Ins!ghts

Last week, I was doing my usual training needs analysis visit to one of the big plantation companies in Malaysia. To my suprise, as I arrived at his office, I saw the book “The Power of Now” was on his table. Thus our conversation started on the content of the book and he told me he bought the book because he wanted to find the answer to this question below:

“I have a son who is going to sit for his STPM examination in the next two months and he seemed to be relaxed and paying not much attention on revision. As a father, I was thinking, whether I should be nagging him to do the revision or let him handle his own future. We have been seeing many examples of successful and rich person who failed miserably in schools. However, the irony is if our forefather were to chart a success path for us, we would be enjoying the fruits now. So the question is, do we as a parent need to chart the future for our children or let them decide themselves?”

Thought I am yet a father, but I did some research and talked to a few experts and I found out that, as a parent, our main role is not to  chart the career path for our children. Our role is to lay the foundation for them. The foundation is consists of good moral values, attitude of a champion, life skills, proper religious studies, good cultural practices,  interpersonal skills  and the right mindsets to live a successful life. This foundation will be the guiding system for your children to find the right path to live on and this foundation has to be consistently reminded.

• P/S: STPM exam is a government exam equivalent to A-Level