Back in the days, children were jointly raised by parents and other noble characters in the society such as extended family members, teachers, community and religious leaders, these group of well meaning persons disciplined badly behaved children in their communities even without any formal authorisation by their parents, as a matter of fact, upon their return from farms, work or market, parents whose child was disciplined by any of the earlier mentioned characters goes from house to house thanking them for the good job but all that has changed as we now find ourselves in a world where parents either by themselves or through their hired thugs storms their children schools to beat up their teachers for daring discipline them.
I'm convinced that perhaps one of the reasons why parents back in the days did not suffer much illnesses such as high blood pressure and depression like we have them today was because they allowed the community to be part of their children's upbringing, they never threatened to arrest or beat up any one that disciplined their children and many of them enjoyed not only good health but long life as well, how I wish that the good old days of communal parenting will return back, that era when I was subjected to serious interrogation by an elder in the community on my way to visit a friend and when I could not provide a tangible reason for my visit, I was asked to return back to my house.
TO BE CONTINUED.....
WRITTEN BY: PASTOR EMMANUEL N OKAFOR
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