When I was studying for STPM 9-10 years ago… I would still be in the school library by 10pm, probably having supper with some buddies by 11pm and reached home by midnight. Among those friends that I often had supper with… 2 have become doctors, at least a few engineers and most others are doing well in their respective fields.
What would happen if a 10pm curfew was imposed 10 years ago? Some of us could still do well… but I doubt all of us could achieve what we have now if we were forced to live like Cinderella back then.
NCPTA is hoping that the curfew could stop youngster from hanging out in late night… I can see their point; but imposing a curfew is not the solution.
There are multiple reasons for youngsters these days to hangout at night in cyber cafes and other places… it could be lack of family love, lack of positive hobbies, lack of proper morale guidance etc. Forbidding them to do something is not going to work… NCPTA and related bodies have to find the root cause to tackle the issue.
But then, some problems just seemed to be short of solutions… working parentS for example. I always felt that it’s an unhealthy trend that both parents have to work these days; no matter how hard these parents tried, most of them won’t have enough time to spend with their children.
I believe that at least one of the parents should stay at home to take care and to educate their kid(s), or else they shouldn’t give birth to their children at all.
It’s easy for me to say, I know. I do feel sorry for some poor family that don’t have much choices, but fact is… lots of these families could afford to have just one working parent, but chose to have both working to make a better living.
These people would rather send their kids to nursery or to hire a maid instead of having one of the spouses staying home to take care of the kids. Wouldn’t it be ridiculous if it’s not the parents who witnessed their children’s first word, first walk or first ‘whatever’?
I have a female friend (working parents) who bragged that her 2-year-old daughter is showing more affection towards her maid than herself, the mother… now, whose fault is that?
Some of these working parents could still bring up their kids to become decent people; regardless of capability or luck, kudos to them. Some of the ‘unfortunate’ parents would see their kids becoming trouble makers in the family or in the society… again, whose fault is that?
Life is about options. There are some people that don’t have much choice, but for most others… they simply chose to do what they are doing.