Posted by: TM July 3, 2008
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Answer 1)
Considering kids as a parent's investments to reap personal benefits is wrong. IMO, every individual should strive to make their own mark and become independent whether a parent or an offspring. A seven year old is too young to be talked into becoming a future millionaire. Instead, that particular parent should allow the kid to indulge in something he likes the most and can carve a career out of it. Because intense passion makes the hardest of tasks appear like fun no matter for how long or at what time of the day/night.
In the Nepali context, I would draw a line like this. If the parents have made heavy investments in the child's education/business even after 10+2, then yes, the child has an obligation to make up for that with payback, interest, and dividends. Everyone should get their scores (finance or money) straight.
Let me also throw this in. Parents should hand down ancestral fortune to the offspring unscathed if possible. In the mean time, each party should plan for their own retirement finances.
Answer 2)
That is sheer wrong parenting in the right land. 'Course.. goes without saying, there is no reason why kids should not get to follow their own passion.
Peace
Considering kids as a parent's investments to reap personal benefits is wrong. IMO, every individual should strive to make their own mark and become independent whether a parent or an offspring. A seven year old is too young to be talked into becoming a future millionaire. Instead, that particular parent should allow the kid to indulge in something he likes the most and can carve a career out of it. Because intense passion makes the hardest of tasks appear like fun no matter for how long or at what time of the day/night.
In the Nepali context, I would draw a line like this. If the parents have made heavy investments in the child's education/business even after 10+2, then yes, the child has an obligation to make up for that with payback, interest, and dividends. Everyone should get their scores (finance or money) straight.
Let me also throw this in. Parents should hand down ancestral fortune to the offspring unscathed if possible. In the mean time, each party should plan for their own retirement finances.
Answer 2)
That is sheer wrong parenting in the right land. 'Course.. goes without saying, there is no reason why kids should not get to follow their own passion.
Peace