By Jacqueline Foo, Jean Goh, Nicole Tan, Senior Clinical Psychologists and Co-Founders, We Rather Bee Once only seen in movies, violence and tragedies in children and teenagers are escalating. This year alone, a 9-year-old allegedly slashed his 6-year-old brother after losing Roblox points, a teen boy fatally stabbed a classmate over unrequited feelings, and a 17-year-old was accused of killing his mother and brother. Despite these worrying cases, the exclusive country member of Malaysia for the Worldwide Independent Network of Market Researcher (WiN), Central Force International’s latest findings reveal that over half of Malaysian parents give little or no thought to their children’s mental health. This suggests a major disconnect between what is happening around them and what parents believe is happening at home. The headspace of children today is clearly not where it should be. Is it time for parents to helicopter again? The Reality of Growing Up in an A...
