A childs formative years

Something is more important than material things in bringing up a child.ive seen kids growing up with all the luxury and material things in life but grow up with a self entitlement attitude in life.Some parents provide all the best in material comfort but not give the time and attention and moral support a growing child craves for. A maid or caretaker cant provide the character development a child needs.they only look after physical needs. So i feel Chinas future development will be influenced by the huge numbers of left behind children in rural areas when both parents become migrant workers in large cities.the future social problems will not only be school drop outs and juvenile delinquents but also social misfits or mentally ill workers or criminal gangs that give them a sense of power and belonging. the social issue of children growing up without parental guidance is also seen in many Asian nations in which parents find work in richer nations to send money home to support the family.From the nepalese security guards,the indian restaurant worker,the Filipino and Indonesian maids to the thai construction worker or seafarer,the very foundation of stability in Asian societies is. threatened by the fracture in family life .the extended family can help but cant replace parental love.if the mother is left behind,the child will feel more secure as the emotional anchor of Asian family is the mother.but with both parents gone,the child is like an orphan and lack parental love and guidance in the formative years. if the husband is left to take care of the kids,there is a risk of marital infidelity ive come across cases of extremely rich parents who send kids to boarding schools and expect teachers to take over parenting roles.these kids get involved in party drugs or do self harm or even have anorexia nervosa or bulimia which are symptoms of mental illness. so why does a state like China or Japan encourage a boost in population but cant give social support to parents to raise their children.it gives rise to a lost generation.so i like what the bhutanese father n educator Dorji Wangchuk wrote in his blog about the importance of a legacy of love which matters more than a legacy of material things.i

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