Success story...

Not too long ago when my children were at school,just before I fetched them home I usually spent time with a friend at her shop. Sometimes the two of us sat at Sau Pau or some other kopi tiam discussing the 'facts of life'. I found her views to be interesting though at times a bit 'communistic' if there is such a word to describe her views on life. Since she's always a busy lady doing her business raising 3 boys & her husband being away at work,she taught her children from a very tender age to be on their own. She taught them to do their own cleaning of the house,washing & ironing their own clothes,their school shoes,just about everything was left for them to do on their own. At first I thought that was very 'un-motherly' to have the children do everything for themselves. Back to the present day,I have been wrong to judge my friend for she has trained her children to be responsible & the part about not wasting be it food or money unnecessarily, also benefits her children. When they went away to study in the various universities I hardly heard my friend complaining that her sons always asked her to send money to them. Now, her 3 sons are engineers... whenever I meet her,she is always seen smiling,having breakfast with one of her sons or with her grandson & her husband.
"My children very good one...they give me money,pay the household bills,the house assesement,give me pocket money,pay for myinsurance,etc.,.They give their father,too even though he's got his pencen/pension."
Wah your sons very good lah......................lucky you.