*FOR OUR TOMORROW, WE TAKE ACTIONS TODAY:*
May 27 is traditionally the children’s holiday in Nigeria. First established by the United Nations in 1964, the day remains important in the lives of many Nigerian kids.
On this day every year, children are granted a holiday while several social activities are centred on them. Excused from school, most kids converge at stadiums and centres to commemorate the event.
According to data provided by the CIA World Fact Book, 40.9% of the Nigerian populace are below age 14. Furthermore, information from UNICEF as at 2010 states that 6,332,000 childbirths occur in Nigeria annually. This shows how important they are in Nigeria’s national statistics.
One would wonder then if parents should not strive to ensure good parenting. When parents are seriously busy, children can often spend more time with unpredictable maids, unrated media content and their peers than with their parents. This often instills bad influences into their lives and is the cause of misconduct.
As we celebrate another children’s day, parents should sincerely evaluate their parent-child relationships. If in doubt that their efforts are adequate or that the children are heading in the right direction, they should make proper amendments. They should do these things knowing that vagabonds do not grow from the soil and neither do terrorists fall from the sky. social misfits, political tyrants, same sex relationships and all form of bad behavior starts with poor parenting.
More often than not, our adulthood is informed by our complex childhood and teenage experiences.
It is with this facts that i urge every parent to not only take their wards or kids out for fun but create an atmosphere for responsible upbringing.
We should watch out for kids that are being deprived of their childhood by sending them to do jobs meant for adults. Every child deserves better and may God give us the wisdom to understand that for our tommorow ,we take action today.
*Happy Children's Day all Nigerian kids around the globe.*
May 27 is traditionally the children’s holiday in Nigeria. First established by the United Nations in 1964, the day remains important in the lives of many Nigerian kids.
On this day every year, children are granted a holiday while several social activities are centred on them. Excused from school, most kids converge at stadiums and centres to commemorate the event.
According to data provided by the CIA World Fact Book, 40.9% of the Nigerian populace are below age 14. Furthermore, information from UNICEF as at 2010 states that 6,332,000 childbirths occur in Nigeria annually. This shows how important they are in Nigeria’s national statistics.
One would wonder then if parents should not strive to ensure good parenting. When parents are seriously busy, children can often spend more time with unpredictable maids, unrated media content and their peers than with their parents. This often instills bad influences into their lives and is the cause of misconduct.
As we celebrate another children’s day, parents should sincerely evaluate their parent-child relationships. If in doubt that their efforts are adequate or that the children are heading in the right direction, they should make proper amendments. They should do these things knowing that vagabonds do not grow from the soil and neither do terrorists fall from the sky. social misfits, political tyrants, same sex relationships and all form of bad behavior starts with poor parenting.
More often than not, our adulthood is informed by our complex childhood and teenage experiences.
It is with this facts that i urge every parent to not only take their wards or kids out for fun but create an atmosphere for responsible upbringing.
We should watch out for kids that are being deprived of their childhood by sending them to do jobs meant for adults. Every child deserves better and may God give us the wisdom to understand that for our tommorow ,we take action today.
*Happy Children's Day all Nigerian kids around the globe.*
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