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  • This house regrets the rise of Kidfluencers

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    Child influencers, or "kidfluencers", are children who create content on social media platforms and build large online followings. They typically share videos about their daily lives, toy reviews, challenges, and personal activities, often with their parents managing their accounts. Some examples may include, but are not limited to, Ryan Kaji whose YouTube channel is known as Ryan's World and Txunamy Ortiz, a 12-year-old social media star with 5.4 million Instagram followers. She's known for fashion content, lip-sync videos, and comedy skits.

    Saigon Debate Championship 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-08-02

  • This house supports Virelia's government assigning superpowers to individuals based on societal needs

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    In the near-future world of Virelia, advances in synthetic genetics and precision biochemistry have made it possible to safely and reliably grant individuals specific superhuman abilities at birth. These powers, such as enhanced strength, higher sensory abilities, or environmental adaptation, are designed to suit particular functions in society (e.g. telepathic coordination for emergency room staff). Currently, a very small number of people are randomly born with powers without government interference. However, thanks to newly developed state technologies, Virelia’s government now is faced with a choice to implement a system of state-assigned superpowers, where powers are given to individuals based on public utility metrics such as societal need, domestic security, and better economic outcomes. Under this new system, Virelia's government has control over the general characteristics of superpowers, as well as the quantity of superpowers allocated to individuals.

    Hart House Women and Gender Minorities Debating Tournament 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-08-02

  • This house, as an immigrant parent, would raise their children using the Tiger Parenting model.

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    Tiger Parenting is a term which refers to strict or demanding parents who push their children to be successful academically by attaining high levels of scholastic and academic achievement, sometimes to the detriment of the child's social, psychological and emotional well-being.

    Saigon Debate Championship 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-08-02

  • This house, as a parent of an average child, would rather be a free-range parent as opposed to a helicopter parent

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    A free-range parent is one that practices a permissive parenting style which highlights independence of children, it focuses on having unstructured and flexible parenting. A helicopter parent is one that maximizes their role in their child’s life by providing constant guidance and supervision, this style aims to protect and actively guide children throughout their developmental years.

    Bicol Debate Union Rookies Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-08-02

  • This house, as Po, would have chose to stay with his panda family instead of returning to the Valley of Peace.

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    "In the Kung Fu Panda universe, Po is a panda who was raised by Mr. Ping, a goose who runs a noodle shop. Po grows up believing Mr. Ping is his real father. Po is also the Dragon Warrior and the protector of the Valley of Peace. Mr Ping is a good father and takes care of Po well ever since he was a baby. Later, Po discovers that he is adopted and that his biological father, Li Shan, and a hidden village of pandas have survived in secret. After reconnecting with his biological family, Po is offered the chance to stay in the panda village, where he finally feels a sense of belonging and cultural identity. If he chooses to stay, he can still practice kungfu but he has to pass on the mantle of the Dragon Warrior."

    Ho Chi Minh Debate Open 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-07-26

  • This house regrets the rise of welfare-centric tuition centres.

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    Welfare-centric tuition centres are tuition centres that offer welfare for their students, often as motivators during examination seasons or as rewards for academic achievement. Examples of these welfare incentives range from bubble tea treats, to cohesion trips to theme parks.

    Singapore Polytechnic Debate Open 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-07-25

  • This house would remove the DIrect School Admission scheme for students entering secondary schools

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    The Direct School Admission scheme (DSA) is a form of aptitude-based admissions for primary schoolers entering secondary schools, which are processed before PSLE occurs. Primary schoolers who are admitted to a secondary school through DSA are not allowed to transfer to another secondary school, or select a different secondary school after receiving their PSLE results.

    Singapore Polytechnic Debate Open 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-07-25

  • This house believes that countries with low natural population growth should introduce radical financial incentives* for parents *e.g. tax breaks for prospective parents, help buying houses, free childcare, etc.

    Split Open 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-07-19

  • This House supports slow parenting

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    Slow parenting is a parenting approach that gives the child leadership and control over their own life. This means there is no strict schedule imposed by the parent; the child decides what and when to eat, what to play with and when, and goes to sleep when they feel tired.

    Ottawa Open 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-07-19