Speaking on behalf of the kids.

I believe childhood is a learning stage in life, it is the phase in life that every human must pass through to become an adult.

A stage where we make mistakes and get corrected, I do refer to it as a fragile state because it is a building stage as well for every human. Childhood is the foundation of adulthood, that's why the atrocities in the life of many adults can be traced to their background, and despite seeing all these things from time to time, it still baffles me how parents and guardians still make terrible mistakes that affect the foundation of their child/children.

A lot of kids out there are what they are today because of their childhood experiences, we have molded them wrong when they were still in that stage. Sometimes, the damage we cause them can be corrected and some are permanent, the child wouldn't have a choice but to live with it which is very unfair.

Children's memories are fragile:

Am sure you all saw a clip from an Indian movie where a boy said he will beat his wife whenever he returns from work in the future, that shows how fragile their memories are. The things they see get registered in their head and it becomes difficult to correct them, especially when that thing happens repeatedly.

They get to believe it is the right thing to do, they can't differentiate what's good from the bad, they trust the things they see their parents or guardian do and they replicate those things when they are privileged to do so.

They have a fragile memory that can be destroyed, manipulated, and twisted so it is important as parents to ensure that we protect their memories from things that can have a terrible impact on them in the future.

Some days ago, I read a few articles about smoking cigarettes, and most of the people who ever tried it did it out of curiosity. They were been sent to purchase it, their dad smoked in their presence and they started having the urge to try it as well. Seeing either of their parents do that thing makes them feel it is safe whereas it is dangerous but as a kid, they don't get to understand that.

To avoid destroying that fragile memory, we must be careful with the things we do in their

Kids are bound to make mistakes:

I feel very pissed whenever I see kids being brutally punished for making mistakes because most adults even make mistakes more than kids do.

This point was what prompted me to write this article, I witness something that broke my heart.

A very jovial and happy girl under the age of 10 was emotional and physically punished because she forgot to help her grandmother pack the clothes she spread on the line earlier that day. I don't know much of the family story but her grandmother cursed and beat this young girl for that, she even went on to curse the girl's mother and I felt sad for the little angel.

Everyone was concerned because of how intelligent, beautiful, and well-behaved she is, I couldn't take my mind off the issue, and not seeing the girl to know how she was felt since yesterday made me more concerned.

Parents overreacting over mistakes made by children is unfair, you wouldn't have cursed yourself if you were the one who forgot to take those clothes in. We have to stop treating kids like adults, many of us can't do half of what today's kids are doing when we were younger.

I have an 8-year-old cousin who always insists on watching his socks himself even though he doesn't do it well, I don't do anything but eat and study at that age likewise many adults so why do we have to be so mean to kids for making mistakes?

Sometimes ago, I wrote an article about being disciplined and being wicked, many parents and guardians are wicked thinking they are disciplined. Punishing a child for making every mistake is pure wickedness and you are automatically teaching them to be cruel.

Aside from that, these things create fear that would prevent them from trying new things because they don't want to make mistakes which are part of what every human must make while growing.

It also steals their confidence, you can correct them and scold them with love which will make them not make such mistakes again but many choose to go brutal on these kids which eventually tears them apart at the end of the day.

I didn't have the intention of writing today, I slept so much today as if I was bitten by a tsetse fly but I wasn't, some days I just like that for me.

The weekend is here already and I can't believe I am using my data to watch a match like Newcastle vs Wolves, I just couldn't take my mind off the fact that the Premier League starts on a Friday. It is goalless in the encounter and I am wishing everyone a happy weekend.

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