From My Paper, My Say
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 2008
I REFER to the column, “Money can’t replace parental guidance” (my paper, Sept 8).
I agree that in today’s competitive society, money is almost everything.
We cannot live without money. With that in mind, many parents tend to think that all their children needs are material things.
They fail to recognise that money cannot buy love, care and concern.
It is often due to a lack of guidance and love from parents that children stray onto the wrong path.
Work commitments and money concerns are the main reasons why many do not wish to get married and have babies.
It seems that there is no longer a need to build relationships and cultivate bonds with others.
We are fully occupied by work, at the expense of time to pause and think about our future.
Although we are living in a developed country, where qualifications, status, reputation and everything that concerns money are of the utmost importance, we must not forget that we are still humans with needs other than material ones.
Thus, no matter how busy we are or how stressful the burdens we carry, we must try our best to slow down, appreciate those who care for us, and treasure things which money cannot buy.
Ms Tan Yi Jun
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