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  • MUIS Dekati Ibu Bapa Demi Bantu Anak-Anak Tangani Radikalisme Di Media Sosial

    MUIS Dekati Ibu Bapa Demi Bantu Anak-Anak Tangani Radikalisme Di Media Sosial

    MAJLIS Ugama Islam Singapura (Muis) bakal mendekati ibu bapa untuk memberi panduan kepada mereka bagaimana membantu anak mereka dalam mengendali radikalisme di media sosial.

    Langkah terbaru Muis itu bakal diperkasa dengan menganjurkan sebuah seminar keibubapaan bagi menyediakan wadah kepada ibu bapa dalam menggunakan media sosial sebagai alat meningkatkan pembelajaran.

    Ibu bapa juga bakal dibekalkan sebuah buku panduan bertajuk ‘Resilient Families: Safeguarding Against Radicalisation’ (Keluarga Berdaya Tahan: Berlindung dari Radikalisme).

    Menurut jurucakap Muis, buku panduan ini julung kali diterbitkan Pejabat Mufti dalam usaha mempersiap dan memperkasa ibu bapa membimbing kanak-kanak menggunakan media sosial dengan selamat.

    Seminar keibubapaan yang akan dianjurkan Sabtu ini bertajuk Parenting IRL (In Real Life)*: Raising The Snapchat Generation atau Keibubapaan (Dalam Hidup Sebenar): Membesarkan Generasi Snapchat.

    Seminar dan buku panduan itu juga bertujuan menyedarkan ibu bapa tentang cabaran dalam percambahan media sosial dalam masyarakat hari ini.

    Menurut jurucakap Muis, peranti elektronik yang menghubungkan mereka ke Internet digunakan secara meluas hari ini. Sesetengah anak mula menggunakan peranti sedemikian pada usia yang terlalu muda.

    Bagi kanak-kanak dan remaja, media sosial menyediakan platform bagi mereka meneroka dunia maya melalui permainan dan interaksi. Ini mendedahkan mereka kepada pelbagai risiko.

     

    Source: www.beritaharian.sg

  • Boy Missing Since 6 Aug, Inform Parents If You See Him

    Boy Missing Since 6 Aug, Inform Parents If You See Him

    Please help us if u have seen this boy do call us at 96654414 / 90710790 or u can straight bring him to the nearest police post.

    My son Muhadmmad Shahridzmie bin Salleh have been missing since yesterday (saturday 6 aug 2016) Last seen before going to his Mendaki tuition, wearing mendaki polo tshirt and long pants.. report done yesterday

    do help us share this post so that others cn update us his wereabout, thank you…

    Source: www.allsingaporestuff,com

  • State Coroner: Don’t Leave Your Children Alone At Home

    State Coroner: Don’t Leave Your Children Alone At Home

    She did not want to rouse her three-year-old granddaughter from sleep.

    So, around 12.20pm on Jan 20, Madam Manisah Subakin decided to leave Nur Syahamah Syahrom home alone in their fourth-storey flat.

    She then went out to fetch the little girl’s older sister from Rosyth School, which is near their home at Block 542, Serangoon North Avenue 4.

    Madam Manisah, 66, returned just 15 minutes later. To her horror, the toddler was lying unconscious near the void deck.

    The little girl died 24 days later in hospital.

    In an inquiry into her death yesterday, State Coroner Marvin Bay said Nur Syahamah had fallen more than 10 metres from an ungrilled balcony window to the ground below.

    She was in a pink top, pink shorts and had one pink slipper on her right foot while the other one was found nearby, next to a rubbish chute. There was no blood at the scene.

    Nur Syahamah was rushed to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, where it was found that she had fractured her skull and suffered severe traumatic brain injury.

    She was transferred on the same day to KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital where she died of pneumonia on Feb 13.

    Coroner Bay found her death to be a tragic misadventure.

    He said all the other windows in the flat had grilles.

    According to the findings, after seeing her granddaughter lying motionless downstairs, Madam Manisah rushed home and saw a white stool under the balcony window.

    It had originally been placed below a wooden bench in the living room.

    The little girl, who was 1.03m tall, had most likely moved it to the window by herself, reached a ledge and fallen out.

    Coroner Bay said the stool was 28cm high while the ledge was 95cm above the balcony floor.

    He added: “She may not have been able to fully understand that her actions put her at a perilous risk of falling from height.”

    HABIT

    Nur Syahamah had four older siblings between seven and 14 years old, and Madam Manisah had taken care of all of them.

    Madam Manisah said Nur Syahamah had a habit of standing on her bed and looking out of the window. She liked watching her siblings go to school.

    About two hours before the tragedy, the grandmother had opened the balcony window slightly and placed a pillow on a ledge to sun it.

    When she left the flat, she locked the main gate, leaving the sleeping Nur Syahamah alone in the unit.

    The little girl must have woken up and found that her grandmother was not home.

    Coroner Bay said Nur Syahamah had apparently wanted to leave the flat to look for Madam Manisah as she was found with her slippers.

    Finding herself locked in, she might have gone to the balcony window which was partially open and fallen out.

    He added that this case was similar to the one involving four-year-old Darien Riley Zabiq, who suffered a fatal fall after he was left alone at home with his then-two-year-old sister.

    Darien fell nine storeys from his new home in Yishun Ring Road in October last year after he placed a chair in front of a window and pushed it open.

    Coroner Bay said: “Nur’s sad demise does underscore the essential importance of installing and securing grilles and windows to prevent accidental falls, and also to adopt other sensible measures to render a home fully child-safe.

    “Young children are by nature inquisitive and keen to explore their environment.

