Suicide games and signs of distress: what parents should do?

Dear Parents ,

You may have heard or seen trending on social media, an online game called the Blue Whale and a Netflix TV show called ‘13 Reasons Why’. The content related to self-harm or suicide that has been circulating is worrying as it may influence our children negatively on suicide being a viable and even glamorous way to deal with their problems.  

While we cannot fully protect our children from being exposed to such viral content, parents and schools do play an important role in teaching them how to be more discerning and minimise the negative effects of exposure to such content. 

We would like to share 2 articles published on Schoolbag.sg (click here (1) and click here (2)) to encourage parents to have an open conversation with their children about their struggles, including pointers on watching out for signs of anxiety and distress.

Please feel free to share the articles with other parents.

Have a good weekend ahead.

Best regards,

Engagement and Research Division

Communications and Engagement Group • Fax: +65 6775 3061

Ministry of Education • 1 North Buona Vista Drive, Singapore 138675 • http://www.moe.gov.sg

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Poly Education at NYP

This seminar will consist of:

·        A talk on Poly Education at NYP.

·        A talk on the Early Admission Exercise

·        Buffet brunch

·        Break-out sessions with staff from all 7 NYP Schools plus Admissions and Student Care & Guidance (this is a great opportunity to talk to the staff who will be reading the 600-character write-ups and conducting the interviews during EAE).

·        Tours of NYP’s facilities in all 7 Schools.

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The following is a compilation of a few of the Poly Early Admission Exercise (EAE) Seminar for Parents who are interested to find out more about polytechnic education..

• Singapore Polytechnic Parents’ Forum June 2017

Date:                   Saturday, 3 June 2017

Time:                   9.30am – 12.30pm

Venue:                Singapore Polytechnic Convention Centre (SPCC)

Link:                    http://www.sp.edu.sg/pforum/

• Nanyang Polytechnic EAE Parents’ Seminar

Date:                  22 May 2017 (Sat) 

Time:                 8:30am to 2pm
Venue:               Block A, Central

Link:                  http://www.nyp.edu.sg/eae/event-info.html

• Republic Polytechnic Parents’ Talk on EAE

Date:                  21 June 2017 (Wed)

Time:                 6pm to 9pm

Venue:               LT W2

Link:                 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/parents-talk-june-2017-registration-31276509883?aff=erelexpmlt

• Temasek Polytechnic Parental Guidance Seminar 

Date:                 17 June 2017 (Sat)

Time:                8:45am to 1pm

Venue:              Temasek Convention Centre 

Link:                 http://www.tp.edu.sg/events/Parental-Guidance-Seminar-2017