It Takes Two to Tango

9th of December, 2021.

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Most children, especially girls, are very vulnerable and need love and care from both their parents to be able to live a life where they can grow up healthy and be productive.

In many instances, girls are either not loved enough or receive more punishment than love from their fathers.

This leads to the out of wedlock pregnancy which usually results in the girl dropping out of school and getting married at a young age to a husband that is even less educated than herself.

Today, the main reason why majority of children don't go to school is because they're looking after themselves or taking care of their younger siblings while also engaging in labour activities (e.g. selling on the streets, selling food to earn money, etc.)

To really get to the root of the problem, we have to take a harder look at what is holding back the African child. If we fail to acknowledge that there is even a problem, we can never truly address it.

The question is simple but the message it conveys is very profound. It shows that we as human beings are by default, independent. Children are not conditioned to rely on others for help. If you are stuck, you would try to solve the problem yourself, ask friends around and if nothing works, ask a teacher who knows.

I remember even as a child I was independent.

I had my own way of doing things and if you tood me to do it this way, I would rebel and do my way, but I got the job done. Even when I was little and my mom would ask me to change from my clothes, I would fight with her because she would always say no and I would always say yes.

But it takes two to tango and there is also a retrogressive state of mind.

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As it turns out, there are many parents responsible for this dilemma. Parents who are convinced that their children cannot go beyond education beyond the age of 12 because they believe their child's future will be determined by their social standing rather than potential.

In many cases, parents - themselves illiterate - are not willing to give up their own way of life in order to help their child gain a solid footing in the world.

It takes two to tango, a tree alone cannot make a forest.

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Question to Ponder on:

This is a question I recently heard and which I have been thinking about- "A lion has a thorn stuck in his paw; what will he do? He will lick it, bite it or will he ask another lion to remove it for him?"