Work for What You Want

Dear Abg Iqie, Abg Afeeq and Rayna...

The three of you sometimes ask Mummy and Daddy why you guys need to do certain things at home. Every school day, the three of you would need to do specific things. Like doing the "blue bag" - putting your shirts and pants in the IKEA shopping bag that we use as your laundry bag, doing the "towels" - putting clean towels in the "blue bag" for you to use at the daycare, and doing the "water bottles" - getting all the water bottles ready for school (two for Abg Iqie, two for Abg Afeeq and one for Rayna for each school).

You guys then have to rotate the chores, switching the tasks among the three of you. Sometimes, you guys fight about who's turn is it to do the "blue bag" or the "towels". And sometimes Abg Afeeq would throw a tantrum, not wanting to do the "towels". His exact words were "I hate doing towels. Why do I have to do the towels?".

Well guys, Mummy and Daddy want you to learn about "responsibilities". We want you to know that you  sometimes have to be accountable for something. When you fail to do something that other people are depending on you to do, there is a consequence. If one of you fails to put shirts in the "blue bag", then you won't have anything to wear at the daycare. The same goes if one of you does not put in the "towels" in the "blue bag", or do the "water bottles". We want to teach you that when you are a responsibility or when people are counting on you to do something, you have to do it well.

Well, there are more reasons to that. We just hope that you are able to learn from these experiences. You shouldn't expect things to be provided for you and that things are all set for you. You guys must remember to work hard and smart for something that you want.

Mummy and Daddy hope that you will be more responsible when you grow up. And not to be like other Gen Z or the other millennials that we heard so much about - like they deserve everything and that they don't have to work for what they want.

Until next time, yours always,

Mummy