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Lost Child

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This is a reminder to all parents of young children to be alert when supervising your child at the playground. Credit:  https://www.timeout.com/singapore/kids/kidzplay-skygarden Today, I was at a rooftop water playground of Nex shopping mall having lunch when I noticed a 5-7-year-old boy repeatedly calling out for his mother at the east wing of the playground. He was growing more panicky with each call. I looked around the playground and saw that all the other children had some form of adult supervision except him. When he started wandering out of the playground and even further east, I became worried and approached him to ask if he was looking for his mother and whether he remembered what she was wearing. He nodded cautiously and mumbled a description. I told him that I would help him look for her. I looked around and noticed a woman sitting alone at the west end of the rooftop, behind the playground, her eyes glued to her phone. I pointed her out to the boy and asked him if it wa...