RAISING CHILDREN

Letter to the editor 18 June 2018 - Glen Burua DWU Madang

It brings tears to my eyes to see children on the streets and in villages without education. Many of these kids are really brilliant but have no chance to be educated because parents cannot afford it.

                      

Let me get this straight to all parents in Papua New Guinea that every child is a gift from God. It is not right that parents should have many kids and then not give them an education.             

      

Before you think of having another kid, please think about how you will support that kid all the way through to high school and university.

If you cannot afford to look after your child in his or her journey of education, then do not bother to have one.    

               

By not putting your child to school, you are depriving them of education and the nation of a future.

Young people who are newly married should not take lightly their prospect of having a child.

Family planning is very important. If we have more uneducated children than educated children, the nation is heading for disaster.

So many children do not go to school because their parents cannot afford to send them. Parents should not enjoy the pleasure of having children then forget about their future.