The Task Before Today's Parents

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WAKE UP, PARENTS!
 
Years back, poor illiterate  parents produced doctors, engineers, scientists, accountants, lawyers, architects, professors, whom I will refer to as GROUP 'A'.

These GROUP 'A' Children struggled on their own after Primary 6 or secondary school education, to become notable personalities. Most of them walked to school barefooted, went to farms, fetched water and firewood, cared for domesticated animals, did some work including trading after school to survive, acquired handcraft skills such as basket-weaving, broom-making etc. and used the money realised to support their personal upkeep. 

Now, GROUP 'A' ,who have become parents themselves, are producing  GROUP 'B'  Children.

These GROUP 'B' Children are pampered, helped in their homework or home assignments from nursery schools through secondary schools to tertiary institutions, chauffeur-driven to very expensive schools or sent abroad to study.  They can watch movies from morning till dawn after school, use expensive mobile phones and spend hours chatting on social media. They are treated like baby kings and queens; they don't do any household chores. 
Food is put on the table for them, their plates are removed and washed by parents or housemaids.They are given expensive cars and clothes, not forgetting big pocket money to squander !

Some parents look for 'special centres' for their  children to re-register for the WASSCE or NECO SSCE that they failed in previous attempts to enhance their chances through exam malpractices. 

In spite of all these, only few can speak or write correctly. 

GROUP 'A' Parents  cared for their own parents and children, while GROUP 'B' children are still struggling to find their feet at age 30+!
They find it difficult to do things on their own because they are used to being helped to think and doing things by GROUP 'A'. So they can't help themselves, their parents or the society. THEY ABANDON THEIR PARENTS IN THEIR BID TO ACQUIRE THE WORLD.

Where do you belong?

-Reduce the pampering and the unnecessary help you offer your children.
- Let your children grow in wisdom, intelligence and strength. 
-Let them face the truth and the realities of life. Teach them to grow  to become independent adults.
Teach them to fear God, respect  others and develop confidence in themselves. 
Parents, discipline your children to become disciplined, useful and not useless adults.
 
©Owo Lawrence edited by Ogiri John Ogiri.
Source: Our Daily Manner's WhatsApp Group Chat.

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