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Singapore 12-year-old boy is parent to 4 siblings
He cooks, dresses the kids up, takes them to school and stays up till 3am to finish his job.
The 12-year-old is known simply as "Abang" (or big brother in Malay) to his siblings. We are not using his real name.
He is a remarkable boy thrown into an unfortunate crisis. His biological father was allegedly abusive, his mother is unwell and his stepfather absent.
To his younger siblings, including a 30-month-old brother, Abang is father, brother and when he feeds, mother too.
- See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/12-year-old-boy-parent-4-siblings#sthash.UowxXvDb.dpuf
