I REFER to the commentary, "No kids equals no worries" (my paper, Aug 28).

Mr Leow Ju-Len ended the article with: "Perhaps we should be asking: 'What can be done for people like me, who view children as a pest-like, parasitic affliction?'".

Nobody is likely to do anything for people like him. His view smacks of someone who, by his own admission, is a very self-centred person.

From his arguments, I don't think he understands the value and meaning of life. Lest he forgets, he was also once a baby, a child, a teenager and now an adult.

Lest he forgets, his parents lost sleep taking care of him and worrying about him as he went through life to become who he is today.

It is truly a challenge for parents to bring up their kids right these days, and to be able to do so is a definite victory for parents.

It is this sense of accomplishment that cannot be measured monetarily.

Mr Leow should talk to his parents and find out what they went through to raise him.

I hope that there are few like him. I hope that the rest of us want kids not because of the Government's carrots, but because we love them and want to watch them grow up and become useful citizens who can contribute to the nation, and also the world at large.

It is sad and most disheartening to see a young man like Mr Leow having such negative views on things as beautiful as marriage and babies.

I truly cannot imagine what would happen if all 4.6 million Singaporeans today thought like him. If all or even half of the Singapore population thought like him, there would be no more Singaporeans by the time we celebrate our 100th National Day.

Mr Samsi Ibrahim

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