My responsibility as parent

What I read about the statistics of obese children, high expectation of academic performance and their safety in the NST today really disturb me. In fact, it even questioned my status as a mother to my two growing up teenagers. Questions like have I done enough for them? Have I exercised my responsibility as parent to ensure that they have the best healthcare, sufficient education and security for them? I wonder what else have I missed. Sometimes, when I read in the newspaper about what happen to those missing children and still not found, about the abuse children, about those children neglected, about those children who can't even afford to pay for their school fees, and so forth really worries me.

And when I am too worried, I started to nag my children about the importance of education, the importance of safety, the importance of blah..blah.blah. This will go on to the extend that even before I started my nagging as usual, my children will start telling me.. yes mom.. we know already. You have said many times. And it make me feel bad. I feel like I am not giving them enough space to breath and enjoy their life. So, I wonder, am I going paranoid being over protective of my children?
At which point I should draw the line? Or am I just making my life easier? Honestly, I dont' have the right answer.

My thoughts about my responsibility as a parent is that the responsibility will never end. So long as they are under my wing, it is my responsibility to provide them the best in whatever possible means. At this point of time, I let me children understand the true meaning of growing up. As for academic expectation, I do not impose much. What matter most is that they understand the importance of getting good education for their future sake.

It is my only hope that my children will grow up to become responsible people with good manners, respect for the elders, back up with strong faith so that wherever they go, they will remember their root. I want them to enjoy every moment of their growing up and be there for them when they need me. I do not expect them to fully understand of what is happening in the world. Because I know, as time goes by, they will learn to understand. The most important thing is that my love for my children is without condition. In return, nothing is greater than to be able to kiss and hug them and for them to say .."We Love you Mom' is such an expensive gift that cannot be traded off with anthing.