PUTRAJAYA: The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry is looking at a tax rebate initiative as an incentive to entice parents to join parenting courses.
Its Deputy Minister Hannah Yeoh said the ministry is currently in talks with relevant agencies on tax rebate consideration for those who signed up for parenting courses.
“At the ministry, we want to focus more on parenting skills. We are looking at how to make parents join parenting courses to ensure Malaysian parents to take more responsibilities,” she told a press conference after launching the Empowering Women in Cyber Risk Management programme, here today.
Yeoh also proposed that the Road Transport Department (JPJ) included parenting aspects in the driving school curriculum to enhance knowledge pertaining to children passenger safety practices to create awareness about children being left in cars and dying from heatstroke.
On the issue of vaccinations, she said although there were many calls now asking to criminalise parents for not vaccinating their children, there were some parents who still did not vaccine their children and exposed them to unnecessary risks.
She also urged Malaysian adults to start being…
