Sunday 25 July 2010

..street kids..

..yes, lets put  the blame on the parents..it is easier..after all they are not our children..and we are better  parents for we do not have children who prefer a life on the streets rather than the safe sanctity of the home..never you mind we are never home..and home life to to our children  is only interactions with the nanny and the cook, and perhaps, the driver..and perpetually on the net..for mom is seldom home..neither is dad..they are both busy with their career and the constant chase for the additional rm..

..we never asked whether it is the other way round..had it ever occurred to the Hon. Minister, that in some cases, it is the children who had abandoned their family?..what is a parent supposed to do if their child refused to continue schooling, refused to come home, and preferring instead a life on the streets?..and mom working as a cleaner in a hypermarket and dad a van driver pushing goods all over the place except home?..chained them and locked them in?..

..it is a difficult world that we are living..and for city dwellers who can barely make ends meet, harder..what with the cost of living skyrocketing along with the prices of basic necessities..

..it is a symptoms of a decaying society..removing the kids from the streets will only address the symptoms..but then, since when politicians can look beyond the rise of their eyebrow?....

4 comments:

Wan Sharif said...

one of those times that I can only say I like/love this post .. look hard at myself and could not come to term with myself on the issue as such could not provide any useful comment.. how's that for a change bro Mat..

Pak Zawi said...

Pakmat,
The minister should read this blog and not just blame the parent.

YuinTing said...

You're right, Pakmat, the minister should go to the root of the problem. I can see there're many poor kids out there yearning for their parents' attention, but unfortunately those adults are just too busy working/entertaining that they've no time for them. It's becoming a big social problem.

ozz said...

Dear Pak Mat,
I've seen worst scenario here in Jakarta. It broke my heart whenever I saw this. Now this social disease is beginning to haunt our society back home. Maybe you and others can get more informations from here:

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/city/one-stop-shop-for-jakarta-street-kids/319760

Have a nice day sir!