Ah..hah! That question on the author’s identity again. The reason I chose not to disclose my identity is that I felt the need to separate the person from the issues being discussed in this forum. It is not for any perverse reason that I do so. Many of you will agree that as a society, we tend to read more into a situation than we should. In other words any discussion may be taken to be biased based on the family house I come from, who my friends are, etc. But I might change my mind soon and give you all a glimpse to the person behind the blog. Keep reading coz it may be soon.
On the regularity of this blog, I beg for your understanding. I will try as hard as I can and post more regularly. I also request that you all comment regularly so that I may also know what more can be discussed. ;-)
Back to our mothers
I am assuming that most of you were able to identify their mum in the photo, and were able to call them. I would like to delve further on the issue of support systems I mentioned in the previous blog. Is it possible for us as a community to carry this out? Of course we would first need to assess the situation and see how the mothers are doing at the moment. We would then need to see what worked in situations that were successful. This should not be a difficult research to carry out given the number of social workers in our midst, recently graduated youth and even youth who just completed high school. You understand that I am not talking commission of inquiry here, just a short study of the situation at hand to kick start the process.
It is important that the mothers get involved in this whole activity or else we will not see much progress. The next step will be meeting as youth, or even as a community to find out what can be done by the community to assist in this transition. As I see it, more emotional rather than financial assistance is needed. Financial assistance is another issue that needs to be addressed. I mentioned in my earlier blogs, “My Wish List” that did not have a good financial foundation in our childhood. This situation may also apply to our mothers given that most of the financial decisions are made at a different level in terms of distribution of income for use in the community. Generally, we all need to be educated about money, and how it can work for us. This is another call to all our brothers and sisters who are experts in this area to step in and educate us.
Today’s challenge
We have many professionals in our midst. I would like to ask each of you to contribute in any way you can to make our community better.
On the regularity of this blog, I beg for your understanding. I will try as hard as I can and post more regularly. I also request that you all comment regularly so that I may also know what more can be discussed. ;-)
Back to our mothers
I am assuming that most of you were able to identify their mum in the photo, and were able to call them. I would like to delve further on the issue of support systems I mentioned in the previous blog. Is it possible for us as a community to carry this out? Of course we would first need to assess the situation and see how the mothers are doing at the moment. We would then need to see what worked in situations that were successful. This should not be a difficult research to carry out given the number of social workers in our midst, recently graduated youth and even youth who just completed high school. You understand that I am not talking commission of inquiry here, just a short study of the situation at hand to kick start the process.
It is important that the mothers get involved in this whole activity or else we will not see much progress. The next step will be meeting as youth, or even as a community to find out what can be done by the community to assist in this transition. As I see it, more emotional rather than financial assistance is needed. Financial assistance is another issue that needs to be addressed. I mentioned in my earlier blogs, “My Wish List” that did not have a good financial foundation in our childhood. This situation may also apply to our mothers given that most of the financial decisions are made at a different level in terms of distribution of income for use in the community. Generally, we all need to be educated about money, and how it can work for us. This is another call to all our brothers and sisters who are experts in this area to step in and educate us.
Today’s challenge
We have many professionals in our midst. I would like to ask each of you to contribute in any way you can to make our community better.
