What Parents Need To Know About Children's Day

Children's Day is a yearly event commemorated  in honor of children, although date of observance varies by country. Honor, being the equivalent effect of the essence of the celebration than just the anniversary of the cultural revolution with a march and a parade in school uniforms, cultural attires amongst others, done in most West African countries like Nigeria.

Just like the Universal Children's Day, it is a day to bring awareness to children around the globe that have experienced violence in forms of abuse, discrimination and exploitation, child servitude etc, every misconduct that goes against child's inalienable right to living in society globally. 

However, emphasis will not be on the subject at the moment. Meanwhile, a summary of the rights under the diplomacy on the Rights of the Child can be found on the UNICEF internet site.

Family is responsible for every child's upbringing

The said familiar adage "charity begins at home" reflects on the role parents play in the child's growth —the suppose growth cutting across physical, moral, psychological, ethical and attitudinal living. Whether one likes it or not, the truth is that family is responsible for every child upbringing.

Children with their curiosity to know could question parents' authority

Psychology highlights the  reasons why parents are responsible for their children's waywardness.

• Parents who give their children everything they ask for: Their children will grow up thinking they have a right to whatever they want.

• Parents who laugh when their children speak foul language against others, especially older persons: Children grow up thinking disrespect is normal and fun.

• Parents who do not reprimand children for bad behavior:  Their children grow up thinking that there are no rules in society.

• Parents who cover up their children's misdeeds: Their children grow up thinking they can do and undo with impunity; that they won't have to give account of their misdeeds.

• Parents who stop watching television because their children cry when they change channels: Children will grow up without a sense of respect for older persons.

• Parents who let their children listen to music that objectifies women, encourages sex and violence? You can't sow thorns and reap cotton, can you?

• Parents who give their children money whenever they want: Such kids will grow up thinking money is easy and would steal when they can't get it correctly.

• Parents who always decide everything in favour of their children, whether they are right or not: Their children will grow up thinking that every correction is persecution.

 THUS SAYS THE HOLY BOOK: Teach the child the path to follow, and even when he is older he will not deviate from it.

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 According to Albert Einstein:

"The world is dangerous to live in, not because of those who hurt, but because of those who watch and let it happen."

Then, Desmond TUTU added this :

"If you are neutral in a situation of injustice, it is because you have chosen the camp of the oppressor"

And Martin Luther King said this:

"Our life begins by stopping the day when we remain silent about serious things. What frightens me is not the oppression of the wicked, but the indifference of the good. .... then , in the end, we will remember, not the evils of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

Happy Children's Day!