FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1982
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ROLE OF PARENTS STRESSED
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PARENTS PLAY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN BRINGING THEIR ADOLESCENT CHILDREN UP TO BECOME MATURE, CAPABLE AND RESPONSIBLE ADULTS, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR SELWYN ALLEYNE, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE PARENTS AND ADOLESCENTS' EXHIBITION AT THE NEW WORLD CENTRE, MR ALLEYNE SAID YOUNG PEOPLE WERE IN NEED OF SUPPORT. GUIDANCE AND ENCOURAGEMENT AS THEY PASSED THROUGH THE CRITICAL YEARS IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
+SOCIAL FACTORS LIKE EXISTENCE OF CONFLICTING SOCIAL VALUES, THE IMPACT OF MASS MEDIA, OUR CONGESTED LIVING ENVIRONMENT AND THE INCREASING COST OF LIVING HAVE PLACED STRAINS UPON THE FAMILIES OF OUR SOCIETY, HE SAID.
+PARENTS, BECAUSE OF THEIR WORK AND OTHER PREOCCUPATIONS, MAY NEGLECT THE NEEDS OF THEIR ADOLESCENT CHILDREN OR FAIL TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY GET ON AT SCHOOL AND WITH THEIR PEERS.+
THESE FACTORS, HE WARNED, COULD CAUSE PARENTS AND THE IR ADOLESCENT CHILDREN TO DRIFT APART FROM ONE ANOTHER ALMOST WITHOUT REALISING IT.
+UNFORTUNATELY THE WIDENING OF THE GENERATION GAP IS OFTEN DISCOVERED ONLY WHEN PROBLEMS ARISE, OR WORSE STILL WHEN RELATIONS HAVE DETERIORATED.
MR ALLEYNE SUGGESTED THAT THE WAYS TO HELP BRIDGE THE GAP SHOULD BE TO DEVOTE MORE TIME FOR THE FAMILY TO BE TOGETHER, KNOW ABOUT THE GROWTH OF THE ADOLESCENT, AND GIVE GUIDANCE AND SHOW CONTINUAL CONCERN FOR EACH OTHER.
THE THEME OF THE EXHIBITION, HE NOTED, COINCIDED WITH THAT OF THE CURRENT FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION CAMPAIGN, WHICH WAS AIMED AT AROUSING THE AWARENESS OF THE PARENTS AND OFFERING THEM PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS IN GUIDING THEIR ADOLESCENT CHILDREN.
+THROUGH THE MEANS OF EDUCATION, AN EFFORT IS MADE TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THEIR OWN GROWTH AND BEHAVIOUR, TO PLAY THEIR PART AND TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE HAPPINESS OF THEIR FAMILY,✦ HE ADDED.
THE FOUR-DAY EXHIBITION, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG FAMILY WELFARE SOCIETY AND THE HONG KONG TELEVISION BROADCASTS LIMITED, IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BETWEEN 10 AM AND 5 PM DAILY.
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