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Sunday, February 25, 2007
Singapore is a small country that relies heavily on human resources to support its economy. Therefore, human labour is very precious to the country. As a result, parents become too busy with their work to take good care of their kkchildren. With professional parenting in Singapore, parents will be able to lighten their workload and their children in the meantime will be taken care of wonderfully. However, there are always pros and cons of professional parenting. Children may not be as close as to their parents before as they spent most of their time with professional parents than their biological ones.
With the availability of professional parenting, professional parents will share the burden of the biological parents by helping them take care for their children when they are busy at work. This will allow them to focus on their job and work effectively without having to worry about their children. In the meantime, their children also benefit from it. They have a companion for the whole of the day without having to feel lonely or bored. They will also have the opportunity to learn new things from professional parents which they may not do so from their parents as they are too busy with their work. On the other hand, there are disadvantages of having professional parenting. Children will spend most of their time with professional parents and thus they will feel much closer to them than their biological parents who are busy at work. When there is something wrong with the children, the professional parents will be the first to know as they are always with them. They will try to help the children and naturally the children will think that they are more caring then their own parents and will prefer to be with them and not their biological parents. In conclusion, I feel that even though professional parenting has pros and cons, it is still the way to go for Singapore. This is because Singapore has a tight labour market which cannot afford to lose anymore human resources. Therefore, professional parenting will solve the problem of parents quitting their jobs to take care of their children.
11:43 AM
Friday, February 16, 2007
This article tells me that studies have shown that youth gambling is a problem that needs to be tackled early. A 2004 gambling prevalence survey here showed that almost half of all Singaporean gamblers started aged between 18 and 24. Global research also showed that young people are up to four times more probable to become problem gamblers than adults. Therefore, the National Council on Problem gambling lends support to at least two interactive initiatives aimed at young potential gamblers. Personally I feel that the people are easily influenced during their teenage time. Thus this is the time to protect them and educate them in the dangers of gambling. The teenagers are now materialistic and they aim to own more branded goods and therefore they want to have more money to purchase them. The fastest way to earn a huge amount of money is to gamble. Money makes the world go round. Teenagers think that with money can buy them a lot of friends and thus they want to be affluent. Therefore many teenagers turn to gambling. With the casinos about to open, and teenagers being exposed to gambling, it is important to educate them on the dangers of gambling as it will ruin their future. Therefore by using interactive initiatives, the teenagers will take more time to know about the dangers of gambling. The style of publicity will surely attract more attention from the teenagers as it is something new to them. As a result, they will absorb more information about gambling and they try to avoid it. With this brilliant way to raise awareness among the teenagers, Singaporean should not worry too much about opening casinos in Singapore will harm the people here especially teenagers. As long as the people know about the dangers of gambling like the problems that will surface when people gamble, they will try to avoid it.
9:54 PM
Saturday, February 3, 2007
This article is about an ex-drug trafficker, Glenn Lim, getting the Asean Youth Award for outstanding contributions to the society. He was once a rebellious youth who was busted by the police for drug trafficking. Now, he has won the most prestigious recognition for youths with outstanding contributions in Asean countries. This is a very good example of how a defiant youth can change for the better when given a chance and when there is determination. Mr. Lim is a very brave person who has the courage to face the world again after his jail term. He was firm about turning into a new leaf and to start all over again. He was not even discouraged when he was rejected by the public. There was once when he had to take a urine test at the Causeway checkpoint because he was in jail before. However, he did not give up the chance to redeem himself from trafficking drugs by being optimistic and carry on with his new life. He wrote the book titled “Wake up Call” to remind himself as well as others especially ex-jailbirds to turn over a new leaf and not to give up on themselves by committing crimes again. It also warns other people particularly the youths who are more prone to make mistakes in their lives not to commit any crime and think carefully before one does anything. With this example, ex-jailbirds should be given one more chance by the society to turn over a new leaf. This is what the recent Yellow Ribbon Project aims to do for the ex-jailbirds to help them. We should all try to accept them as everyone makes mistakes except that they make a more major mistake than others.
7:18 PM
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