Loosen the reins and let youths decide


  • Letters
  • Thursday, 29 Mar 2018

READING Azeem Abu Bakar’s letter, “Youths must move forward” (The Star, March 27), I feel compelled to write a similar letter but its target is the parents of our youths.

As a fairly recent graduate myself, I’m lucky that my parents did not coddle me or dictated where and what I should study and where I should work. They gave me the freedom to choose, experiment and fail, and to learn from my mistakes. Because of this, I learnt to develop my skills and became independent pretty early in my life.

Subscribe now to our Premium Plan for an ad-free and unlimited reading experience!
   

Next In Letters

Navigating recovery in consumer-driven economy
Give clear guidelines to file claims
Functional skills for data science
Importance of studying and learning from history
Integrity in workplace safety
More to Sabah food than just Chinese dishes
Holding the government accountable
Wrapping up the plastic problem
New outlook in the war against drugs lauded
Ensuring personal safety of law enforcers

Others Also Read