Name Lim Jhin HorngTitle “Lack of Parental Guidance is the cause of

baby dumping”. What is your opinion? Support your answer with examples. You should write at least 350 words.

Class Lower Six Science 1Advisor

Puan Hjh Nurzakiah bt Mohamed

“Lack of Parental Guidance is the cause of baby dumping”. What is your opinion? Support your answer with examples. You should write at least 350 words.

I am neutral with the topic: lack of parental guidance is the cause of baby dumping, because as the research is done, I found that there are actually more solid reasons for teenagers nowadays to commit on baby dumping. So, I believe it will be totally unfair for us to put all the blames on the parents for this issue although they’re supposed to be rational in it.

As I mentioned, there are actually even better reasons for me to disagree with the topic. One of the reasons is teenagers’ self discipline. No doubt those teenagers are curious with everything that happens around them but they should have considered the limitation as curiosity will kill the cat. I really can’t figure out why they can’t control themselves except taking into consideration that they don’t have self-discipline.

A person with self-discipline can be easily differentiated as they have the capability to control themselves from going beyond the limitation. With self-discipline, it enables you to choose and perseveres with actions, thoughts and behaviour, which lead to improvement and success because it will provide us with inner strength to overcome all sort of addictions, procrastination and laziness, which keep you from moving forward in whatever you do.

Educators should reconsider our country’s education policy, which put more focus in students’ academic and physical development instead of their mental development. As a result, they should ensure strict rules to the teachers to be serious in Moral Education and Human Education, which exist in some countries in the Europe. Nowadays, teachers in Malaysia are targeting for their KPI which are analysed by producing students with excellent academic result.

This is really a great mistake because to ensure our next generation to be someone useful to the society, their mental development places the most important role. Teachers should as well get closer to their students to counsel when they required. Moral Education’s teachers should encouraged students to practise and learn about moral values and importance of being humane to others. According to the research by Wendy Shoemake Neyer, moral values and humanistic values can change a adolescence to a better person and have the sense of sympathy towards human and animals.

In order to overcome this issue, proper Humanity Education or Moral Education should be taken into consideration by educators. This is because through them, our adolescence will be sympathetic towards human and animals, so they will

have the sense of guilty when they are trying to dump a baby which is relatively innocent.

Although self-discipline, Humane Education and Moral Education are important in resolving this issue, but parents, who are the nearest to us should pay some responsibility for such scenario to occur. Without parental guidance, teenagers’ mentality which is immature will be easily influence by all those sexual related videos and movies.

No doubt that Motion Picture Rating System is responsible in controlling sexual related and violence related videos and movies to be viewed by the public, but it can’t be dependable fully. This is because no matter what, there must be loopholes in it. So, it will be safer for an adult to spend some time to sit down and watch with them their favourite movies, whereby guidance can be given at the same time. Isn’t it one stone kill 2 birds?

A child is not easy to rise as they come with neither guidelines, nor instructions, so it depends on parents how they educate them. Failure of parents to meet children’s specific needs can have wide-ranging and long-lasting negative effects. So, it will be important for parents to work on according to their 8 essential responsibilities.

A child should be provided with an environment that is safe to keep their children free from physical, sexual and emotional abuse. If their children are charged guilty with baby dumping, they will be sentenced in jail and caning. This has indirectly show parents irresponsibility when they raise their child. Children are supposed to be taught about morals and values which are important for them in the future, for example: honesty, respect, responsibility, compassion, patience, forgiveness and generosity. Without all these, the grown up will face a tough time in the future.

I am firm with my stand for being neutral with the topic: Lack of Parental Guidance is the cause of baby dumping, in order to be fair to both the society and parents who suppose to be responsible in resolving this issue. Well, “no guy is an island”. We can never blame and put full responsible in a particular individual as nothing can be done without co-operation from the others.