ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nur Hasliza Mohd Salleh ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Experts say children should be taught a sense of financial responsibility and how to manage their money correctly. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ South Korea teachers, parents protest plan to lower school entry age to 5 ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2022 05:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The education ministry says it will lower the age in stages, beginning as early as 2025, if it gains consensus public support. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Shanghai defends policy of separating Covid-positive kids from parents ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2022 07:29:55 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Under China's unbending virus controls, anyone found positive must be isolated from non-infected people. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Hong Kong parents decry child separations during virus surge ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2022 03:56:57 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The densely populated metropolis is in the throes of its worst-ever Covid wave, registering thousands of cases every day as hospitals and isolation units run out of space. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Keeping up with the lingo to safeguard children online ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2021 01:00:32 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ With children spending greater amounts of time online, especially in the age of the pandemic, parents will need to keep abreast of terminology that could raise red flags. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Over 4,000 students lost parents to Covid-19 ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nur Shazreena Ali ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2021 10:18:14 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Rina Harun says 154 have been left completely orphaned through the deaths of both father and mother. ]]></description>
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