Where This Book Began
After my students finished their examinations, they were preparing to go home for the holiday. I asked them: "What do you want from your parents?"
I expected answers like money, a new phone, clothes, freedom or permission to go out. But their answers shocked me. One after another, they said the same thing.
"I wish my parents would listen to me."
Not more money. Not another phone. Not expensive gifts. Not even more freedom. They wanted their parents to listen.
These were children going home to parents who loved them, worked hard for them, sacrificed for them, paid their school fees and prayed for them. Many parents know how to provide, correct, discipline and protect… but sometimes, they struggle to listen. That became a burden for me — and it's one of the reasons I wrote this book.
