A long time frend poured her sorrow to me yesterday. Half an hour's conversation on the phone is too short to summarise, to conclude everything. Precious lovely son reaching the age for NS, has grown up a suave young man. The rebellious stage has past, now comes the cyber world of his own. Spending hours and hours on the monitor everyday, he couldn't hear anything and live properly. He is in the world of his own. Game addicts!!!
This mother has allowed him to play as he wants so long as he studys and their family life 'not affected'... but it has turned to be so unhealthy, so bad that it is affecting the whole family relationship. When she started to scold, harder and harder, louder and louder.... the son on the other hand from bo chap, bo hiu, to now shouting back at her, with vulgarities!!! How heart-broken is this mum now? I fully understand. If the husband said anything vulgar, she would just offer a tight slap. But now? How many more slap can she offer? Everyday?
Hong is my ex-colleagues many years back. I've seen his son when young, at 7 years old. Smart and lovely. She has a younger daughter, born abnormal unfortunately, needs a lot of attention, physiotherapy, is having learning, walking, communicating, self-caring difficulties. Hong has gone thru a lot with this daughter. And yet..... now when things thought to be fine when kids grown up,,,, she is having more problem that she thought of suicide.... Sigh...
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