Teach them right and live peacefully after...

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I was heading home from the farm yesterday evening when I saw this young girl who lives in the neighborhood alighting from a jeep with a big bag of provisions, she was observing the street like checking to see if anyone was watching her before coming down from the vehicle.

She left the car already but it seems that the old man called her back and she went to do God knows what, I was surprised because even her elder brother is 21 years old and I wonder what her age would be. It got me thinking where the morals in the world disappeared because I don't know where these kids get the motivation to do these weird things we are seeing every day.

I decided to make a post on noise cash yesterday about what I saw but I directed the message at only female children and in the comment section someone called my attention to the fact that the youth regardless of gender would go at any length illegally to acquire the material things that are in vogue.

I remembered vividly that I invited these siblings to join the platform some time ago and they told me that it takes too much time but doing illegal things doesn't take time. Their step mom is my customer so I know a lot about the kids because she seeks advice from me when they put on their wayward lifestyle.

Immoralities have succeeded in dominating the heart of the youth and it is finding its way among the teenagers and will in no time take over the minds of the teenagers.

Just last week, I read the news about some female teenagers being expelled from boarding school for smoking meanwhile there is still an ongoing case of a 12 years old boy who was killed by his fellow students. Day in day out, we hear different terrible stories, and teenagers are the culprits. It is becoming a new normal because some parents go to the extent of protecting their kids after they have done terrible things, the kids who killed Sylvester were flown abroad to avoid interrogation and the punishment after, these things are only going to strengthen immoralities.

The things that have happened in the past can't be corrected so referring to the immoral things again and again won't make a difference, it is time parents start giving more time and attention to their children. I once said in one of my articles why parents must be their kids' best friends, the immoralities we see today are mostly influenced by the so-called best friends the kids have outside the home.

If a parent ensures that they are their kids best friend, the kid won't hesitate to tell their parent whatever is happening in their life and this would give the parent an insight into what the kid is learning outside, the exposures they are having, and the kind of people they are moving with.

I won't dispute the fact that these kids learn some of these things from their parents as well, the things we do in the presence of the kids matter as well.

There are so many things we need to teach our kids and I will only emphasize the biggest of all which is training your child in the way of God.

The Almighty God detests immoralities and a child taught in his way will abstain from immoral acts. Proverb 22:6 says "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

When a child has the fear of God, he or she will not get involved in the atrocities happening out there no matter how tough things might be for them.

Proverb 13:24 "He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him promptly. God doesn't speak against discipline and he even encourages us to discipline our kids so that they will give us peace of mind when we are old and can't run around after them.


Aside from teaching them the way of God, they should know these things as well.

  • You can work for the things you desire in life instead of using what you have to get what you want immorally.

  • The things you don't work for might not last long with you, ensure you work hard for everything you want to become in life.

  • There is no shortcut to success, follow the right path and enjoy success when it comes.

  • Life is a temporary place, we mustn't put others to the sword just to make ourselves happy.

  • Love others and lift those you can in life.

  • The evil we do will always follow us even after our time is up on earth.


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Teenagers nowadays are now involving in immoral things, it's high time parents set their eyes on their children and have a better communication with them.

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2 years ago

It's painful seeing the youth of nowadays into bad things that they cant be proud of in the public. It's the parent we will blame cos they have neglected their responsibilities over the children given to them to take care of

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2 years ago

I blame poverty, corruption and unfair treatment the lower class gets in life changing opportunities. Most of these youths are like that because they feel is all they got to do to get something out of this world since their parents cannot provide them with all they want. But is all wrong, they fail to see that that they can do better than that.

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2 years ago

Poverty is not an excuse even though we all don't have access to equal opportunities.

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2 years ago

True. But some people aren't strong enough to accept their fate. They use every chance they get no matter how low they have to go. Is their weakness.

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2 years ago

My brother... I am tired. The world has changed and it's sad because some parents even encourage their children on this path. The lady I was dating many years ago, I had to run away when I saw how the mother was not saying anything to the younger sister who was in school yet using two expensive phones that her parents didn't give her.

She dashes her mum shoes and her sister clothes and I asked her sister why they are not addressing it. She said she has a lot of people giving her stuff because everyone likes her but I knew there was more to that... especially when she asked me why I picked her sister and not her.

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2 years ago

Can you imagine? They are not seeing the negative sides of what she is bringing home because they don't her to stop bringing it home.

Some parents open that path to destruct for their children.

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2 years ago

Absolutely, brother. It was really disheartening.

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2 years ago

Nice article, I agree with you, my friend. When we raise our children in fear of God, they will never make mistakes and follow the right path, but when we raise them and make them feel afraid of us, they will take the wrong path, which was a friend of your child and do not make him afraid of you.

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2 years ago

Teaching kids the way of God doesn't require us to be harsh unnecessarily, we must make the message as clear as possible.

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2 years ago

Yes Dear

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2 years ago

Children are an heritage from God and they must be trained in the way of God. Children are parent's future and seeing them going astray without correcting them will make them regret later in life.

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2 years ago

You are right Princess, training them in God's way is the best

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2 years ago

The moral decadence in the society seems to be on the rise. The kind of parents who trained us when we were kids are not like those who train kids now. Neglect here and there, but on the part of the parents and the so called elders in the society. Only few still care to observe. Perhaps all observe but only few care to speak up.

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2 years ago

Parenting is not what it use to be anymore and I agree with that, if it keeps going this way it might end badly for generations to come

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2 years ago

Besties are one of the major causes of this, imagine a well-trained girl have a bestie that always attends parties and clubbing, then she come back with a lot of money or buy a new iPhone, the other one mind go dey

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2 years ago

This bestie thing has led a lot of people to their grave, I want to be fine like my friend make them venture into terrible things and eventually meet their end.

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2 years ago

I am sad to hear what you saw yesterday, and I agree with you, we really need to train our children in positive way to avoid them being spoiled. Being their friends we can get to know each and every happening in their life.

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2 years ago

A child that we don't teach well will definitely not cater for us when we need them too.

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2 years ago

This is true, a child that is brought up in the way of the Lord will definitely give you rest when you grow old.. nice article

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2 years ago

That's true, when you teach kids to walk in the right path we won't have anything to worry about even when they are far away from us.

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