“Parents solely to blame if child turns to drugs”
TAYUG–Take it from this teacher.
She maintains parents have only themselves to blame if their children get hooked on illegal drugs.
Consuelo Ladio, head teacher III and head of the Values Education Department of the Tayug National High School, did not hold back when she said most young victims turned to drugs as a means to cope with their depression resulting from desperate craving for love and attention at home.
He faulted absentee parents for resorting to pampering and spoiling their children with money and material things to make up for their constant absence at home.
“While you carried on with your businesses, gossips, gambling sessions, parties, dances or extra-curricular activities, you abandoned your child at home, pining for love and devotion….,” she said during an anti drug symposium here attended by parents and students.
She stressed that children do not easily use drugs if they get enough love and attention from their parents.
Ladio struck a sensitive chord among the parents when she admonished them “….if you are relying only on maids, their own hardworking teachers, the PDEA (Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency) or the police to raise your children, believe me, they cannot be blamed for your failures.”
“Every sorrow and pain that they (children) suffer, is a burden on your mind, every ugly name that the child addict gets is a curse against yourselves – parents and guardians,” she said.
Chief Inspector Domingo Eden, chief of police, also spoke during the symposium.
The symposium was organized by TNHS Principal Maryjane Bautista. Teachers Mary-jane Macaraeg and Brigilda Patacsil acted as facilitators.—LM
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