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Young people, it’s wonderful to be young! Enjoy every minute of it. Do everything you want to do; take it all in. But remember that you must give an account to God for everything you do. ~Ecc 11:9
It’s 31days since Oyo children were taken.
It’s 31days since Oyo children were taken.
It’s 31days since Oyo children were taken.
It’s 31days since Oyo children were taken.
It’s 31days since Oyo children were taken.
Pls keep speaking up.
Pls share for the world to see this.
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Last week, I went to visit a family friend at her shop, and while we were talking, she called her 7-year-old daughter to get a bottle of Coke from the fridge. The little girl grabbed the bottle, slipped, and dropped it. The bottle shattered everywhere.
As I got up to ask if she was okay, she immediately got up, ignored the broken glass around her, ran out of the shop, and started crying. Her mother was livid. She called her back into the shop to face the consequences and yelled some hurtful words at her.
I helped clean up the mess and asked the child to stay outside because her mom was so upset. Then I asked the mother why she was so angry. She said the girl was too playful. I told her I had been watching and that the child wasn’t playing at all; she simply slipped and fell.
She repeated that the girl was always too playful. I acknowledged that she might be, but that wasn’t why the Coke dropped. I saw what happened: it was clear that she slipped.
I then asked her to try to understand the difference between a child being playful and an accident happening. After all, she could have dropped the bottle, too, if she had slipped. I reminded her that while our children can sometimes be playful, accidents happen, and they are still just kids.
We shouldn’t beat or punish them for every mistake. Sometimes, we need to talk to them instead.
Imagine being so afraid of your parent that you run over broken glass just to avoid being punished. What if she had slipped again and gotten seriously hurt? All over a mistake that could happen to anyone.
I understand that parenting is hard and can be exhausting, but we need to stop taking our frustrations out on our children. It’s not okay.
She was quiet for most of the conversation because I was upset, too. Later, she wanted to use food as a way of apologizing, asking her, “Come here, I know you are hungry. What would you like to eat?” but I insisted that she talk to her daughter instead. I wanted the child to understand that it was just an accident and to hear from her mother that accidents happen.
Sometimes, that’s what children need most, not punishment, but understanding.
So, my fellow parents, please and please and please. These kids are just kids. Their brains are just developing, and they need our help, support, and guidance through these stages. Do not blame and punish them for everything.
This!
Mistakenly sent 😍 to someone last night when all I wanted to do was to actually type a response.
They really didn't consider those of us with semi-blind phones.
Today again I have learnt the disadvantage of procrastination. I postponed some work to today cos I close from work early on Friday.
Guess who has been down since before noon😭😭
Don't procrastinate fellas, if you can, do it right away.
Deep down in my heart, I knew it was a false alert, but I allowed every parent to pick up their child(ren).
Safety first.
Children do not deserve to learn in fear. Parents do not have to second-guess their children's safety in school.
#BringBackOurChildren 🙏
Children closed at different hours today because there were rumours of bandits in certain areas of Sango/Ijoko/Owode-Ota.
Parents started trooping in to pick up their child(ren), and my phone was buzzing non-stop.
Mrs. Alamu Folawe – Principal
Mr. Ojo Jonathan – Vice Principal
Mr. Olatunde Zacchaeus – Teacher
Mr. John Olaleye – Teacher
Mr. Michael Oyedokun – Teacher RIP
Mrs. Oladeji – Teacher
Mary Akanbi – Teacher
Mr Adesiyan Adegboye - RIP
@officialABAT#BringBackOurTeachers
To the celebrities crying on camera, this week.
You're close to the people in power. You have access to them. Please tell them.
The terrorists who kidnapped those children and their teachers, released this video.
They're scheduling another execution.
Today is children’s day, but 46 innocent children learning in their classrooms in Ogbomosho, Oyo state were kidnapped by gunmen.
It’s been two painful weeks already and these children are still not home with their families, suffering out there in the cold and enduring fear and uncertainty that no child should ever know.
This is a National crisis and the government must use every resource necessary to bring these children home. Nothing else matters in this moment.
We owe our children a safer country.