Originally posted by udontknowme:
kids in singapore are too spoilt.
and the media is a bad influence.
its like a phase in singapore.
rebelling against parents and complaining about them seems to be 'cool' at a certain age...
i used to be that way too.
anyways, parents are also humans and no human is perfect. to err is human, to forgive devine...after all, im sure they have only good intentions...
why is there no post about our own bad points???
I am not too old. My mum is still alive at 78 years old. My son is 18 years old. I don't know whether I qualify to talk on behalf of parents.
My son, hated me. I had not done any bad which he agrees. However, I do nag at him for things that he did... I do not wish for my son to be a burden to himself or society and I always nag at him when he did something wrong. He hated me for that. We just cannot communicate. I spoke to him many times. I tried each time to make up with him but each time I failed.
The last time I spoke to him I told him, parent are human too. I admitted I failed as a father. However, although we can attend school for many things, there is never a subject or course to tell you how to be a parent. There isn't a book to tell you how to behave like one. Like others, I tried it out on trial basis... I maybe wrong now but at that time, the was the best decision I made, " for his sake ". I know many parent will say " this is for your own good " and youngster get fed up listening to it. So I learn not to repeat this. There, parenting is a learning process ... but there are much more to it ..
Many of the complaints here doesn't reflect any serious issues. In fact, you can see the love the parents try to give to each individual here. The problem is, they are not able to put it in the way the youngster can accept it. Please reflect on your own action and try to put yourself in your parents' shoe and see if you can do it better. When I had my son, I told myself that he will not get the treatment my parent treated me. He will be special... but look at it, I failed misery and is even worst than what my parent it. Both my parents came from China and without education. I felt that they score better than me in term of parenting... Today, at this age, my mother still nag at me.... at time I am still angry with her but for the love she gaves me .... and yes, she still nag ....
Just my two cents worth ....