I read, with great disappointment and astonishment, at how some parents have been caught and fined for using false addresses to register their children in prestigious schools (Lying to get their child into a top school, Feb 4; When lying parents fail their children, Feb 7).

Parents are role models to their children and it is their duty to impart and teach the right values. If parents think nothing of lying, deceiving and using dishonest means to achieve their ends, it is frightening to think about what future generations will be like.

Parenting styles today are sadly lacking in imparting the much-needed and important core values of respect, honesty, humility, integrity and kindness.

With both parents working today, many have either no time to teach their children these important values or they tend to pamper the children, giving them whatever they want.

Such children will grow up without knowing these core values, which will affect the kind of people they will become, their future and their lives.

It is a common sight these days to see children behaving in ways that show no respect and consideration for other people, society or the environment.

Parents must go back to the parenting styles of decades ago, when teaching these important core values was a priority.

This and being good role models themselves are vital to ensure that future generations are nurtured in the right way.

Tan Lin Neo Susan (Miss)