AE Podcast "Letters To Parents And Teachers‪"‬ Abiodun Emmanuel

Many times we discuss the issue of Sex and we are not even addressing the little issues, little issues such as dressing:

That the world accepts it doesn't make it safe for our children.

Let's not drive morality out the door.

Our girls must not think they are the objects of sex, why the boys think they are the subject it glorifies.

Let's teach proper dressing,

The best education is the education that affects the totality of a child, the education that drives the sense to a conscious discovery of good. The education that prepares children for all that is ahead.

Carl Pickhardt, a Psychologist and book author said, “The enemies of confidence are discouragement and fear.” So, as an intentional parent, it is our job to encourage and support our children as we journey them towards life with full confidence and competence.

You can be a good person and raise children that are causing others pain, you can be a responsible human and raise troubled kids. So why do good people raise troubles kids? And rightfully so, the parents themselves are wondering what they aren't doing right.

Now, we have age restrictions on alcohol, cigarettes and gambling, because we know that an immature mind is not yet strong enough or mature enough to deal with the powers of these addicting chemicals. So we put an age limit, we have no such age limit or age restriction on social media or cell phones. So ostensibly what we’ve done is we have said to our adolescent,
Hey, I know this whole adolescent thing is really stressful, so here is the vodka take as much as you need. That’s basically what we’ve done.
So what we have, is an entire generation that’s growing up addicted.

If Nigeria must be good, we must first become good and raise children the good way.