    “The dangers of leaving young children home alone cannot be overstated.”

    Nur Syahamah’s father, Mr Syahrom Mohammad Yunus, 43, was in court yesterday during the inquiry but declines to be interviewed.

     

    Source: www.tnp.sg

  • P1 Registration: Child Must Live At Declared Address For At Least 30 Months From Jul 2015

    P1 Registration: Child Must Live At Declared Address For At Least 30 Months From Jul 2015

    A new rule requiring children to live for at least 21/2 years at the addresses they used to apply for primary school has been introduced, with parents largely supportive of the change.

    Beginning this year, those who gain priority admission to schools based on distance need to live at the address for at least 30 months from the start of the Primary 1 registration exercise.

    Those with a yet-to-be-completed property also have to live at the new address for as long, but this can start only from when they move in and not from the registration, subject to certain limits.

    The Ministry of Education (MOE) did not set any specific time period previously. If this condition is not met, MOE may transfer the child to another school.

    When asked, MOE said the distance priority has always been given with the expectation that the family will live at the address declared for Primary 1 registration.

    While the MOE’s intent is that this should be for as long as the child is in primary school, it “recognised the practical challenges of imposing an explicit ‘minimum stay’ that would meet the policy intent while not making it overly onerous and rigid”.

    The news, reported by Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao yesterday, has sparked a lot of discussion. Parents felt the rule would deter people from renting homes and moving away shortly after their children get spots in schools, and said it will not affect them as they do not plan to move soon.

    But some who rented properties near schools may be stuck if their leases do not last 30 months.

    For Primary 1 registration, schools conduct a ballot when the number of applicants exceeds available places. Those who live nearer the school – usually within 1km – get priority in the ballot.

    A handful of parents have taken advantage of this to get their children into popular schools. A father who lied about where he lived to get his daughter into a top school in 2013 was given two weeks’ jail this year.

    Property agents said the rule is unlikely to affect rental or home prices. One agent, Mr Jack Tam, said those who rent places near popular schools are rare.

    Horizon Real Estates’ key executive officer Lena Low agreed, but said those who rent homes may need to get longer-term leases.

    Some who just want the address get cheaper studio apartments without living there, she said. If they have to move in now, they need a bigger place, she said.

    Housewife Shellin Tan, 38, who has a six-year-old son, said the rule is fair but “those who want brand-name schools will still find properties with longer leases or buy homes near them”.

    Mr Lim Biow Chuan, chair of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Education, said the rule ensures families live near their kids’ schools. But the period may be too long as some may genuinely need to move, he added.

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com

  • More Parents Opting For Beyond Parenting Control Order

    More Parents Opting For Beyond Parenting Control Order

    More parents are taking up a Beyond Parental Control (BPC) order, the Singapore Children’s Society Youth Services said. This order applies to children aged 16 and below and have behavioural problems in school or at home, leading to their parents applying to the Court for assistance in managing them.

    Every Friday at Youth Court, a team of social workers and counsellors from the Singapore Children’s Society Youth Service Centre screen complaints from parents wanting to pursue a BPC order. In the first three months of 2015, the team has screened 113 complaints. It screened a total of 373 complaints for the whole of 2014.

    Among the common complaints by parents – that their children were involved in truancy, were runaways or stayed out late at night.

    “A lot of parents who come to court every Friday to lodge the BPC complaint, a lot of them are desperate,” said Dr Carol Balhetchet, Senior Director at the Youth Service Centre. “Some of them are desperate but are open to listening to other possible alternative care or alternative help. But the majority of them come to court with the intention of forcing through the BPC order, of obtaining the BPC order.”

    Before an order is obtained, counsellors organise a pre-mediation session with parents and their children to see if their issues can be resolved. But if such measures fail, the BPC complaint will proceed. Once accepted by a judge, the child is put into a closed institution – either the Singapore Boys’ Home or Singapore Girls’ Home – for four to five weeks. During that time, an investigation is carried on the child’s background, which will be presented to the judge.

    The judge then has three options: To keep the child in a closed institution, or admit the child in an open institution like Boys’ Town, where they can come out during weekends. The child can also be put under a Statutory Supervision Order, where a counsellor will supervise youth and parents. All options can last between one and three years

    GIRLS MAKE UP MAJORITY OF BPC CASES

    In 2013, there were 83 Beyond Parental Control cases, compared to 66 cases in 2014. But a consistent trend has remained since 2008 – girls form the majority of BPC cases. In 2014, 40 cases involved girls, while 26 cases involved boys. The Youth Service Centre of Singapore Children’s Society says it is also seeing girls become tougher and more aggressive.

    “During adolescence, generally youth could face challenges in regulating their emotions and girls tend to have higher emphasis on maintaining good relationships with significant others and friends,” said counseling psychologist at PsyFit Gerald Boh. “If they could not have quality relationships, they might face difficulty fulfilling their underlying need for love and belonging and, as a result, might exhibit inappropriate behaviours.” These could actually be a cry for help, he said.

    There were three Beyond Parental Control cases involving 11- to 12-year-olds, and 24 cases involving 15-year-olds. The age group of 13 to 14 years old, which comprised 39 cases, made up the majority in 2014.

    The Singapore Children’s Society Youth Services said this is a newer trend. In previous years, the majority of BPC cases were between the ages of 14 and 15 years old.

    The Society said this could be due to the fact that parents are now receiving less family caregiver support. In response, they are encouraging parents to spend more quality time with their children to get to know them better. The Society adds that ultimately, community support is a better solution for a delinquent child than intervention from the authorities.

     

    Source: www.channelnewsasia.com