Every week when i drive to fetch the children, Kavitha will be waiting. She then yells at the top of her voice for the others, usually her brother Karnan and their neighbors living in another flat near theirs. As i watch them grow, i can't help but wonder what their futures will be like. Karnan and Kavitha's 3 older brothers have dropped out of school and are working. Their parents split up recently and the older children live with their dad. Their mum runs a food stall in a hawker centre nearby. She previously used to do cleaning for one of the night spots close by too. The children are caring and loving despite their coming from a broken home. Kavitha often offers me sweets she buys with the lose change her mum gives her and i have learnt that refusing doesn't work. When she was younger, she would always ask for piggy back rides to the field but i have tried to stop giving them to her as she is growing up real quickly. I have never given Karnan piggy back rides and you can see from the photo why...
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