Raising teenage children of character is not easy, not to mention raising teenage children of character at an indulgent age. Many parents may feel that it is challenging in parenting their children nowadays. Parents of this generation have more resources, yet they have fewer children. The general consensus is that most Hong Kong students are overly pampered and spoiled, which results in their lack of self-discipline and independence. They are deemed to be unable to look after themselves. The Chinese YMCA has conducted a survey with over one thousand primary school kids; results have shown that nearly 85% of students and parents thinks that self-care ability is not important at all. The Social Worker who is in charge of this survey believes that this kind of attitude may predispose the “Kong Kids” phenomenon.

The school would like to help parents to stand firm in parenting their teenage kids in this social atmosphere. We are delighted to invite Ms. Shirley Loo, the Director of the Family Heartwarte as the speaker of the talk “Raising teenage children of character in an indulgent age”. Ms. Loo is an experienced Parents Educator and has conducted numerous talks and workshops for parents from different backgrounds. Her talk will include:

1) The myth of parenting in an indulgent age;
2) The consequences of indulging your teenage children;
3) Advices for parents

Through this seminar we would like to support our parents to help them raise teenage children of character in spite of all the challenges they are facing.

Details of the talk are as follow:
Date:  February 17, 2012 (Friday)
Time: 7:00-8:30p.m.
Venue: Yew Chung international School—Secondary, 3 To Fuk Road, Kowloon Tong

Registration: closed