Nilai masa

Semua pernah baca cerita ini kan?

Membaca The Star, ruangan Metro, m.s. 13 (aku cuba cari online version tapi tak berjumpa) aku rasa sedikit tersentuh. Sebahagian quotes dari berita tersebut seperti di bawah:

"Parents spending 30% less time with kids"

Parents need to put in lots of energy and effort to bring up their families.

However, many parents are so busy pursuing financial wealth and striving to climb the career ladder that they tend to isolate themselves from the children and little time is spent on activities that promote family bonding.

Sentul District Asst. Comm. A. Thaivegan, said from his random observations, parents spent 30% less time nurturing their children than their parents did in the past.

"Most parents seem to neglect their children and much is blamed on the demands of their job. One result is that the children pick up values from foreign domestic helpers or even television," he said.

He added that without proper guidance and parental love, a child would experience some emotional imbalance. [...]

"Communication with the child is vital as it provides the parents a window into the child's world, and gives them an insight into what the child feels about his or her surroundings. It also allows the parents to inculcate good values in the child," he said.

"A child must be taught values that would create a resilient mind and such values must be inculcated from a very young age."

Tepat sekali apa yang diucapkan beliau. Semua sedia maklum natijah daripada kerenggangan hubungan keluarga dek kerana tiada masa sudah semakin menjolok mata kita.

En. A Thaivegan berkata demikian ketika berucap kepada 250 orang kaum India yang bekerja di sektor perladangan yang hadir ke satu seminar yang diadakan untuk mereka di Batang Berjuntai.

Jangan lihat pada siapa yang berkata dan kepada siapa ucapan itu ditujukan. Selaras nasihat Saiyidina Ali k.w.j, "Lihatlah pada apa yang dikata, bukan pada siapa yang berkata," kita ambillah kebaikan yang ada di dalam ucapan En. Thaivegan tersebut.

Mengikut En. Thaivegan, salah satu faktor kurangnya masa bersama keluarga ialah kerana bebanan kerja. Mungkin juga Dato' Sharizat sebagai Menteri Pembangunan Wanita dan Keluarga boleh membawa usul melaksanakan 5 hari bekerja bagi kakitangan sektor awam ke Parlimen?

p/s: Teringat anak kecik aku, dua tiga hari ni wife aku call pagi-pagi bagitau bila dia bangun waktu pagi panggil ayah, ayah... heran aku, sebelum ni tak pulak macam tu. Nasib baik selepas ini aku tak akan berjauhan lagi dengan dia.