Lets talk about family values
youth link/straits imes/ 17 July 2006

Many young Singaporeans today take their parents for granted and having no time, no money should never be the best excuse for them to shift away from their responsibilities in having to care for their parents.

Many Singaporeans are often too caught up in the excitement of receiving their pay checks that most of the times that they regulate their parents to the bottom of the priority list when it comes to planning for the monthly budget. Does it make someone an equally successful person when they are unable to fulfill the basics of family values? I am aghast by the way how one could be so selfish to the extent of neglecting their parents, and forgetting the times where their parents would shed their blood and tears just to get anything they wanted.

Eventhough many of our parents do not expect us to provide for them like the way we used to. I believe there is no harm in providing them a listening year and to serve as their companion at the very least. If everyone in the society were to place their parents in the care of the government, social issues like lower birth rates and higher taxes will eventually seize to exist, whats more, if Singapore is soon to suffer from a ageing population.