How to parent when screens are everywhere?

Deep Dive

In his National Day Rally speech, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong called on parents to be more mindful about their children's screen use and online behaviour. But with no clear playbook for parents on how to raise kids to thrive in an age of AI, how can the government and society step in to help? Steven Chia speaks with Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo and mother-of-two Jane Foo.

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Chapters

1. How to parent when screens are everywhere? (00:00:00)

2. Working parents' struggles (00:03:15)

3. It's natural for parents to feel guilty (00:05:11)

4. Parents must get familiar with AI (00:10:20)

5. Is legislation enough to protect our children? (00:14:53)

6. Going back to a play-based childhood (00:18:09)

7. How far can having age assurance measures go? (00:21:06)

8. Having robust age verification processes (00:23:12)