Recruit tried to swim out of Tekong camp
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Wonder what kind of punishment the boy will get?
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After reading the article, I was wondering how to better prepare my DS1 and DS2 for National Service in the future. Then, as usual, I searched KSP for good advice from other parents, and found this \"NS Formulas\" under the Market Place category. It is supposed to be a boot camp / course with instructors to toughen up children / teenagers to prepare them for NS. Now, in addition to enrichment courses for academic subjects and CCA's, there's also enrichment for National Service. Amazing!
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it’s a timely reminder for parents to try to let go of our children as they grow older.
Alot of time we are still deciding for our kids…like what school to go to, what course to take, what to wear, what to use, who to date…etc…
So come a time when they r on their own, their suddenly can’t manage…it not like they r unfit…just that it suddenly their well-being became their responsibility and they cannot handle it and end up making the wrong decision. -
I am thinking of letting my kid be independent when reach P1. take the school bus own to go school, with no maids carry bag no parents bring to the waiting spot to wait for bus.
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I have a hunch it is a defeat of the recruit's mental ability rather than the physical ability that's why he flea the camp.
A decade ago, there were so many talks about newly recruits being fat and unfit. But we certainly do not see such news ( or perhaps the media was better hidden than :censored: ). How do these recruit endure the hardship in the camp then? Certainly, the mental part must be able to take them through... -
Try feeding kid until fat :rotflmao: Then not so \"difficult\" in ns.
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cwc:
Ha ha....now I worry & guilty. My P5 DS has been pestering me to let him go home himself after school everyday. It's either a 15 mins public bus ride + 7mins walk or 25mins walking.....with a damn heavy schoolbag. Mahjiam like a army backpack since the bag is ~20-25% of his weight. Let him get trained up now? Scared he gets too comfortable and next time lazy.....jtoh:
Children these days live a more sheltered life. Many are ferried everywhere because parents do not allow them to take public transport, even at secondary school. Some don't do much physical exercises - their CCA in school is chess, mind games, math society etc. Some struggle through yearly NAPFA tests.
Even at boarding, some parents insist on helping their kids to pack up every weekend, some going so far as to bring in maids to help. On compulsory overseas trips, some parents tag along, stay at the same hotel etc, just so they can be near their precious just in case.
How do kids learn to be independent and to develop physically for NS? Not surprising that they have a hard time dealing with it.
I am a new mum but I cant help but ask: Doesn't kids keep their books underneath the desk (like many of us used to decades ago)? Why are the school bags still so heavy? -
Brainkid:
Ha ha....now I worry & guilty. My P5 DS has been pestering me to let him go home himself after school everyday. It's either a 15 mins public bus ride + 7mins walk or 25mins walking.....with a damn heavy schoolbag. Mahjiam like a army backpack since the bag is ~20-25% of his weight. Let him get trained up now? Scared he gets too comfortable and next time lazy.....cwc:
[quote=\"jtoh\"]Children these days live a more sheltered life. Many are ferried everywhere because parents do not allow them to take public transport, even at secondary school. Some don't do much physical exercises - their CCA in school is chess, mind games, math society etc. Some struggle through yearly NAPFA tests.
Even at boarding, some parents insist on helping their kids to pack up every weekend, some going so far as to bring in maids to help. On compulsory overseas trips, some parents tag along, stay at the same hotel etc, just so they can be near their precious just in case.
How do kids learn to be independent and to develop physically for NS? Not surprising that they have a hard time dealing with it.
I am a new mum but I cant help but ask: Doesn't kids keep their books underneath the desk (like many of us used to decades ago)? Why are the school bags still so heavy?[/quote]don't think kids can keep books under desk. last time, we also don't keep books under desk. which generation keep books under desk?
Saw some kids' bag so big have to trolley up school bus. -
Oppsgal:
I am thinking of letting my kid be independent when reach P1. take the school bus own to go school, with no maids carry bag no parents bring to the waiting spot to wait for bus.
I feel that P1 is a bit too young to be on his own. Maybe from P4, the children are more mature and that is a better age to train to be independent. -
Brainkid:
Kids never keep their books underneath the desk. When I was a student decades ago, we never do that too. Don't forget there are lots of trouble -makers in sch, they may throw away or damage the books.
I am a new mum but I cant help but ask: Doesn't kids keep their books underneath the desk (like many of us used to decades ago)? Why are the school bags still so heavy?
For upper pri students, they have lockers, so they can keep some books in the locker.
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