In my opinion, the best thing a SL parent can do to his child is, work hard enough to save for,
1) his child to start a private degree, right after O/Ls itself, as every year's statistics shows that there is a 90% probability that a given child won't make it to a public university, after spending 2 years at the A/L class.
2) save enough for his (parent's) own retirement as well, so that he won't be a burden to his child.
Now we talking about, saving around 1 - 1.5 millions for the child's private degree program and also saving at least Rs. 10 millions for the parent's own retirement, so to earn around Rs. 50,000 per month as interest income, given the today's low interest rates. Or else there should be a family business.
Every child who arrives into this world, has a right of a decent living. But if their parents haven't done the necessary, then the child only gets lost in life and becomes frustrated. But why we have so much dissatisfaction among our youth (tharuna asahanaya), is because most parents, take those above duties for granted, and leave their children to fend for themselves.
So in my opinion, a parent's love is not only about hugging and cuddling but doing exactly what's described above. This is why, those kids who grow up, without the company of their parents who sweat and toil abroad, to earn dollars, euros and riyals are actually better off, compared to most of who had their parents with them throughout.
Any thoughts?
1) his child to start a private degree, right after O/Ls itself, as every year's statistics shows that there is a 90% probability that a given child won't make it to a public university, after spending 2 years at the A/L class.
2) save enough for his (parent's) own retirement as well, so that he won't be a burden to his child.
Now we talking about, saving around 1 - 1.5 millions for the child's private degree program and also saving at least Rs. 10 millions for the parent's own retirement, so to earn around Rs. 50,000 per month as interest income, given the today's low interest rates. Or else there should be a family business.
Every child who arrives into this world, has a right of a decent living. But if their parents haven't done the necessary, then the child only gets lost in life and becomes frustrated. But why we have so much dissatisfaction among our youth (tharuna asahanaya), is because most parents, take those above duties for granted, and leave their children to fend for themselves.
So in my opinion, a parent's love is not only about hugging and cuddling but doing exactly what's described above. This is why, those kids who grow up, without the company of their parents who sweat and toil abroad, to earn dollars, euros and riyals are actually better off, compared to most of who had their parents with them throughout.
Any thoughts?
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. Guess what, today another person has started a new thread talking about the same private university concept, where we toast the bookworms like you again 
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