Date: 6th, December 2021
Nineteen days to go before Christmas, and the weather seems to be getting worse😑; the more we get closer, the hotter the weather becomes, it is starting to become unbearable.
Sometimes when I go out, don't ask me how I know, but I can feel the sun putting a magnifying glass on me like it wants the heat to kill only me; I don't know what I have done to it, but I hope this weather stops soon.
I don't want to bore you with more weather talk, so let us get down to today's article without further ado.
Peer pressure, I am sure we all know what this word means, but I am not sure we all know how dangerous this word can be.
Nowadays, we see more and more people give into this problem, and this problem is mainly seen in the youths, mainly because they tend to move in groups.
But I won't blame everything on the youths because sometimes the parents cause this thing.
I say this because it is up to the parent to guide the child on how they should live, but nowadays, you see some parents focusing on other things, forgetting that they have children, and never bonding with them.
Parenting isn't easy, I know that, but when parents don't bond with the child, the child will look for other people who will guide them, and sometimes this doesn't end up good.
You see young people looking for places that will accept them because all they want is approval from someone, but since their parents don't give them this, they will look for groups that will.
When they meet these groups, they begin to change and forget all that their parents had taught them because they finally found a place that listens and cares for them.
Children want love, support, and approval from their parents, but some parents think providing only material things is what it means to be a parent, but that is not the truth.
Sometimes I wonder why parents send their kids to boarding school at such a young age; you can see a child as little as 4-6 in a boarding school, away from their parents and siblings.
When you ask them why they do this, they usually reply, ""so he/she can learn how to do things, and not rely on us.""
I understand that children should learn how to do things themselves, but why would you want your child to leave you at such a young age and expect them to come back home the same way.
I am not saying boarding school is terrible, but parents should teach their children things instead of shipping them to a school where they won't get the love, care and support that a parent can give.
You may be wondering why I am talking about boarding schools, and the reason is because of an incident that happened recently in my country.
Can you imagine a child was killed by his seniors because he didn't want to join their cult? They killed him in a boarding school.
Not only did they beat him till he was unconscious, but they also forced him to drink acid so that he would end up dying, and no one would know of their cult.
I don't even know what to call this sort of situation because these are children, and they were capable of doing all this to their junior because he didn't want to join their group.
If they could do all this at this age, what would they be doing when they grow up? I genuinely don't know who is to blame in this situation.
Should we blame the school for being careless and not checking on their students?
Should we blame the children for their actions? Or...
Should we blame the parents for not teaching their children what is right and wrong at a young age?
Well, we can't blame the parents because they have already decided to put their children in a boarding school to learn ""Responsibility,"" but as we can see, that is not what they are learning.
This is not the first time this situation is happening in a boarding school, but this particular one is terrible because of how they did it.
Imagine killing your fellow student with acid; I have never heard that one before.
I know they did it so they could feel like grown-ups because that is all kids want to do. But now they are on the run, and their parents hide them, so the police won't catch them.
I think if their parents had taken care of them, and guided them on necessary things, like how to be a human, then we wouldn't be having this kind of tragedy.
Anyway, I want to hear your opinion on this matter.
Do you think it is necessary to send your child to boarding school at such a young age? And are the parents to blame or the school?
Thank you for reading!
My God. It's terrible to read something like that. How bad is it for parents to teach their child to be responsible? This is learned at home. In school is another thing to learn. How will those parents feel now that they no longer have their child with them?