I caught up with a relation recently. It was a disturbed man that I was talking to all through our time together. He’s been having issues with his wife.
She may not have realised it but those words reminded me of the FRIEND that I have in my father but most importantly, the ROLE MODEL that I have in my mother.
The average Nigerian wife is quick to use the children as a WEAPON against the other parent. But, once the mind of a child has been poisoned towards a parent , something in the child becomes damaged. They begin to look out there for “a home.” God help you if they end up in the wrong setting. Rubbishing the other parent doesn’t make a child grow closer to you because the average child sees both parents as ONE. So, if the faith they have in one is damaged, the faith they have in the other becomes affected too.
Please, think twice the next time you are tempted to deal with a spouse by turning the children against them. It is something in the child that you are BREAKING.When it comes to mummy and daddy, children know who is who. Let it not be taken for granted that their seeing you as a great parent can NOT be divorced from how you treat their other parent. Agreed that the times are brutal on marriages but as much as possible, KEEP THE CHILDREN OUT OF YOUR ISSUES.
Parenting is NOT a competition to curry the children’s affection. Leave whatever relationship they share with the other parent intact, despite your differences. It’s a CUSHION to their mental health. When tempted to play dirty, always think of the child, to whom the other parent is a god.All rights reserved.
Nigeria Latest News, Nigeria Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Gunmen abduct traditional ruler's wives, children in TarabaWitnesses said the gunmen attacked the residence of the monarch, a retired judge in the early hours of the day and took his family members.
Read more »
Police confirm abduction of Taraba chief's wives, children - Punch NewspapersThe most widely read newspaper in Nigeria
Read more »
Be Quiet On Politics, Allow God To Speak To You – APC Presidential Campaign Replies Pastor Bakare For Knocking Tinubu | Sahara ReportersThe All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC-PCC) has described a chieftain of the party, Pastor Tunde Bakare as an “inconsistently, unstable person.” Bakare, the Presiding Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church (formerly Latter Rain Assembly), was one of those who slugged it out with Bola Tinubu at last year’s Special Presidential Convention of the party.
Read more »
It’s Most Absurd How Tinubu, Peter Obi, Kwankwaso Jumped At Chatham House Like Excited, Little Children – US Scholar, Kperogi | Sahara ReportersA Nigerian-American professor and newspaper columnist, Farooq Kperogi, has criticised how Nigerian presidential candidates rushed to the United Kingdom’s Chatham House with the excitement of “giddy, little children to speak there.” Kperogi in an article published on Saturday added that it was most absurd in the recent Nigerian history how Nigerian presidential candidates shunned local media and jumped at neo-colonnial gatherings to seek acceptability.
Read more »
Police confirm abduction of Taraba chief's wives, children - Punch NewspapersThe most widely read newspaper in Nigeria
Read more »
Gunmen abduct traditional ruler's wives, children in TarabaWitnesses said the gunmen attacked the residence of the monarch, a retired judge in the early hours of the day and took his family members.
Read more »