A few things involving youngsters hit the headlines. Their vocal expression of their opinion on a certain world leader (Amos Yee) and certain brand of politics in the country (Aisyah Tajuddin from BFM - it was not her opinion anyway but of the station ) got them lampooned with vile remarks. One of the caustic comments hurled by cyber-warriors was their bad upbringing. Their parents were accused of failing in their duties of moulding their offspring into socially acceptable beings. If only life was so easy.
Forget about what they said and why they said the things that they said. Is it that easy to mould one's child the way one's will? No matter what facilities are available or not available, the path of their future may take different routes. It is not easy to bend one's likes and dislikes to the tune of society. We can inflict regimental punishments and rules for non compliance but if the mind is not willing, it may just shut itself from reality and whirlpool itself into a fantasy world devoid of the pressures of real world.
Forget about what they said and why they said the things that they said. Is it that easy to mould one's child the way one's will? No matter what facilities are available or not available, the path of their future may take different routes. It is not easy to bend one's likes and dislikes to the tune of society. We can inflict regimental punishments and rules for non compliance but if the mind is not willing, it may just shut itself from reality and whirlpool itself into a fantasy world devoid of the pressures of real world.
There is no one parenting formula that fits all. Like the proverb goes... to milk a dancing cow, dance! to milk a singing cow, sing! You may appear like a lunatic but the cow is milked, mission accomplished!
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