Young children are pure at heart. Only due to faults in the education system, they seek destructive paths. Students are selfless and sacred. Parents at home and teachers in schools lead them astray. It is natural for parents to have love for their children, but it should be within limits. Parents must always be watchful of their children’s behaviour. Today’s parents themselves do not know what is right conduct. How can they guide children? There is too much freedom. Yes, freedom is desirable. What kind of freedom? ‘The end of wisdom is freedom. The end of culture is perfection. The end of knowledge is love. The end of education is character.’ Yes, this kind of freedom is definitely worth pursuing. But by giving children the liberty to act as they please, by letting them return home at 1 a.m. or 2 a.m., by not questioning their whereabouts, parents totally ruin them. Students have no manners and discipline. However, this is not entirely their fault. It is because of the bad ideals set by parents. The excessive love they show is leading children to take the wrong path. – Summer Showers, May 20, 1991