I actually share similar opinions with those speakers in the seminar. Nowadays, most teenagers get into a relationship simply to feed their emotional need. It becomes a selfish need. Expectations grow, and when people cannot meet expectations, people become frustrated and break-up or even divorce with each other. Teenagers need to learn how to set goals in a relationship so that feelings are not only the only factor that fuels a relationship. Feelings fluctuate and people are constantly changing. People can be loving one moment and hating each other the next. Teenagers can be saying quotes like: ‘Nobody is perfect’ but expect to find the special one who is perfect for them and can acede to all their requests. It’s just a vicious cycle. What people need is to learn how to complement each others’ flaws. They need to be aware that our strengths can be someone else’s weaknesses and when two people get together, they help each other grow and learn. Relationship nowadays is just a senseless game where people get together to indulge their feelings. A relationship consists definitely more than that. I feel that the seminar was generally okay, there is only one problem though. The speakers were too focussed on persuading teenagers to be committed in a relationship. They have not considered whether teenagers of our age are ready to even commit. Sustaining a marriage requires a certain level of maturity and good decision making. As much as they would like young adults to get married quickly and experience the goodness of a marriage, they cannot deny that in Singapore, the cost of living is really high. The idea of purchasing a flat may be near impossible for young adults at our age, much less having children. With the fact that we would be responsible over the well-being of children as well as the required expenditure after getting married, this may just pressure young adults to further shun from marriage. Yes, I felt that the topic discussed was discussed with clarity and objectivity. However, due to time constraints, the topic couldn’t be further discussed which was a shame. The whole talk was really interesting and I honestly look forward to such seminars again where the idea of commitment, love and perseverance in a relationship can be taught to young adults. Yes! I signed up the ‘Sowing seeds, Removing Weeds’ talk and it taught me something new about nurturing children. My mum is rather over-protective where I am concerned. My dad on the other hand, doesn’t really care. During the talk, they showed the class a video which had taught me the importance of consistency in parenting children if not they would be confused in how to ‘be themselves’. Boundaries are needed so that children can explore. However, one must not be too slack nor too strict with their children as much as parents may be concerned. As much as children need to fall down and learn how to stand up again, they also need routine, responsibility and to learn the cause and effect of their certain actions. All these have to be managed as each child has a different personality and character as well.
Never Let You Go
