Responsible Parenthood (1)

The roles of a parent in the life of a child cannot be downplayed, A good child in the society will be a thing of a pride to his or her parents while the bad child will be a thing of disgrace to his or her parents or family. Parenting is an enormous and huge responsibility, parenting goes beyond being the parent of a child or a guardian of a child, there are roles and responsibilities attached to being a parent, and whether the roles and responsibilities is being carried out perfectly by the parent the answer will definitely manifest in the life of the child.

There are various factors that are responsible for all round development of a child, but that of the Parental Factor is of utmost important out of all the factors responsible for all round development of a child.

There is a difference between a child who received the care of a responsible parenthood whether biological, adopted or by a guardian and a child who was not opportune to receive the care of a responsible parenthood. Though, if a child is not opportune to receive care of a responsible parenthood, that does not mean the child will not be successful or become something meaningful in the society, but what of the love, care, affection, guidance, advise, protection, counsels, provision and so on. Parenting is very important in the life of any child, because no child is born to become a wanderer in a society, we are born to fulfill a purpose in which God and our parent are our ultimate guide. Every child is born to the world naked, we come to the world without any thing, but we receive care and shelter from our parent, just imagine the love and care when a child is been born

Growing of a child from infant to an adult is accompanied by a parental love, care, affection, protection, provision, guidance, prayer and counsel, but imagine if a child is deprived or not opportune to these. A child needs love and support for him or her grow up well into a young adult, as human being we span through life stages from infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood, and old age.

Before we be come dependent in our young adult age or early childhood stage, a child needs a parental love and support, be it physical, financial, emotional, material or spiritual support, a child need a parental love to affirm his or her value and to progress in becoming something in life.

Children are said to be the leaders of tomorrow, that someday children we become adult that will determine the fate of our country, hence the need for responsible parents. A child that is not well trained at home will become a menace to the society and is such child that involves in social vices ( a deviant behavior or moral decadence acts) such as thuggery, illicit sex, evil or immoral behavior, cultism, kidnapping, armed robbery, vandalism, cyber crimes and vandalism.

Parenting is necessary to provide a peaceful citizens and a peaceful society, a well-trained child is an asset to the society. Before a child becomes dependent in life he or she needs parent advise, love and care, parent are expected to portray themselves as a good example and role model to their children, because the first person a child emulate his or her parent.

A parent behavior should be of a good one that the child can copy and seen as a good person to the society. A child needs parental love and care and provision in anything they do in life be it in their education or career, a child needs his or her parent guidance and support to be able to walk on a right path and become something meaningful at the end. Children are leaders of tomorrow, a child should be shown characteristics of a leader at home which is integrity, humility, honesty, transparency, emphaty, creativity, accountability, innovation, patience, confidence and so on. Parents should be a good example of an exemplary leader to their child so that their children can emulate them, because the first role model of every child is their parent, whatever a parent does will surely reflect in the behavior of any child in the nearest future.

Applause should be given to parent that have shown and proven to be a responsible parents because parenting is not easy, and those that have not proven to be responsible should have a good rethink of their child future and also their own future, because children are the leaders of tomorrow that determines the fate of every country. A child that is shown a good and adequate parental love, affection, care , provision, protection, support and guide will be a plus to the society than the one shown a bad parenting.

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