From: Vera Wisdom-Bassey
Wife of acting President Yemi Osinbajo, ‘Dolapo, has called on parents across the country to take up their responsibility of training their wards.
Shge spoke from Aso-Rock in a video clip to thousands of parents gathered for this year’s National Parenting Conference monitored at Guiding Light Assembly Ikoyi, organised by Breach Repairers.
Mrs. Osinbajo sighted the story of King David’s children in the Holy Writ of “Absolme and Thelma” his half sister, whom he defiled, she said the ability of fathers being there for the girl child and the mother also being there for the male child is imperative.
“Our fathers and mother, leaders should pay attention to the children to know when their character changes and to know when to come in and assist them building them. In the case of King David he was more in the palace not knowing what was the happening in the life of his children.
she also sighted an example of 7-9 syndrome which she implemented during her days of training her children, according to her she told the acting president (then as a pastor) that for one year she will be absence from mid-week service but rather she will devote more time to the children at home to attend to the need of the children and this assisted in the molding life of her children, which today has brought great-gain to her.
“We should be careful of what our children engage in, specially the Television, the cooks we leave our children to etc. “
Speaking through her representatives the Deputy Governor of Lagos State Mrs. Oluranti Adebule addressing the audience that it is penitent to know that parents don’t have time for their children, calling on parents to bring back old values, if we want a better future for our children, like our tale by moon light they used to have with the children in the olden days, it added to mold the life of the child. “qualitative time should be spend with this kids, but today mothers spend time with their phones more than the children, while at home the children are left with the Television as a means of consolation”. morals should come back, she said, instead of passing blames on teachers.
The Chairman of the Breach Repairers, Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, said as a result of absent governance, moral values have disappeared at homes, reminding parents of early childhood days, when “Children will wake up in the morning make their bed, sweep the house, etc but today the reverse is the case, every child has a duty to perform but now it is not so. “He asked What has happened to our values, we should bring back this values., stressing that “if nothing is done now, we will wake up one day and find out that we have totally lost the vision”.
problem we have in the country is not on leadership but on children, calling on parents to invest in the training of their children.
Dr. Nkem Okoro the chairperson of the Wife, as well as a one of the speakers at the events harped on parents to balance up their career with the training of their children, “carry them along wherever they re or whatever job they engage in.
Also, they should check the character of their children to know when it changes and correct when necessary.