Dateline 29 Apr.
Educational loans and the attendant uncertainties are wreaking havoc in Kerala's society. More and more children aspire for things beyond their parents' reach only to find that they've got entangled themselves into a debt trap.
I'd earlier discussed this malaise to highlight the rising number of hapless parents who've had to forego their savings, to the last penny, literally because their ungrateful children refused to repay the loan as they termed it as a 'debt' brought upon them by their mentors, who'd no right to do so. If that be so, weren't they in the wrong for having aspired for something much beyond their parents' reach? And why didn't the parents drive home the point and advise their children accordingly?
This is what our parents had done and they're definitely not wrong. By doing so, they'd actually taught us to live clean and live within our means. The parents of today need to understand this, indulge on their children as much as they want to but always keeping within the ambit of reality.
Otherwise, the very same children upon whom they'd showered their unrestricted love and affection during their formative years, would turn around to despise them and point fingers at, for all the wrong things befalling them.
Educational loans and the attendant uncertainties are wreaking havoc in Kerala's society. More and more children aspire for things beyond their parents' reach only to find that they've got entangled themselves into a debt trap.
I'd earlier discussed this malaise to highlight the rising number of hapless parents who've had to forego their savings, to the last penny, literally because their ungrateful children refused to repay the loan as they termed it as a 'debt' brought upon them by their mentors, who'd no right to do so. If that be so, weren't they in the wrong for having aspired for something much beyond their parents' reach? And why didn't the parents drive home the point and advise their children accordingly?
This is what our parents had done and they're definitely not wrong. By doing so, they'd actually taught us to live clean and live within our means. The parents of today need to understand this, indulge on their children as much as they want to but always keeping within the ambit of reality.
Otherwise, the very same children upon whom they'd showered their unrestricted love and affection during their formative years, would turn around to despise them and point fingers at, for all the wrong things befalling them.
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