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Loh: Our playgrounds combine strong safety measures with challenge and controlled risk.
LOH Jon Ming, a father of three, finds that his philosophy towards parenting has shifted over the years.
'When parents have their first child, everything revolves around protection – playgrounds must be extremely safe, YouTube content must be filtered, books must be pre-read. But when you get to three kids, there's no way to manage that for all of them,' he explains.
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